Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - The conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
Further details on conclusions.
Case: 2021-24253
Closed: 3/21/2022
Case Details:
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Pleaded Guilty:
Driving a vehicle with a suspended registration
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Guilty:
Made misleading or inaccurate statements during an official Department interview.
Penalty: Vacation days (30 days)
Case: 2021-23516
Closed: 8/17/2021
Case Details:
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Pleaded Guilty:
Made computer inquiries unrelated to official Department business. Misused Department electronics (email, mdt, cellphone, radio, computer)..
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Pleaded Guilty:
Off-duty employment without permission.
Penalty: Vacation days (30 days)
Case: 2019-20358
Closed: 4/25/2019
Case Details:
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Guilty:
On approximately four (4) occasions, while on-duty operated a Department vehicle with its turret lights activated without police necessity.
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Guilty:
On approximately four (4) occasions, wrongfully transported a civilian in a Department car without supervisory permission.
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Guilty:
On approximately six (6) occasions, while on duty, including during overtime periods, was absent from his assignment without permission or police necessity.
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Guilty:
On approximately six (6) occasions, while on-duty, failed to make required entries in the command/movement log as to his movements during his tours.
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Guilty:
On approximately six (6) occasions, wrongfully conducted personal business and wrongfully used Department equipment, to wit: a Department vehicle, for a non-Department purpose or non-city purpose during his scheduled tour.
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Guilty:
On approximately two (2) occasions, wrongfully made or caused to be made inaccurate entries in Department records.
Penalty: Deduction of pensionable time, forfeiture of time/leave balances, restitution ($343), vacation days (20 days)
Named in 2 known lawsuits, $85,000 total settlements.
Romulus, Eric vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 520684/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, November 26, 2024
Complaint
Description: On or about July 31, 2021, at 4:00 am, plaintiff was lawfully present inside of his apartment when the defendant police officers forcefully entered his residence and unlawfully searched, handcuffed, and falsely arrested him without probable cause or legal justification. The defendant officers also unlawfully searched plaintiff’s apartment and seized his vehicle before transporting him to the 70th Precinct, where he was unlawfully searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and detained in a filthy holding cell for many hours. Plaintiff spoke with defendants at the 70th Precinct whereat plaintiff was informed that the vehicle he drives was involved in a serious crime where someone exited plaintiff’s vehicle and fired...
Musa, Rabab vs City of New York et al.
Case # 151601/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, February 27, 2017, ended February 8, 2018
$85,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 6, 2016, Plaintiff was unlawfully arrested as she left Starbucks to go home to her waiting family. Plaintiff was approached by two officers who demanded to see her identification, without justification. The officers proceeded to handcuff her without legal justification. Plaintiff was taken to, upon information and belief, Midtown South precinct where she was invasively searched. Plaintiff practices the Islamic faith and wears a hijab as part of her religious practice. Plaintiff was forced to remove the hijab in violation of her rights and the hijab was confiscated. Plaintiff was detained for several hours in the prescient, and was denied the right to call her worried family and tell them where she ...