Manuel Soto

Badge #6154, Hispanic Male
Former Detective Specialist at Detective Bureau Special Victims Division
Also served at Narcotics Division Manhattan North INIT
Service started February 1994, ended January 2018, Tax #911589

Lawsuit Settlements:
$20,000   Kalantarov, Arunakuin vs City of New York, et al., 2018 KCSC KCSC 503475/2018
$62,500   Rivera, Jermain vs City of New York, et al., 2013 KCSC KCSC 024224/2012
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Complaints

1 Complaint
1 Allegation
0 Substantiated
1 Exonerated

Complaint #200207933, November 2002
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Question and/or stop
Complainant: Hispanic Male, 38
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
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Complaint #200207933, November 2002
Allegation Complainant CCRB Conclusion
Abuse of Authority: Question and/or stop Hispanic Male, 38 Exonerated
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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.

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Lawsuits

Named in 2 known lawsuits, $82,500 total settlements.

Kalantarov, Arunakuin vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 503475/2018, Supreme Court - Kings, February 27, 2018, ended September 19, 2019
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 25, 2015, the Plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, arrested without probable cause or a warrant, and subjected to assault and battery by the named Defendant, Manual Soto, and four unnamed Defendants, John Does 1-4. The Defendants approached Plaintiff because of a false complaint made by a woman the Plaintiff had met through a dating website. The woman had threatened to falsely accuse the Plaintiff of rape unless he paid her $50,000. The Defendants were notified about the threats the woman made but failed to investigate the woman who had a history of meeting victims on dating websites, drugging them, and stealing their property. Despite being notified about the threats and knowing that the Plaintiff did not...

Rivera, Jermain vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 024224/2012, Supreme Court - Kings, January 3, 2013, ended July 12, 2016
$62,500 Settlement