Allegations:
In July 2005, a man reported that his refrigerated truck containing 458 cases of sea bass fillets was stolen near Fulton Market. Three days later, officers arrested a suspect after finding him with stolen motorcycle parts. They interrogated the man about the theft of the refrigerated truck, but he said he had no knowledge of it. The officers wrote up a false report claiming that the man had implicated Thomas in the truck theft. Days later, officers arrested Thomas and charged him with the theft of the fish truck. One officer falsely testified before a grand jury that Thomas had been seen entering the stolen fish truck. Thomas was incarcerated for 15 months before being released on bond. He was eventually acquitted after the man who had implicated him testified that Thomas was not involved in the theft.