Conclusion Meanings:
'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.
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Named in 2 known lawsuits.
Abraham, Victor vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 22CV01162,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 22, 2022
Complaint
Description: On October 17, 2016, Plaintiff was arrested on suspicion of robbing S.H. in Staten Island. S.H. had identified the perpetrator as a Black male, and he supplied the police with a photograph he had taken on the S44 bus of a man he believed to be the perpetrator. Plaintiff did not take the bus on that date and therefore could not have been the one that S.H. photographed. Defendant Detective Lutz received & reviewed the photograph but didn't add it to the case file, and the DA's office was not informed about the photograph until the eve of Plaintiff's criminal trial two years later. On October 18, Det. Lutz created a photo array featuring photographs of Plaintiff and five "fillers"; this photo array was unduly sugg...
Olabopo, Babatunde vs Gomes, Milinda Henry, et al.
Case # 13CV05052,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 29, 2014, ended September 27, 2018
Zero Disposition
Complaint,
First Amended Complaint
Description: Around September 2008, the Plaintiff was attacked by three robbers in Brooklyn. While trying to escape, the Plaintiff sought the help of NYPD officers, however, they abandoned the plaintiff saying that they were going to be delayed for another assignment. The Plaintiff was then again attacked by the robbers, his belonging were stollen, and he required emergency surgery. The NYPD refused to investigate the robbery. The Plaintiff also sought the assistance of the NYPD after his landlord physically assaulted and threatened to kill him in March 2009. The NYPD called the ambulance but took no action against the landlord. On September 9, 2010, the Department Building Inspector attempted to search the apartment and wa...