Named in 4 known lawsuits, $39,501 total settlements.
Leach, Tyre vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV00346,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 24, 2017, ended November 6, 2018
$22,001 Settlement
Complaint
Description: The plaintiff threw a soda can in the trash on the street when the defendant officers stopped him, accused the plaintiff of littering, handcuffed the plaintiff and arrested him. The defendant officer used excessive force to twist the plaintiff's arm injuring him. The plaintiff was taken to the 113th Precinct, then transported to a hospital for his arm injury, and finally transported to central booking. The plaintiff was charged with resisting arrest, littering, public consumption of alcohol, disorderly, conduct, and harassment based on a false story by the defendant officer. The charges were dismissed and sealed.
Hinds, Romaine vs Police Officer Villanueva, et al.
Case # 16CV02977,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 24, 2016, ended January 16, 2019
Zero Disposition
Complaint,
Amended Complaint
Description: Plaintiff called police to report that his car window had been smashed and when Defendant Police Officers arrived they were rude, harassed him, refused to take a police report, and then told Plaintiff they were towing his vehicle. Plaintiff recorded the incident and called Internal Affairs who told him to go to the precinct. Plaintiff went to the 113th Precinct and nobody would explain the situation to him and IAB never got back to him.
Morris, Peggy vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV01749,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 12, 2014, ended September 30, 2016
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On July 2011, Morris moved in with DS Clark and her husband Jason after DS Clark requested that Morris protect her and her family from ongoing threats of foreclosure eviction. Due to domestic difficulties and DS Clark’s mother’s refusal to babysit her 4 children, Morris became an in-house nanny and ended up developing a strong bond with their eldest and youngest children, Timiesha and Jayanna. Due to purported jealousy, DS Clark, on May 2013, prohibited the children from interacting with Morris. Thereafter, Jayanna would cry for Morris and escape their second floor apartment in an attempt to make her way to the attic. Fearing for her safety, on June 5, 2013, Morris filed an abuse complaint with the New York Cit...
Scott, Marlow vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV00061,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 8, 2014, ended July 30, 2014
$17,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 11, 2012, the plaintiff was called by a member of her church, Sister Gordon. Sister Gordon asked plaintiff to assist her with her son who had threatened to harm himself. When plaintiff arrived to Sister Gordon's home, she saw that numerous other church members were there and were physically restraining Sister Gordon's son on the living room floor. Someone called the police department for their assistance with an emotionally disturbed person. Before the police arrived, the son had calmed down and was seated beside the plaintiff. When the defendant officers arrived, the son became agitated and begged the defendants to shoot him. The defendants then unjustifiably grabbed the plaintiff along with the son...