The hits keep coming for this NYPD cop.
A controversial officer accused of forcing a man to belt out a rap tune in exchange for his freedom in 2011 has been nailed with yet another lawsuit charging him with reckless policing.
A pair of Brooklyn residents claim that Officer David Grieco was among a crew who kicked down their front door without a warrant in November 2012 as they prepared to eat dinner and placed them in handcuffs, according to a Brooklyn federal court complaint filed Tuesday.
Grieco is one of several officers being sued by Quinshon Shingles for allegedly forcing him to rap in exchange for his freedom in 2011 – if his rhymes were sufficiently “hot.”
His performance was deemed worthy of release – and sparked a civil rights lawsuit that is still pending.
In the latest case involving Grieco, Nicole Agostini and Reginald Johnson claim that cops hauled them to a stationhouse despite not finding any contraband after their search – and told them they were being charged on drug raps, according to court papers.
The cops later told Johnson that they would let Agostini off the hook if he signed a confession, according to the complaint.
“Plaintiff eventually gave in an signed a statement under duress in which he said, in sum, everything the cops found was his, not Nicole Agostini’s,” papers state.
Johnson and Agostini claim that the cops fabricated a slew of details about their arrests – including charges that they tossed drugs out of a window and consented to their entry.
Johnson spent more than two weeks at Rikers Island after his arrest before finally making bail in December, according to the suit.
The charges against Johnson were suddenly dropped by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office this past September when Grieco and other officers involved in the bust came under NYPD internal affairs investigation for other offenses, according to court papers.
Johnson and Agostini are suing for unspecified damages.
Grieco is the subject of a least three other lawsuits alleging misconduct.