Settling for Misconduct
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Case 13-CV-3597

$15,000

ILLEGAL SEARCH/SEIZURE

Minor Destroy/conceal/fabricate evidence Threats/intimidation Illegal search/seizure Gun

Plaintiff: Celina Garcia

Incident date: 10/26/2012

Location: 13328 S. Baltimore Ave.

Allegations:

The Garcias and their children, who were two and four years-old, live in Hammond, Indiana. They drove to pick up food from a Chinese restaurant in Chicago, near the Indiana border. Ruben Garcia stayed with his children in the family's truck while his wife, Celina, went inside the restaurant. Suddenly, Officer Castillo approached the driver's side of the truck with his gun pointed at Ruben's head. He yelled at him to "Get the f**k out of the truck and threatened to shoot him and put his children in the Department of Children and Family Services. Ruben got out of the truck and Officer Castillo handcuffed him. Officer Castillo then wrote a ticket to impound the truck. Celina was still inside the restaurant when another officer approached her and told her to go outside. When she walked out

Additional plaintiffs:
  • Ruben Garcia, Jr.
  • M.G
  • R.G.

Castillo

Davy