Complaint #202103105,
February 19, 2021

Summary

On February 19, 2021, at approximately 3:48 PM, [redacted] parked his vehicle in front of Camille's restaurant located at 711 Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn and left the keys inside the vehicle while he unloaded items into the restaurant. When he came out of the restaurant, he saw that his vehicle was stolen and called 911. Police Officer Michael Haber, Police Officer Adam Elmaadawy, and Police Officer Thomas Owens, all of the 71st precinct, responded to the location and spoke to [redacted] He told the officers that [redacted] stole his vehicle and lived at [redacted] down the block. PO Haber, PO Elmaadawy, PO Owens, and [redacted] walked to [redacted] for [redacted] to get back the keys to his vehicle.
Outside [redacted] the officers and [redacted] encountered [redacted] and he ran inside the apartment building. PO Haber, PO Elmaadawy, and PO Owens chased after [redacted] to the [redacted] apartment. PO Haber kicked open and damaged the [redacted] apartment door (Allegation A – Abuse of Authority – [redacted]) PO Haber, PO Elmaadawy, and PO Owens entered the [redacted] apartment and searched the apartment for [redacted] (Allegations B to G – Abuse of Authority – [redacted]) PO Elmaadawy kicked open and broke the lock of a door inside the [redacted] apartment (Allegation H – Abuse of Authority – [redacted]) PO Haber, PO Elmaadawy, and PO Owens did not find [redacted] inside the apartment.
PO Haber, PO Elmaadawy, and PO Owens requested back up and at least twenty-seven additional officers, from the 71st Precinct and eleven additional commands, responded to the location. Sergeant Charles Arnone, of the Field Intelligence Team, and Lieutenant Daniel Guida of the 61st Precinct Detective Squad, were among the officers who responded to the location. Sgt. Arnone supervised the entry and search of the [redacted] apartment of [redacted] (Allegations I and J – Abuse of Authority – [redacted]) PO Haber seized [redacted] cell phone inside the [redacted] apartment (Allegation K – Abuse of Authority – [redacted]) Lt. Guida... Read report for details.