Case: 2020-22806
Closed: 3/19/2021
Case Details:
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Guilty:
Unfit for duty.
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Guilty:
Unfit for duty while armed.
Penalty: Counseling, dismissal probation (12 months), forfeiture of time/leave balances, ordered breath testing, pre-trial suspension days (30 days), service retirement, suspended w/o pay (30 days), vacation days (35 days)
Named in 2 known lawsuits.
Williams, Randolph vs City of New York et al.
Case # 505068/2017,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 22, 2017
Complaint
Description: On February 27, 2007, at approximately 2:00am, a shooting occurred in the basketball courts located in the Williamsburg Housing Projects in Brooklyn, NY that resulted in the death of a man named Vincent Hill. Due to the alleged misconduct of multiple named NYPD officers including: NYPD Detectives THOMAS HANDLEY, JAMES BODNAR, MARK BROWN, DINO ANSELMO, BRIAN ELZ, CHRIS FLORIO, KIM CARILLO, "JOHN" SULLIVAN, ANDREW TORLINCASI, "BILLIE", LUIS FONTANEZ, LUIS BATISTA, and officers JASON REEVES, MULERO, JASMINE VALEZ, KARL KRIKELIS, ANDREW TORLIONCAS, and ABRAHAM CRUZ, as well as members of the Kings County District Attorney's office including HOWARD JACKSON, ESQ., AL DEINGENIIS, ESQ., and LARRY FREDELLA, ESQ., Plaint...
Turner, George vs Mele, Megan, et al.
Case # 15CV00074,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 14, 2015, ended October 6, 2017
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: In 2013, Detective Daru Donawa contacted plaintiff after plaintiff's ex-partner filed a police report against him. Plaintiff alleges that there was no evidence, outside of the ex-partner's accusations, against him. The ex-partner then called plaintiff and confessed, in a taped conversation, to making false reports. Despite showing this to Donawa, and despite Donawa stating at the time of the arrest that plaintiff's ex-partner made previous false accusations, Donawa arrested plaintiff.
In 2014, Detective Thomas Handley arrested plaintiff after his ex-partner filed another police report against plaintiff. Plaintiff showed Handley a video of his ex-partner stalking and photographing him as he sat in his car in fr...