Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - the alleged conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
'Within NYPD Guidelines': The alleged conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Kaplan, Peter vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV04945,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 4, 2014
Settlement
Complaint,
Third Amended Complaint
Description: On July 8, 2013, plaintiff Peter Kaplan served his then wife, Andrea Karambelas, with divorce papers. In retaliation, Karambelas spent hours with NYPD officer defendant Marcos Martinez and other John / Jane Does officers developing a story to charge Kaplan with crimes allegedly committed days and weeks earlier. Karambelas had a previous history of making false allegations against her husband. That evening, SWAT Team officers pushed into Kaplan's apartment without his consent and ransacked it looking for weapons, removing a gold Rolex watch that was never returned to the plaintiff. During the search plaintiff was handcuffed with cuffs that were too tight and taken outside in view of his neighbors. The officers d...