Benny Lantigua

Badge #20796, Hispanic Male
Former Police Officer at Brooklyn Court Section
Service ended May 2015, Tax #936911

Lawsuit settlements:
$25,000   Campbell, John vs City of New York, et al., 2015 EDNY EDNY 15CV04612
$10,000   Brown, Prince vs City of New York, et al., 2015 KCSC KCSC 509408/2015
$25,000   Herrard, Evrard vs City of New York, et al., 2015 EDNY EDNY 15CV00744
$75,000   Ortiz, Jovan vs City of New York, et al., 2013 EDNY EDNY 13CV04399
$15,000   Blocker, Otto vs New York City Police Department, et al., 2013 KCSC KCSC 012838/2013
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Discipline

Case: 2011-3533
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Opened: 5/11/2011
Closed: 4/28/2015
Case Details:
  1. Pleaded Guilty: Having reported sick wrongfully and without just cause was absent from his residence without permission of the district surgeon or medical division sick desk Supervisor
Penalty: Dismissal from the New York City Department; however, judgment is suspended and respondent will be placed on dismissal probation for a period of one (1) year. Vested interest retirement. Forfeiture of time/leave balances. Forfeiture of thirty (30) pre-trial suspension days already served.

Case: 2011-5135
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Opened: 7/19/2011
Closed: 4/28/2015
Case Details:
  1. Not Guilty: While off duty outside of a restaurant did intentionally place or attempted to place another person and an employee of the restaurant, in reasonable fear of physical injury, serious injury, or death by pointing his off-duty firearm
  2. Pleaded Guilty: While off-duty operated a motor vehicle while impaired by the consumption of alcohol
  3. Not Guilty: While off-duty operated a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated condition
  4. Pleaded Guilty: While off-duty having been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol refused to submit to a breathalyzer test
  5. Guilty: While off-duty was unfit for duty due to the consumption of alcohol
  6. Guilty: While off-duty was armed while unfit for duty due to the consumption of alcohol
  7. Pleaded Guilty: While off-duty wrongfully did fail to safeguard his off duty firearm by leaving it wrapped in a shirt under the driver's seat of his parked vehicle
  8. Pleaded Guilty: Wrongfully possessed an unauthorized copy of a NYPD restricted parking plate in his private vehicle
  9. Pleaded Guilty: Wrongfully operated his personal vehicle without possessing a valid New York state drivers license
  10. Pleaded Guilty: Wrongfully neglected to inform his Commanding Officer that his New York state drivers license had expired
  11. Not Guilty: Wrongfully impeded an official Department investigation by repeatedly denying to a Supervisor that he was in possession of his firearm when, in fact, he was not
  12. Guilty: Wrongfully impeded an official Department investigation by failing to disclose to Department investigators the identities of two individuals who were in his private vehicle when said officer menaced another person with a firearm and went back to the persons place of employment to question coworkers about said persons work schedule.
Penalty: See 2011-3533


Lawsuits

Named in 6 known lawsuits, $150,000 total settlements.

Goodloe, Carl vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 515363/2015, Supreme Court - Kings, February 19, 2016
Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers pulled up behind Plaintiff while he was pulled over in his car and asked for ID. Officers arrested him without explanation. Plaintiff was taken to a precinct, strip-searched, and charged with consumption of alcohol in public, which was later ACD'd.

Campbell, John vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV04612, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 10, 2015, ended November 14, 2016
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Defendant officers stopped Plaintiff and gave him a summons for allegedly violating Administrative Code 10-125B, consuming alcohol and carrying an open container in a public place. Defendant Officer then arrested Plaintiff for an alleged warrant and took him to PSA 2, where he was assaulted in the cell and needed to be hospitalized. Plaintiff's charges were ACD'd.

Brown, Prince vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 509408/2015, Supreme Court - Kings, August 4, 2015, ended November 20, 2015
$10,000 Settlement

Herrard, Evrard vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV00744, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, February 23, 2015, ended July 23, 2015
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Officer Villalona pulled Plaintiff over and immediately arrested him. He was taken to the 73rd precinct and charged with AC 10-118(B) - "Destruction or Removal of Property in Buildings or Structures"; and AC 10-125(B) - "Consumption of Alcohol in Public". Complaint was sworn by Lantigua. Plaintiff given ACD

Ortiz, Jovan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV04399, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 5, 2013, ended April 2, 2014
$75,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 18, 2012, Plaintiff was handcuffed, arrested, and transported to the 88th Precinct by NYPD Officers Collins and Benny Lantigua. During this transport Plaintiff's handcuffs were tightened excessively. The reckless manner in which Plaintiff was transported caused him to be thrown about the vehicle, resulting in painful compression to the nerves in his wrists. Plaintiff repeatedly complained of the pain from the tight handcuffs but they were not loosened. Plaintiff requested medical attention and EMS was summoned.

Blocker, Otto vs New York City Police Department, et al.
Case # 012838/2013, Supreme Court - Kings, July 23, 2013, ended November 21, 2013
$15,000 Settlement

Other Documents

NYPD Trial Decision 4/10/2015