Named in 7 known lawsuits, $147,500 total settlements.
Hamm, Jeffrey vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV09335,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 6, 2016, ended May 30, 2018
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: The plaintiff was in Washington Square Park when the defendant officers approached in plain clothes, grabbed him, and struck him in the back of the head. The plaintiff was then beaten and at no time did the officers identify themselves as such. The plaintiff was handcuffed and taken to a nearby hospital. The charge was not specified nor its outcome.
Adegboye, Peter vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV07303,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, December 28, 2015, ended April 27, 2016
$17,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers stopped a car in which Plaintiff was a passenger, ordered everyone out, and took photographs of them with an officer's cell phone. When Plaintiff protested, he was handcuffed, taken to the 73rd Precinct, strip-searched twice, and charged with Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree and Seventh Degree, which were all later dismissed.
Jimenez, Eric vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 154323/2015,
Supreme Court - New York, May 15, 2015, ended November 1, 2017
$10,000 Settlement
Beverly, Shawn vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV02315,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, April 27, 2015, ended September 1, 2015
$7,500 Settlement
Complaint,
Stipulation
Description: Following eating food in his vehicle with friends, the plaintiffs gave his female friend a cigarette then they left the plaintiff. Just after, two male NYPD Narcotics officers in plain clothes approached the car on the plaintiff's side and pulled out their badges. The plaintiff was told to get out of the car and was then handcuffed and searched. Other officers had followed the plaintiff's female friend and brought her back to the car cuffed her and searched her. The officers found methamphetamine and a pipe. The plaintiff was arrested and taken to the 18th Precinct. The officers collaborated and concocted fictions to justify their unlawful searches and arrests. The plaintiff was strip searched and charged with
Zilioli, Laura vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV02376,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, April 3, 2015, ended August 31, 2015
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Stipulation
Description: The plaintiff was eating in her car with two male friends. Then they left to go their separate ways. As the plaintiff left the car, she took a cigarette from her friend. After walking a couple of blocks Narcotics officers in plain clothes stopped the plaintiff and identified themselves. The plaintiff was questioned and searched and taken back to her car where she found her two male friends there also handcuffed. The plaintiff was then taken to the 18th Precinct. The defendant officers concocted false charges to justify their false arrest and unlawful search. The plaintiff was taken to Central Booking in Manhattan and placed in a holding cell under charges for one count of criminal possession of a controlled sub...
Holley, Anthony N. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV01241,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 27, 2015, ended November 20, 2015
$17,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about July 20, 2014, at approximately 8PM, Anthony Holley was arrested by NYPD officers while Holley was inside a car with his friends at the intersection of Pitkin Avenue and Christopher Street. The car stopped at a traffic light at the intersection and waited for the light to turn green. When the light turned green and the car was about the move the NYPD officers in their unmarked vehicle cut in front of Holley's car and blocked the car from moving. The officers then jumped out of their vehicle and approached Holley and his friends with guns drawn and pointed at them. The officers shouted freeze and Holley and friends put their hands in the air. The officers arrested Holley and placed him in handcuffs t...
Serrano et al v. The City of New York, et al
Case # 10CV08898,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$55,000 Settlement
Stipulation,
First Amended Complaint
Description: Plaintiff 1 was taking a car service home where Plaintiff 2 was the driver. Officer's stopped the car and falsely arrested them for possession and sale of a controlled substance, used unreasonable force on them, illegally strip searched Plaintiff 2, and made false allegations about them.