Named in 8 known lawsuits, $356,611 total settlements.
Meekins, Shaquanna & Andre vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 035047/2020,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 11, 2020
Complaint
Description: On December 20, 2018 at approximately 6:00 a.m. inside 1870 Schiefelin Avenue Dets. John Lindsey, Bahir Mustafa, Police Sergeant Edward Lenis, Assistant District Attorney Imani Hutty, and POs John or Jane Does 1-10 without legal justification illegally entered the residence, questioned Plaintiffs regarding illegal activity, physically restrained Plaintiffs with injuriously tight handcuffs, searched, arrested and detained Plaintiffs, who were then taken to the 47th Precinct, subject to criminal processing including strip searches, then Central Booking, then Rikers Island. Plaintiffs were wrongfully detailed for six days. Plaintiffs were maliciously prosecuted, with POs suppressing exculpatory evidence, until all...
Alkaifi, Osman, et al. vs City of New York
Case # 026599/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 11, 2019, ended April 12, 2023
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 16, 2018 at approximately 6:00 P.M., Plaintiffs, ALKAIFI, and ACOSTA were inside of a store, 3700 Express Deli working. Plaintiff ALKAIFI was in the bathroom and ACOSTA was stocking the refrigerator when police officers including defendant MUSTAFA and JOHN and JANE DOES 1-10 illegally entered the store. defendants broke down the door to the bathroom and physically hit Plaintiff ALKAIFI on his head. Defendants illegally grabbed and threw both Plaintiffs to the ground. The defendants immediately grabbed the six (6) workers and customers and began manhandling them. They were all thrown to the ground where they were searched and handcuffed. The Plaintiffs were arrested and placed in a van while the polic...
Montanez, Jennifer, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 024000/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 5, 2019, ended August 14, 2020
$47,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 6, 2018, Plaintiff Howard was waiting for a haircut in a Bronx barbershop, along with his two minor children, when he stepped outside to smoke a cigarette and briefly spoke with plaintiff Montanez for a few minutes. Defendant NYPD detectives Nelson Pena and Bahir Mustafa, entered the barbershop and unlawfully arrested and handcuffed plaintiff extremely tightly, causing substantial injury to his wrists and hands. Defendants Pena and Mustafa eventually took plaintiff Howard to the 48th precinct, after driving him in an NYPD van for over two hours. Plaintiff Montanez was later confronted on the street by defendants Pena and Mustafa, who arrested, handcuffed and searched her without a valid warrant. Plaint...
Soto, Louis vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 021961/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 22, 2018, ended December 21, 2018
$17,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 26th, 2017, Louis Soto was accosted by police officers Mustafa, and John Doe without an arrest warrant or probable cause. Soto was stopped and searched. Soto was arraigned and incarcerated for 24 hours.
Montero, Christopher vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 300391/2017,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 28, 2017, ended August 10, 2018
$41,611 Settlement
Owens, Derrick vs Det. Mustafa, Bahir, et al.
Case # 027184/2016,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 27, 2016, ended May 9, 2017
$50,000 Settlement
Scott, Oshae vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV07092,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, September 15, 2015, ended March 21, 2016
$35,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Plainclothes officers approached Plaintiff and his friends and searched them multiple times. They were then falsely arrested, brought to the 44th PCT, and charged with Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance , which were eventually dismissed.
Cunningham, Guy, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 303161/2015,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 31, 2015, ended January 24, 2017
$145,000 Settlement