Settling for Misconduct
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Case 14-CV-8809

$100,000

OTHER POLICE MISCONDUCT

Off duty Destroy/conceal/fabricate evidence False arrest or report Weapons charges Hospitalized

Plaintiff: Nelson Moody

Incident date: 09/17/2008

Location: 209 E. Garfield Blvd.

Allegations:

In September 2008, Moody was on his way to a laundromat in the Washington Park neighborhood when he and two off-duty police officers witnessed a shooting. Moody tried to run away but was hit by a stray bullet and fell to the ground. Officer Sampson stopped her car and attended to Moody, and both officers called for paramedics and additional police. In their calls to 911, neither officer said Moody had a gun or was involved in the shooting, and Sampson's original version of the events did not incriminate Moody. However, Sampson later changed her story and claimed that she had seen Moody with a gun. None of the other officers reported the inconsistency to supervisors or detectives. Moody was arrested three hours after the shooting, as he waited for surgery at the hospital, and was charged with multiple weapons offenses. His case remained in court for more than five years and during that time, Sampson changed her story once again and prosecutors re-indicted Moody on more serious charges. Finally, in November 2013, Moody was found not guilty. The deliberation took less than 30 minutes.

FATIMA ARIF-ABRAHAM

POLICE OFFICER

320228996
$100,000 total payments

DENNIS BARNES

SERGEANT OF POLICE

240215880
$100,000 total payments

SCOTT BITTNER

POLICE OFFICER

1112627716
$248,750 total payments

JAMIE CHISEM

POLICE OFFICER

320226867
$100,000 total payments

VINCENT CIOCCI

POLICE OFFICER

1291427599
$284,150 total payments

OSCAR ESCALANTE

POLICE OFFICER

1508125439
$148,750 total payments

ROBERT GALLAS

POLICE OFFICER

1781526146
$184,150 total payments

DAVID GARZA

POLICE OFFICER

1497026346
$154,000 total payments

PAUL HABIAK

POLICE OFFICER

1493926348
$154,000 total payments

THOMAS KELLY

PO AS DETECTIVE

202298265
$100,000 total payments

RICHARD MORAVEC

LIEUTENANT OF POLICE

93319795
$118,000 total payments

ROGER MURPHY

PO AS DETECTIVE

2068118579
$190,000 total payments

MICHAEL OCONNOR

POLICE OFFICER

834227657
$252,500 total payments

ONETA SAMPSON

POLICE OFFICER

415726236
$100,000 total payments