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.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'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 2 known lawsuits, $50,000 total settlements.
Suares, Olivia vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV11327,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 21, 2020, ended September 9, 2022
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 23, 2018, P.O.s including Sergeant Flores, Officers Camiglia, Bupp, Veliz, Rubin, Escoto, Paulio, Burgos, and Lee Rubin, Lieutenant Sharbir, and Detectives Jason Baker, Andre Smith, Diskin, and Hennessy, visited Plaintiff’s residence at approximately 4:30 a.m., and rushed in without consent when the door was opened. Some of the defendants were in uniform, while others were not. The officers asked Plaintiff if any gunshots were heard from her home, and informed Plaintiff that someone had been shot in the apartment located under her apartment’s bedroom. Plaintiff responded she had not heard any gunshots. Officers rushed into Plaintiff’s bedroom without consent, where her daughter’s boyfriend and daughter...
Lopez, Sasha vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV05197,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 19, 2013, ended April 3, 2014
$10,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 6, 2009, Sasha Lopez (the plaintiff), then a 16-year-old female, was arrested without probable cause, incarcerated, and charged with five felonies, five misdemeanors, and a violation. The charges stemmed from an incident where Jim Ocampo was robbed of a watch by three individuals in the Bronx. At the time of the robbery, the plaintiff was several blocks away from the scene with her boyfriend. The plaintiff and her boyfriend were visiting his ill mother. When they came downstairs from the mother's apartment, they were accosted by two uniformed NYPD officers on the sidewalk. The plaintiff was wearing a watch similar to the one that had been stolen. The defendant police officer handcuffed the plaintiff a...