Maribel Fuertes

Badge #4143, Hispanic Female
Detective Grade 2 at Detective Bureau Central Robbery Division since February 2018, active
Service started July 2004, made $168,000 last year, Tax #934888

Lawsuit settlements:
$87,500   Hughes, Chadley, et al. vs City of New York, et al., 2014 BCSC BCSC 302408/2014
$50,000   Daniels, Patrick vs City of New York, et al., 2014 SDNY SDNY 14CV00748
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Discipline

Case: 2020-21865
Closed: 3/20/2020
Case Details:
  1. Guilty: Failed to safeguard a firearm resulting in loss.
  2. Guilty: Failed to safeguard Department equipment.
Penalty: Pre-trial suspension days (20 days), vacation days (5 days)


Lawsuits

Named in 3 known lawsuits, $137,500 total settlements.

Hughes, Chadley, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 302408/2014, Supreme Court - Bronx, May 30, 2014, ended February 16, 2015
$87,500 Settlement
Complaint

Daniels, Patrick vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV00748, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, March 25, 2014, ended September 17, 2014
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 6, 2011, Plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of a Bar and Lounge in the Bronx when he starting speaking with two females who happened to be undercover Defendant Officers Mercado and Fuertes. Plaintiff had not committed any crime when Defendant Officers Bucknell and John Doe 1 approached and arrested him. Plaintiff was subsequently struck in the head and body by the Defendant Officers while Defendant officers Valentin and Ozuna approached and assisted in the false arrest. Back at the precinct Defendant Officers manufactured false evidence and used the same against Plaintiff in legal proceedings.

Hughes, Chadley, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 304748/2013, Supreme Court - Bronx, October 22, 2013, ended April 8, 2014
Zero Disposition