Case: 2011-5533
Opened: 8/23/2011
Closed: 4/12/2012
Case Details:
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Guilty:
Wrongfully on two occasions requested assistance from other members of service to prevent the processing and adjudication of two summonses; one issued to said member and the other to another individual known to the Department
Penalty: Dismissal from the New York City police deparment; however, judgment is suspended and respondent will be palced on dismissal probation for a period of one (1) year. Forfeiture of five (5) suspension days, twenty-five (25) vacation days.
Barnes, Latisha vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV09305,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 7, 2015, ended March 27, 2017
$130,001 Settlement
Complaint,
First Amended Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was issued a summons for unreasonable noise, ordering her to appear in Bronx Criminal Court on April 6, 2011. Plaintiff was late to court, but when she did appear, the summons was dismissed and the matter should have been closed. Despite resolution of the summons, however, a bench warrant was issued for hers arrest. Between July 29, 2011 and June 4, 2015, Plaintiff was arrested at least eleven times based on the phantom warrant.