Washington-Herrera v. Town of Greenburgh

*987On September 13, 2008, the plaintiff was arrested in his home pursuant to an arrest warrant on charges that he committed criminal mischief in the second degree, a class D felony (see Penal Law § 145.10). The accusatory instrument that resulted in the issuance of the arrest warrant was based on signed statements from the plaintiff’s girlfriend and the father of the plaintiffs girlfriend. Town of Greenburgh Sgt. Edward Olson (hereinafter Olson) was a member of the tactical team that, on orders of the chief of the Town of Greenburgh Police Department (hereinafter the police department), forcibly…