Conclusion Meanings:
'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 3 known lawsuits, $2,501 total settlements.
Campbell, Jason vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 23CV02872,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 16, 2023
Complaint
Description: On March 5, 2021, PO Estharlin Lopez and Detective Vasilios Vasilopoulos executed an illegally obtained search warrant at an unidentified premises related to Plaintiff. The warrant was based on knowingly falsified information and obtained from coercion of an informant. While executing the search Lopez and Vasilopoulos planted and moved weapons and staged photographs to support their false information. Lopez and Vasilopoulos recovered an envelope with Plaintiff’s name on it from the premises that purports to link him to the possession of weapons. On March 8, 2021, Plaintiff was falsely arrested, detained, and taken to Kings County Central Booking by Detective Raymond Higgins where he was charged with numerous we...
Charles, Sherwin vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV01797,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, April 26, 2016, ended August 10, 2017
Order/Judgment (Verdict)
Complaint
Description: Defendant officers in plainclothes pulled their unmarked vehicle onto the sidewalk where Plaintiff was walking, searched him, arrested him, and took him to the local precinct. Plaintiff was charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree, Criminal Possession of a Firearm, and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree. Both criminal and federal charges were later dismissed.
Hill, Daveion, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV05756,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 27, 2014, ended April 23, 2015
$2,501 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 29, 2012, when Plaintiffs were outside their home, they noticed a black car that resembled a black car that had previously been stalking plaintiff Roxroy Hill pulled up in front of their home .The defendant officers all in plain clothes rapidly emerged from the black car with their guns drawn and pointed at
plaintiffs. Plaintiff Roxroy ran inside for cover, while Plaintiff Daveion froze on the stairs out of fear. The defendants then instructed plaintiff Daveion to get on
the floor started asking him where the gun was, to which he replied that he had no idea. However the defendant officers repeatedly told him to stop lying and placed him in handcuffs. Meanwhile, the other defendant officers, kicked...