Home invasionThreats/intimidationExcessive forceFalse arrest or reportExtended detentionDrug charges
Plaintiff:
Noel Padilla
Incident date:
10/15/2005
Location:
2336 N. Keeler Ave.
Allegations:
Noel Padilla had just entered his friend's home on Keeler Avenue when officers called to him and told him to show them his identification. As Padilla handed officers his identification, they grabbed his wrist, pulled him down several stairs, handcuffed him and put him in the rear of an unmarked squad car. Padilla was driven to a nearby alley where Officer Herrera demanded that he supply the officers with guns or drugs. When he couldn't comply with their demands, officers drove him to the home he shared with Johnson and Santiago on North Francisco Avenue. When officers arrived, Santiago asked to see a warrant or paperwork before she let them into the home. Officers told her if she refused to let them in she had something to hide, so Santiago allowed them to enter. Officers searched the entire home, and found nothing illegal. Once they were done, Padilla asked if he could be let go. The officers ignored him and instead took him to the apartment of his mother, Socorro Padilla. Officers told Socorro Padilla they were trying to help her son with a probation violation in order to get into her home. Even though her son did not live there, Socorro Padilla let the officers in and they searched her home. Officers again found nothing but they filed delivery of a controlled substance charges against Noel Padilla anyways. Padilla was incarcerated in Cook County Jail for ten months, from October 2005 until he posted bond in July 2006, and missed almost the entire first year of his son's life. The charges against him were dismissed in September 2006.