Named in 5 known lawsuits, $99,000 total settlements.
Gonzalez, Lourdes vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 521115/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, December 3, 2024
Complaint
Description: On August 6, 2021, Plaintiff Lourdes Gonzalez was lawfully present in the vicinity of 60th street waiting for her father to come home, at which time she was approached by Defendants. Plaintiff was asked if she had any illegal drugs to which she said no and opened her purse to show them there was only her medication. Nevertheless, the officers unlawfully seized Plaintiff's medication from her without any legal justification to do so. The officers grabbed plaintiff in an excessively rough manner causing her to suffer bruises on her arms and neck, unlawfully handcuffed plaintiff and falsely arrested her, without probable cause. The officers transported plaintiff to the 72nd precinct against her will, where she was...
Francis, Elton vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 512057/2020,
Supreme Court - Kings, July 10, 2020, ended October 31, 2022
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 12, 2019, Plaintiff was leaving a convenience store and walking on the street when he was approached by officers. The officers falsely claimed that there was a warrant out for Plaintiff's arrest. Plaintiff told officers to check his identification because his record should be clean. Officers unlawfully seized and searched Plaintiff while doing a background check. Officers then transported Plaintiff to the precinct, detained, and interrogated without being given Miranda warnings. Plaintiff was falsely charged with possession and sale of marijuana. All charges against Plaintiff were subsequently dismissed.
Perry, Carlyle vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 525781/2019,
Supreme Court - Kings, December 9, 2019, ended December 6, 2021
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 2, 2019, plaintiff was at his girlfriend's apartment when defendant PO, without any probable cause, arrested him. The defendant POs then provided the District Attorney's Office with false, misleading and/or incomplete information, accusing plaintiff of a crime he did not commit. The charges against plaintiff were later dismissed and sealed.
Eleazer, Shawana vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 502085/2019,
Supreme Court - Kings, April 2, 2019, ended September 26, 2019
$14,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 3,2017, plaintiff lawfully received treatment at a methadone clinic and was prescribed two doses to take at home by the clinic. Plaintiff then entered a friend's car outside the clinic, which was immediately surrounded by officers. Plaintiff advised them that she had the liquid methadone and showed her id card which showed she was a patient of the clinic. The officers made no effort to verify is the plaintiff was legally allowed to have the methadone.
The plaintiff's friend then told the officers they were harassing them. Sergeant Monkowski next told the other officers "we are going to lock them up" and the officers immediately arrested plaintiff and her friend unlawfully. Plaintiff was then taken t...
Doggett, Yetta, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV00377,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 23, 2014, ended August 11, 2014
$35,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 5, 2013, plaintiffs, Yetta Doggett and Sheila High, were at a privately owned bar/social club, located at 72 Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn. The defendant officers, forcibly entered the premises, then seized, handcuffed, and searched plaintiffs. They were not in possession of any narcotics, drug paraphernalia, or weapons, nor were they observed doing anything to suggest that they were in possession of such items. Despite this, they were detained, transported to a local NYPD police station, and later to Central Booking, where they were imprisoned for several hours. One of the defendant officers filled out arrest paperwork in which he falsely claimed to have personally observed both plaintiffs using drug...
