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.
'Substantiated': The alleged conduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Named in 4 known lawsuits, $26,475 total settlements.
Elliot, Dramel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 20CV00702,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, April 1, 2020, ended June 3, 2021
$1,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 29, 2018, plaintiff Elliot was in the back seat of a parked vehicle while her two friends were in the front seat. Officer John Doe (potentially Anthony Jones) approached the vehicle with his gun drawn and pointed at the vehicle's occupants. The occupants were removed from the car, tightly handcuffed, and held on the scene by Officers John Does (potentially Anthony Jones and Joseph Castaldo) before being transported to the precinct and then central booking. Plaintiff was then transferred back to the precinct and held for another 26/27 hours. Plaintiff was finally released with no charges filed against her.
Pena, Jonathan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV00755,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 7, 2017, ended July 31, 2018
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 5, 2015, Plaintiff was wheeling his bicycle over the sidewalk and into a private residence in Queens, New York. Two defendant NYPD officials stopped Plaintiff and his uncle and asked if they had been in the vicinity of a nearby park. Plaintiff responded that they had not been. The officers asked for IDs from both men and then cited Plaintiff for riding his bicycle on the sidewalk, which he had not done. Later the same day, the same two officers stopped Plaintiff again. Four plainclothes officers then exited another vehicle and pulled Plaintiff from his bicycle and handcuffed him. Three of the officers were familiar to Plaintiff as they had previously arrested Plaintiff multiple times. Plaintiff was ...
Freire, Howard vs P.O. Zamot, John, et al.
Case # 14CV00304,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, April 15, 2014, ended January 2, 2019
$9,975 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 19, 2012, at approximately 1:00pm, Plaintiff was approached in a threatening manner by the three Defendant Officers, who were wearing street clothes. Defendants did not identify themselves as poilice officers. Defendants chased Plaintiff and shot him in the back without previous warning. Defendants dismissed two eyewitnesses to the event. When the ambulance arrived, Defendant Detective instructed the EMTs not to load Plaintiff up for care but wait until a police vehicle arrived. As a result, Plaintiff was left lying unclothed with a gunshot wound in the street for 20-30 minutes. Plaintiff was taken to a hospital, but the police did not allow his family to visit or provide him clothes during the week-...
Pena v. The City of New York et al
Case # 17CV00755,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was going to his grandmother's residence on his bicycle when he was pulled over by an NYPD patrol vehicle. The officers asked them both for identification and subsequently issued him a summons for riding a bike on a sidewalk. Later that day, the plaintiff rode his bike from his grandmother's to a store on 104th Street and 49th. On his way home, the same officers stopped him with four other plain clothes officers. One of the officers flashed a light on his face and four other officers pulled him from his bike and walked him towards a police van. They handcuffed him and put him in the vehicle. The same officers had arrested the plaintiff a year earlier, and charged him with robbery and marijuana possess...