A Bronx girl claims an NYPD officer sexually assaulted her and pleasured himself within the again seat of her automotive — and police are actually investigating the alleged incident, The Put up has realized.
The nightmare started shortly after Pamelys Aquino was pulled over for an unlawful flip round 12:45 a.m. on Could 23, after which taken to the 44 Precinct station home close to Yankee Stadium as a result of cops stated her license was suspended, which she denied, she stated in a YouTube video.
Her passengers, together with a feminine relative and a person with an arrest warrant, have been additionally taken to the station home, she claims.
The 2 have been launched after about three hours, however Officer Kristopher Recalde, who was with the NYPD’s Neighborhood Response Workforce, stored Aquino behind, she alleged.
“He advised me he stored me within the precinct longer as a result of he wished to be with me,” Aquino wrote in an Instagram publish.
The 27-year-old police officer additionally refused to return her keys and advised her one thing was fallacious together with her automotive, she claims within the video.
“He’s like, ‘Oh let me stroll you to the automotive so I can inform you what’s fallacious along with your automotive,’” she stated.
Then, the officer allegedly grabbed her and demanded, “Give me a kiss if you wish to get within the automotive.”
“I gave him a kiss, I received within the automotive,” she stated on the video filmed by CopWatch, a gaggle that frequently movies cops and appears for misconduct.
She stated she was afraid to return contained in the station and report what had occurred so she tried to depart.
“What you need me to do run into the precinct and inform them he’s doing this?” she requested. “With what f–king proof?”
“I’m pondering I don’t know what’s occurring,” she continued. “You simply requested me for a kiss when you have been holding your aspect. You’re a cop. I’m f–king scared.”
As soon as she received into the motive force’s seat, the cop allegedly slid within the backseat and advised her to drive, she claimed.
“He’s speaking, he’s speaking. He’s telling me, ‘Go,’” she claimed.
She drove somewhat greater than a block, however was attempting to remain near the station home, she stated.
“Rattling,” she tells the interviewer at one level. “Simply give me a second, I’m sorry. I don’t need to cry. I’ve cried a lot.”
She then started weeping.
“In order I’m driving and he’s doing that he places his hand on my t—ie,” she sobs. “He places his hand on my t—ie. He’s masturbating. I’m telling him, ‘OK. Are you able to go now please?’”
“I used to be mad,” she stated, crying once more. “I felt soiled. I felt disgusting. I didn’t need to do what he made me do, you understand. I used to be scared. That is what I wanted all people to know. I used to be scared. I used to be so f–king mad.”
At that time, she lied and advised the cop she needed to put her purse within the trunk. He stated, “Okay,” and received out of the automobile, in accordance with her account of the incident.
Aquino stated she was pondering she would “stroll somewhat bit after which run,” she stated. However she didn’t.
“I don’t know what he might do to me,” she stated. “He’s a cop.”
Recalde allegedly demanded she get again within the automotive and she or he complied.
“After I received within the automotive, he opened the opposite aspect door,” she stated. “He took his badge, his stuff off. He threw it within the seat. There was like two vests he had on.”
He then unzipped his pants and returned to the backseat, she recalled.
“He’s telling me ‘calm,’” Aquino stated.
“He’s taking part in together with his d–okay,” she stated. “He’s grabbing me… He’s pulling me. He’s doing all these things together with his arms, touching different locations. … I’m nonetheless driving.”
“Then he begins yelling, ‘Put that p—y in my face,” she claimed.”Put {that a}– in my face. After I seemed, he got here.”
She stated that when it was over, she referred to as 911 and was transferred to IAB. It’s unclear within the video when the officer exited the automotive.
“They swabbed my automotive,” she stated. She claims she additionally talked to the Bronx District Lawyer’s Workplace.
Aquino posted what she stated was a photograph of Recalde’s bulletproof vest in her automotive on Instagram.
Aquino referred The Put up to her lawyer, Nicholas Dayan, who acknowledged that he filed a discover of declare with the Comptroller’s Workplace, which is a precursor to a lawsuit.
Aquino additionally secretly recorded virtually two minutes of video close to the tip of the assault, she claimed within the video.
The officer’s responsibility standing has been modified whereas the division investigates the allegations, an NYPD spokesperson stated.
Recalde, who joined the Drive in 2021, made $82,960 in 2025, in accordance with metropolis payroll data. He was transferred to a public housing growth to look at surveillance cameras final month, a standard posting for cops who’re in scorching water, public data present.
Makes an attempt to achieve the police officer have been unsuccessful. The Bronx District Lawyer’s Workplace didn’t return a name in search of remark.
