Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - the alleged conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
'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.
Named in 3 known lawsuits, $504,000 total settlements.
Cherubin, Rickardo vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 514868/2016,
Supreme Court - Kings, August 24, 2016, ended August 29, 2018
$450,000 Settlement
Ward, Kiasheen vs P.O. Baksh, Aron, et al.
Case # 14CV04030,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 2, 2015, ended June 11, 2015
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 19, 2012, the plaintiff, Kiasheen Ward, was driving his car with his his fiancee and his dog in the car when he was stopped by defendant police officers (including defendants Officers Aron Baksh and Michael Kalish and Sergeant Nigel Fenton and John and Jane Doe 4-10). The defendants ordered him to pull over, and when he exited his car, they harshly slammed him against the car, handcuffed him, and brought him to a prisoner van. At the van, one defendant officer intentionally slammed the door into Mr. Ward's face, and when the defendants forced him into the van, his head slammed against one of the seats and his lip was sliced by a metal object protruding from the seat. Inside the van, the defendants ...
Millington, Wayne, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV04890,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, September 12, 2013, ended May 29, 2014
$39,000 Settlement
Complaint