Allegations:
When Barron arrived home from work around 9:30 p.m., his key broke off in the lock on his front door. After trying to remove the key, Barron climbed onto a dumpster to see if he could gain access to his back patio door, which is attached to his garage roof. After determining it would be too dangerous, Barron returned to the main entrance and spoke with a neighbor, who provided some hand tools to try and remove the broken key from the lock. Several minutes later, Officer Moy approached the two men and aggressively told Barron to stay off the garage roof. When Barron explained he was locked out of his home, Moy responded with profanity, said he had called the police and drove away. Barron's neighbor explained that Moy was a police officer who lived nearby. Soon after, two police officers arrived in a Chicago Police Department SUV and said they had been called about a man on a roof. Barron explained the situation. “Cool,” one of the officers replied, and without exiting their vehicle, the officers drove away. Barron's neighbor left, and Barron decided to climb onto the roof. Once there, he heard a voice screaming, “Get on the f**king ground.” It was Moy, standing on the back porch of a nearby residence, pointing a handgun at Barron. He told Barron he was under arrest and threatened to shoot him if he did not get on the ground. Barron obeyed, and Moy held him at gunpoint for 15 minutes while waiting for other officers to arrive. Once the officers came, Moy lied and told them Barron climbed over his fence into his backyard, screamed incoherently on Moy's back porch, banged on Moy's back door and threatened him with an AIDS needle. Barron was falsely charged and arrested with criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. The charges were dropped one year later.