Named in 15 known lawsuits, $3,057,000 total settlements.
Lemos, Kevin an Infant By Mng Amezquita, Sandra vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 529003/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, November 17, 2021
Sharhan, Mokhtar vs Cityof New York, et al.
Case # 501899/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, March 2, 2021, ended October 12, 2022
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 30, 2020, around 8:00-8:30 AM, Plaintiff Mokhtar Sharhan was working at Green Village Supermarket (5801 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn) when Defendant Officer Francisco Delossantos entered the store, did not identify himself as a P.O. and showed Plaintiff an iPhone and an iPad. Defendant Officer Delossantos stated the items had been stolen from a car and asked Plaintiff to give him $10 for them. Plaintiff said "no" and asked Delossantos to leave the store. Ten minutes later, Defendant Delossantos returned with Defendants Lieutenant John Meyer and Officers John Doe 1-10. Without identifying himself, Defendant Delossantos requested Plaintiff provide ID and informed him that he was issuing a ticket for not dis...
Gist, Domonique vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 521213/2019,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 15, 2019
Lemos, Kevin an Infant By Mng Amezquita, Sandra vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 506513/2018,
Supreme Court - Kings, April 5, 2018
Amezquita, Sandra, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 518098/2016,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 17, 2016, ended August 4, 2020
$1,448,500 Settlement
Gaffney, Gregory vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 517036/2016,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 3, 2016, ended April 3, 2018
$925,000 Settlement
Summons/Complaint
Acosta, Magarita, et al. By Fng De Jesus Acosta Ii, Orlando vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 515325/2016,
Supreme Court - Kings, September 2, 2016, ended June 20, 2017
$50,000 Settlement
Dejesus, Steven, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV03709,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 7, 2016, ended March 1, 2018
$31,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Plaintiffs were driving when a police car began following them. After dropping off a passenger at his home, Defendant officers pulled over the car, opened the doors, and yanked the driver and passengers out and threw them to the ground. Apparently the Defendants had stopped the vehicle thinking that it had been the escape vehicle for two perpetrators of a nearby stabbing even though it did not match the description and a witness said it was the wrong car. Nevertheless, Plaintiffs and the passenger they dropped off were arrested and taken to the 72nd Precinct. One Plaintiff was charged with gang assault in various degrees, assault in various degrees, criminal possession of a weapon, menacing and harassment, whi...
Townsend, Ashley vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV05457,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 16, 2015, ended August 10, 2016
$7,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint
Description: First incident: Plaintiff was falsely searched, arrested, and charged with 140.25 'Burglary in the second degree' by Officer De Los Santos. Charge later dismissed. On a separate occasion Officer Massa forcefully entered a residence where plaintiff was a guest, arrested Plaintiff, and charged her with 265.03(1)(b) 'Criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree', which was later dismissed. On another occasion, Officer Saitta forcefully entered a residence where plaintiff was a guest, arrested Plaintiff, and charged her with unspecified charges.
Amezquita, Sandra, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV00303,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 22, 2015, ended October 15, 2016
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: While her son was being arrested, Plaintiff 1, who was visibly pregnant, was thrown to the ground, assaulted, and arrested. She was given a summons for dis con which was later dismissed. Plaintiff 2 was shoved to the ground by Officer Degen and needed to be hospitalized. Plaintiff 3 and 4, the other Plaintiff's husbands, were both assaulted by police officers, arrested, and charged with OGA, harassment, and assault in the 2nd and 3rd degree. Charges later dismissed.
Rouse, Derrick, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV05984,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 1, 2013, ended August 5, 2014
$10,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint
Description: On June 30, 2013, Derrick Rouse and Dominick Scott ("plaintiffs") were sitting in a legally parked car at the intersection of Pulaski and Stuyvesant Streets in Brooklyn, New York, when they were approached and questioned by NYPD Officers Francisco Delossantos, Mark Xylas, and Ryan Galvin, as well as other unnamed officers. The plaintiffs claim they were forcibly removed from the car, unlawfully searched, and arrested without probable cause. At the precinct, it is alleged that the officers falsely claimed to the Kings County District Attorney's Office that the plaintiffs were observed consuming alcohol publicly and resisting arrest. After about 24 hours in Brooklyn Central Booking, plaintiffs were released. They...
Boyce v. City of New York et al
Case # 11CV01734,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$40,000 Settlement
Second Amended Complaint
Holley v. City of New York et al
Case # 12CV02410,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Stipulation
Calixto v. City of New York et al
Case # 15CV06676,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
Amended Complaint,
Complaint
Description: The plaintiff was outside her house when an officer approached her and punched her in the face, causing her to lose consciousness. She was taken to the 72nd Precinct and later released with a DAT. However, when she went to court she found out that the DA did not file charges against her.
Hayes v. New York City et al
Case # 10CV06103,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$525,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Stipulation
