Stop and friskPlainclothesFalse arrest or reportPhysical forceDrug charges
Plaintiff:
Gerald Guydon
Incident date:
07/01/2009
Location:
33 W. 79th St.
Allegations:
Officers Ugarte and Johnson, who were in plainclothes, approached, seized and attacked Guydon while he was fueling his car at a gas station near West 79th Street and South Lafayette Avenue. The officers searched Guydon and found crack cocaine in his possession. They arrested Guydon at the scene, charged him for possession and impounded his car. The charges against him were later dismissed for lack of probable cause.