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, $97,500 total settlements.
James, Egobeda vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 719842/2024,
Supreme Court - Queens, January 21, 2025
James, Egobeda vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 718489/2024,
Supreme Court - Queens, January 2, 2025
Mcgregor, Shashala vs The City of Ny, et al.
Case # 24CV06951,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 24, 2024
Complaint
Description: On July 28, 2023, plaintiff was driving on Memphis Avenue in the County of Queens, City and State of New York and her ex boyfriend purposefully cut into traffic and in front of plaintiff's vehicle, sideswiping her and causing damage to both vehicles. Plaintiff's ex boyfriend got out of his vehicle, attacked Ms.
McGregor, tried to drag her from her vehicle, ripped the driver’s door off its hinges, and then stole her phone on which she had recorded this events. Plaintiff drove away and called the police from a land line at her mother’s house a few blocks away. When she returned to the scene defendant NYPD officer Caeser and her partner were already there and in conversation with her ex-boyfriend, whom plaintiff b...
Mitchell, Scarlet vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 22CV07437,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$97,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 8, 2021, plaintiff, SCARLET MITCHELL, a domestic violence victim, was without cause or justification, unlawfully and unreasonably arrested by defendant NYPD officers, LAUREN LUCIANO, JOSE GUTIERREZ, CHRISTOPHER DOUSE, and MICHAEL PALAGONIA, for possession of the firearm that she herself had been assaulted and threatened with by her then boyfriend. Despite plaintiff’s claim that she was victim, her reports of injuries, and that defendants possessed information from dispatch via the multiple 911 calls that had been made that plaintiff was the victim, all of which confirmed there was a reason to doubt that the gun belonged to plaintiff, defendants conducted no further investigation, including making e...