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
Thomas Passolo	Captain	White male	Black male, 55 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2014
Joseph Gulotta	Captain	White male	Black female, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Theodore Federoff	Captain	White male	White female, 71 years old	Exonerated	2016
John Essig	Deputy Inspector	White male	Unknown female, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2002
Richard Reilly	Detective	White male	Black female, 45 years old	Exonerated	2005
Carlos Velez	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 55 years old	Exonerated	2018
Frank Sarrica	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 40 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Adam Conlin	Detective	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Liam Ohara	Detective	White male	Black female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Adam Conlin	Detective	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Daniel Castillo	Detective	Hispanic male	Black female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
John Ulmer	Detective	White male	Hispanic female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Richard Bevers	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Thomas Reo	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 56 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Elvin Gashi	Detective	White male	Black female, 20 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Phillip Atkins	Detective	Black male	Black male, 26 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Michael Driscoll	Detective	White male	White female, 60 years old	Exonerated	2014
Thomas Napolitano	Detective	White male	Black female, 39 years old	Exonerated	2016
Lahmar Sanders	Detective	Black male	Black male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2013
Jennifer Lavelle	Detective	White female	Black female, 61 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Jared Pilkington	Detective	White male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Christophe Mcgee	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 31 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Piero Lasaponara	Detective	White male	Black male, 61 years old	Exonerated	2018
Richard Turk	Detective	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1999
James Eisert	Detective	White male	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Louis Pepe	Detective	White male	Black female, 49 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	2005
Dustin Genco	Detective	White male	Black female, 58 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Frank Altieri	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 50 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Johnpaul Slater	Detective	White male	Black male, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Paul Robinson	Detective	Black male	Asian male, 60 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Erik Scantlebury	Detective	Black male	Not available	Exonerated	1996
Eliot Arias	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 54 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2016
Louis Dambrosio	Detective	White male	Unknown not described, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Michael Greaney	Detective	White male	Black female, 40 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Jesus Capo	Detective	Hispanic male	Unknown male, 17 years old	Exonerated	2015
James Walsh	Detective	White male	Black male, 22 years old	Exonerated	2016
Stephen Jones	Detective	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 22 years old	Unsubstantiated	2011
Oghenevigh Okrokoto	Detective	Black male	Black male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Hector Rodriguez	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
John Comer	Detective	White male	Black male, 36 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Philip Smith	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2019
Gregory Kennedy	Detective	Black male	Black female, 44 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
Greg Desideri	Detective	White male	Black female, 48 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Jose Dejesus	Detective	Hispanic male	Black female, 41 years old	Exonerated	2005
Richard Hoda	Detective	White male	Refused male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Scott Lieneck	Detective	White male	Hispanic male, 29 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Robert Carbone	Detective	White male	Black female, 63 years old	Exonerated	2019
Matthew Wright	Detective	White male	Black female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Timothy Gaven	Detective	White male	Black female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Robert Simms	Detective	Black male	Hispanic male, 45 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Brian Ilund	Detective	White male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Robert Graves	Detective	White male	Black female, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Anthony Davila	Detective	Hispanic male	Black male, 51 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
William Diab	Lieutenant	White male	Other Race male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2018
Javier Santos	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black female, 46 years old	Exonerated	2016
Barbara Fischer	Lieutenant	White female	Hispanic male, 23 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Michael Raso	Lieutenant	White male	Other Race female, 47 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2014
Jorge Tavarez	Lieutenant	Hispanic male	Black female, 21 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Eric Dym	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 27 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2018
Anthony Longobardi	Lieutenant	White male	White female, 72 years old	Exonerated	2014
Richard Vetrano	Lieutenant	White male	Black male, 30 years old	Exonerated	2011
Roman Israilov	Lieutenant	White male	Unknown male, 30 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Vitaliy Zelikov	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2016
Kevin Breen	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 19 years old	Exonerated	2014
Gary Messina	Lieutenant	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Charges)	1996
Gary Messina	Lieutenant	White male	Not available	Unsubstantiated	1995
Emile Provencher	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Christopher McCormack	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female	Unsubstantiated	2008
Christopher McCormack	Lieutenant	White male	Black female, 49 years old	Exonerated	2006
Daniel Miraglia	Lieutenant	White male	Hispanic female, 42 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2003
Joyce Williams	Lieutenant	Black female	Black female, 49 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Gary Capellan	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 53 years old	Substantiated (Command Discipline A)	2015
Lyndon Providence	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 17 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2015
Gerardo Perrone	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Francisco Diodonet	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic female, 77 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2016
Anthony Contessa	Police Officer	White male	Black female, 18 years old	Unsubstantiated	2003
Christos Deftereos	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Carlos Silva	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 52 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012
Mizbah Noor	Police Officer	Asian male	Black male, 25 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2006
Adam Katrincic	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Rochael Vasquez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 37 years old	Substantiated (Formalized Training)	2019
Connor Walsh	Police Officer	White male	Hispanic male, 18 years old	Substantiated (Command Lvl Instructions)	2017
Diego Marin	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 12 years old	Unsubstantiated	2014
Steven Berger	Police Officer	White male	Not available	Substantiated (Command Discipline)	1988
Garry Lamour	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Alonzo Martinez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Edgar Rivera	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2018
Tsz Kwan	Police Officer	Asian male	White female, 53 years old	Unsubstantiated	2007
Victor Paribello	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 46 years old	Unsubstantiated	2005
Dalsh Veve	Police Officer	Black male	Black male, 40 years old	Exonerated	2009
Robert Rodriguez	Police Officer	Hispanic male	Hispanic male, 25 years old	Unsubstantiated	2015
Kyle Stanley	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 28 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Kyle Stanley	Police Officer	White male	Unknown male, 39 years old	Unsubstantiated	2009
Brian Schulman	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 16 years old	Unsubstantiated	2013
Robert Morris	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2017
James Lee	Police Officer	Asian male	White male, 33 years old	Substantiated (Charges)	2007
Kyle Stanley	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 27 years old	Unsubstantiated	2008
Joe Frazier	Police Officer	Black male	White male, 33 years old	Unsubstantiated	2006
Robert Morris	Police Officer	White male	Black male, 33 years old	Exonerated	2017
Paul Chierico	Police Officer	White male	Asian male, 24 years old	Unsubstantiated	2012

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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.