Abuse of Authority: PROPERTY DAMAGED - The NYPD Files

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Abuse of Authority: Property Damaged

This page contains all allegations assigned to this category by the CCRB. Multiple similar allegations can appear for the same officer because a complaint received from a civilian can include multiple allegations.

Officers With Complaints

349

Complaints

358

Allegations

386

What the CCRB’s Conclusions Mean

Substantiated: The alleged conduct occurred and it violated the rules. (Here is a breakdown of the types of discipline the CCRB can recommend. The NYPD can choose to ignore those recommendations. It has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.)

Exonerated: The alleged conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD’s rules, which often give officers significant discretion over use of force.

Unsubstantiated: The CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.

Officer	Rank at Time of Complaint	Officer Details	Complainant Details	CCRB Conclusion	Year Received
John Essig	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	1987
James Mccarthy	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	1988
Steven Berger	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	1988
Garfield Duncan	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1989
Garfield Duncan	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1989
Garfield Duncan	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1989
Garfield Duncan	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1989
John Essig	Sergeant	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1992
Thomas Cerbone	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1992
James Fogarty	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1993
Sean Finn	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	1993
Joseph Matthew	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1993
Jalin Bulding	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Substantiated (No Recommendations)	1994
Gary Messina	Lieutenant	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1995
Sean Mcgrory	Sergeant	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1995
Salvatore Molino	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1996
John Dorst	Sergeant	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	1996
Miltiadis Marmara	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	1996
Gary Messina	Lieutenant	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	1996
Erik Scantlebury	Detective	Black male	Not available	Exonerated	1996
Christophe Jones	Police Officer	Black male	Not available	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	1996
Christopher McCormack	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	1997
Matthew Lamendola	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1997
Robert Delaney	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Exonerated	1997
Joseph Grogan	Sergeant	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	1998
John Hoffman	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1998
George Sullivan	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 14 years old	Exonerated	1998
Erick Ortiz	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1998
Josh Ulan	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1998
Richard Turk	Detective	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1999
John Moynihan	Sergeant	White male	Not available	Exonerated	1999
Lawrence Fiorello	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 33 years old	Exonerated	2000
Kenneth Oconnor	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2000
Mark Lanigan	Sergeant	White male	White female	Exonerated	2001
Paul Pizzuta	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic male, 24 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2001
Kenneth Ayala	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	2001
John Essig	Deputy Inspector	White male	Unknown female, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Kevin Matthews	Police Officer	White male	Black male	Unsubstantiated	2002
Orin Cox	Police Officer	Black male	Asian male, 21 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Willus Murray	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 54 years old	Exonerated	2002
David Cheesewright	Sergeant	Asian male	Black female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2002
Andrew Duguid	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Alexander Grandstaff	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2002
Anthony Contessa	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Michael Manzolillo	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Exonerated	2003
Daniel Miraglia	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Brian Depalo	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Robert Henderson	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Hector Rodriguez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Robert Henderson	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Cesar Marinelli	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
David Leonardi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2004
Mahmoud Attia	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Frank Galati	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 32 years old	Unsubstantiated	2004
Steven Weiss	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic female, 43 years old	Exonerated	2004
Kelly Maldonado	Police Officer	Black female	White male, 48 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2004
Lowez Walker	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 65 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Victor Paribello	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Louis Pepe	Detective	White male	Black female, 49 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2005
Anthony Davila	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Brian Ilund	Detective	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Jose Dejesus	Detective	Hispanic male	Black female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2005
Christophe Lembo	Police Officer	White male	White female, 46 years old	Exonerated	2005
John Caruso	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 41 years old	Exonerated	2005
Joseph Hickey	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 47 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Giovanni Giovanniello	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 20 years old	Exonerated	2005
John Miata	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Joseph Cruzado	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Exonerated	2005
Richard Reilly	Detective	White male	Black female, 45 years old	Exonerated	2005
Carlos Fabara	Sergeant	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 49 years old	Exonerated	2005
Mizbah Noor	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Jorge Ulloa	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2006
Norman Grandstaff	Sergeant	White male	Asian male, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Daniel Mufaddi	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 63 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Jens Maldonado	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 19 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Joe Frazier	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Thomas Ailman	Sergeant	White male	Other Race male, 22 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Ezequiel Gutierrez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Unknown male	Unsubstantiated	2006
Joseph Durante	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 17 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Anthony Gulotta	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
David Barker	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 35 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Eric Robinson	Police Officer	White male	White male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Robert Mcginn	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Exonerated	2006
Christopher McCormack	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 49 years old	Exonerated	2006
Robert Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	White male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Daniel Sbarra	Sergeant	White male	Black male, 42 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2006
Alberto Pizarro	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
David Cheesewright	Sergeant	Asian male	Black female, 43 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Tsz Kwan	Police Officer	Asian male	White female, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
William Larkin	Police Officer	White male	White male, 58 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Christophe Lipton	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
James Lee	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Joyce Williams	Lieutenant	Black female	Black female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Joseph Stynes	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
John Hopkins	Sergeant	White male	Hispanic female, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Christos Deftereos	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Justin Cracchiola	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 43 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Jeremy Demarco	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Brian Davis	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 55 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Vicnia Liz	Police Officer	Hispanic female	Unknown male	Substantiated (Charges)	2007

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About This Data

For decades, disciplinary records of police officers in New York have been shielded from public view. After the state recently repealed the law that had kept the records secret, ProPublica requested and received a database from New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, which investigates allegations of misconduct against NYPD officers. The database lists the name of each officer, the race of the complainant and the officer, a category describing the alleged misconduct, and whether the CCRB concluded the officers’ conduct violated NYPD rules. Police unions have opposed New York City’s plan to make public data about disciplinary investigations.

This database names about 4,000 of the NYPD’s 36,000 active-duty officers. Every officer in the database has had at least one substantiated allegation. We excluded any allegations that CCRB investigators concluded did not occur and were deemed unfounded. We also removed a small number of officers (62) against whom the CCRB had substantiated allegations, but whose substantiated allegations had not gone fully through the NYPD’s administrative prosecution process. The CCRB was not able to reach conclusions in many cases, in part because the investigators must rely on the NYPD to hand over crucial evidence, such as footage from body-worn cameras. Often, the department is not forthcoming despite a legal duty to cooperate in CCRB investigations. The CCRB gets thousands of complaints per year but substantiates a tiny fraction of them. Allegations of criminal conduct by officers are typically investigated not by the CCRB but by state or federal prosecutors in conjunction with the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau or the FBI. The NYPD’s own findings in cases in this database are not included here.

Read more about what we’ve included in the database and why, and see our answers to questions we have received about this data. If you have information about any of these officers or cases, please fill out our form.

All of the records in this data are from closed cases. But if you see an error, contact the CCRB. If the agency updates its records and lets us know, we'll do so as well.

The data used in this database is downloadable from ProPublica’s Data Store.

Source

This data was obtained through a records request made to the CCRB. It includes fully investigated allegations only for officers who were members of the department as of late June 2020 and against whom the CCRB has substantiated at least one allegation.