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.
'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'Unable to Determine': The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
'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.
Named in 4 known lawsuits, $225,000 total settlements.
Jarvis, Roland vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 808935/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 6, 2021, ended October 22, 2024
$225,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: At or around 1:00 AM on Saturday, May 4, 2018, Mr. Jarvis, who is an African-American male, was standing with a group of friends on the corner of Woodycrest Avenue and West 166th Street in the Bronx preparing to leave for a party, when an unmarked NYPD car drove past the group, traveling north on Woodycrest Avenue. The police car then looped around the block again, and Mr. Jarvis observed four police officers dressed in plain clothes exit the vehicle and approach his
group. The four police officers never identified themselves. Mr. Jarvis and his friends began walking away from the corner as the officers approached.
An officer called out to him to stop, but Mr. Jarvis knew that he had done nothing wrong and cont...
Jarvis, Roland vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 20CV08341,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 17, 2020, ended June 16, 2021
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On May 4, 2018, plaintiff was meeting with friends to leave for a party when four unidentified plainsclothes police officers, Anthony Cassase, Daniel Maria, Robert Cabrera, and Sergeant Crane, approached. Plaintiff began to walk away when an officer tackled him to the ground and searched him, finding a handgun. Plaintiff was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Plaintiff was held in jail for over a year after his indictment; the case was dismissed on July 2, 2019 on grounds that it was an illegal search.
Ballance, Melissa A. vs City of New York
Case # 158002/2020,
Supreme Court - New York, September 29, 2020
Complaint
Description: On November 27, 2019, Plaintiff Mellisa Ballance with lawfully in an apartment when Defendants Detective Ariel Eusebio, Detective Rashied McIntyre, Officer Yeraldy Bonifacio, Sergeant Frederic Ortiz, Officer Anthony Cassase, Captain Raul Maisonet, Officer John Katehis, Detective Rafael Mooscoso, Detective James Burpoe, Detective Gary Perez, Officer Justin McKnight, and Officer Carlos Ramos entered the apartment with tactical SWAT-style police equipment and shields. Plaintiff was stuck and cut with a ballistic shield, pushed onto furniture and the floor, and left in excessively tight handcuffs for an excessive period of time. As a result, Plaintiff sustained serious injury.
Nelson, Gui vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 023899/2018,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 12, 2018
