Complaint #202105999,
September 23, 2021

Summary

On September 23, 2021, at approximately 4:40 p.m., [redacted] met officers, including Det. Scott Sohn of the 114th Precinct Detective Squad, who responded to reports of multiple assaults and shots fired in the vicinity of [redacted] in Queens. Det. Sohn escorted [redacted] her baby, and her mother, [redacted] to the front of the building and allegedly told her, "Stop fucking playing with me, bitch. Where's the gun? I'm being nice to you, but you could get roughed up and locked up. You want me to take [your baby]? You want me to call [Administration for Children's Services] (ACS)? Tell me where the gun is right now... You better not have any fucking weapons on you... Give the fucking baby to [redacted] I'm sick of these fucking games... You know you can get your kids removed?" and allegedly called her a "bad mother" (Allegation A: Discourtesy, [redacted] (Allegation B: Offensive Language, [redacted] (Allegation C: Discourtesy, [redacted] (Allegations D and E: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]) (Allegation F: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). An unidentified male officer allegedly frisked [redacted] before PO Stephanie Vacchio of the Intelligence Bureau also frisked then searched her after receiving instructions from Lt. Brian Hillmann of the 114th Precinct Detective Squad (Allegations G and H: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]) (Allegation I: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). The same male officer also allegedly told [redacted] "You know you can get your kids removed?" (Allegation J: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Det. Sohn allegedly had [redacted] a Spanish-speaker, sign a consent to search form without providing her Spanish interpretation and in a coercive manner (Allegations K and L: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Officers from Emergency Services Unit entered [redacted] to remove [redacted] s baby, and clear the apartment (Allegations M and N: Abuse of Authority. [redacted] allegedly asked multiple officers to retrieve her medication from inside [redacted] but they refused (Allegation O: Abuse of Authority,... Read report for details.