Complaint #202105828,
September 25, 2021

Summary

On September 25th, 2021, [redacted] and two other friends boarded the downtown 7 subway train at 42nd Street-Times Square. An intoxicated man was sleeping in the same car as them. [redacted] may have tried to wake the man up so that he would not miss his stop. (She did not provide a statement for the investigation.) From an adjacent car, Officer Babajide Ogunade of the Transit Bureau – District 1 (TBD1) -- who was assigned to an anti-larceny detail with Officers Vincent Crisci and Erick Salas, also of TBD1 – ostensibly saw [redacted] pull on the sleeping man's bag. Moments later, all three officers entered the car and accused [redacted] of trying to steal the man's bag. When [redacted] asked if he and his friends were being detained, PO Crisci replied by asking "do you want [redacted] in handcuffs? Because that can happen" and other rhetorical questions to the same effect [Allegation A: Abuse of Authority – Threat of Arrest, [redacted] At the 34th Street – Hudson Yards station, the officers, [redacted] and their two friends, as well as the man whose bag [redacted] allegedly tried to steal, exited onto the platform. Officers Crisci and Ogunade directed [redacted] group to sit down, then called for assistance from Sgt. Jairo Jimenez, and Police Officers Christian Gil and Charlin Ramos. Officers Crisci and Ogunade were responsible for [redacted] being detained [Allegations B and C: Abuse – Other: Detention, [redacted] in that based on their testimony, that they had seen her grab the alleged victim's bag, PO Gil briefly placed her under arrest. PO Ramos and Sgt. Jimenez each then spoke with the alleged victim. Throughout all this time, Officers Crisci and Ogunade had [redacted] friends, including [redacted] stopped without reasonable suspicion [Allegations D – G: Abuse of Authority – Stop, [redacted] When the alleged victim told both PO Ramos and Sgt. Jimenez that [redacted] had not bothered or stolen from him, she was released, and [redacted] and his other two friends were allowed to leave. On December 14, 2021, PO... Read report for details.