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http://nypost.com/2015/06/02/teen-busted-after-refusing-cops-advances-gets-45k-from-city/
A Bronx teen landed a $45,000 payout after an NYPD cop flirted with her — and then busted the 17-year-old on bogus charges because she brushed him off, according to court documents.
Natalie Erlich says she was grabbing an after-school snack with two female friends on Nov. 4, 2013, when Officer José Peinan and another cop struck up a conversation with them in Kingsbridge.
“I had on a camouflage hat and [Peinan] had on camouflage pants,” Erlich, now 19, told The Post. “He said, ‘We match.’ I brushed him off and I laughed.”
Erlich went around the corner to buy a cup of hot cocoa, and the plainclothes cop followed her, she alleged.
“He said something slick like, ‘Where are you going?’ ” she added. “I said, ‘I’m going home.’ ”
When Erlich asked if he was a cop, he replied, “Maybe.” She then told him that’s “a cop answer.”
Seconds later, a van pulled up and four more officers got out. That’s when Peinan ordered them to cuff her, she claimed.
“He said she blew his cover,” Erlich’s mother said.
Erlich said that when she asked why she was being arrested, Peinan responded, “You know why — you’re being a smartass.”
They searched her, then put her and a friend, Marie Gonzalez, in the back of a police van before taking them to the 52nd Precinct station house a couple of hours later, she said.
They didn’t release her until 11 a.m. the next day.
“I was scared,” she said. “I didn’t know what was going on.”
Erlich filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court, claiming she and her friend were arrested because Peinan was “angered at having his advances rebuffed,” according to court documents.
A Bronx teen landed a $45,000 payout after an NYPD cop flirted with her — and then busted the 17-year-old on bogus charges because she brushed him off, according to court documents.
Natalie Erlich says she was grabbing an after-school snack with two female friends on Nov. 4, 2013, when Officer José Peinan and another cop struck up a conversation with them in Kingsbridge.
“I had on a camouflage hat and [Peinan] had on camouflage pants,” Erlich, now 19, told The Post. “He said, ‘We match.’ I brushed him off and I laughed.”
Erlich went around the corner to buy a cup of hot cocoa, and the plainclothes cop followed her, she alleged.
“He said something slick like, ‘Where are you going?’ ” she added. “I said, ‘I’m going home.’ ”
When Erlich asked if he was a cop, he replied, “Maybe.” She then told him that’s “a cop answer.”
Seconds later, a van pulled up and four more officers got out. That’s when Peinan ordered them to cuff her, she claimed.
“He said she blew his cover,” Erlich’s mother said.
Erlich said that when she asked why she was being arrested, Peinan responded, “You know why — you’re being a smartass.”
They searched her, then put her and a friend, Marie Gonzalez, in the back of a police van before taking them to the 52nd Precinct station house a couple of hours later, she said.
They didn’t release her until 11 a.m. the next day.
“I was scared,” she said. “I didn’t know what was going on.”
Erlich filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court, claiming she and her friend were arrested because Peinan was “angered at having his advances rebuffed,” according to court documents.
