Conclusion Meanings:
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Bolt, Rohan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 22CV03318,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, June 14, 2022
Complaint
Description: In December of 1996, Rohan Bolt was arrested for the murders of Charles Davis and Ira "Mike" Epstein. He subsequently spent 24 years incarcerated before the conviction was vacated due to law enforcement's improper handling of the case. Bolt's arrest was based on an unreliable witness who referred to a person named "Roti." Bolt stated that he was never called that name and another alleged witness failed to identify him in a lineup until pressured by Defendant Frank Bovino. Defendants Cardamone and Brooks knowingly elicited a false confession from one of Bolt's codefendants and failed to inform prosecutors that the confession was coerced. Defendants Pia and Sica also forced the third codefendant to adopt a statem...