Named in 13 known lawsuits, $317,500 total settlements.
Colon, Juan vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 818397/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 8, 2022, ended December 19, 2023
$82,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 21st, 2022, Detectives Luis Angeles, Claude Mede, and POs John Doe and John Roe stopped, searched, assaulted, battered and detained Plaintiff in an aggressive and excessive manner, due to racial profiling. After his arrest, Plaintiff was falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime. As a result of the incident, Plaintiff sustianed severe and permanent bodily injuries.
Colon, Juan vs City of Ny
Case # 816542/2022,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 8, 2022, ended April 12, 2023
Administrative Closing
Hodge, Glenda vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 802327/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 24, 2021, ended September 5, 2023
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about May 1, 2019, Plaintiff, while inside 54 East 176th Street, was aggressively approached by Defendants, including NYPD Detectives Luis Angeles, David Camacho, and other NYPD officers, who violently grabbed and contorted Plaintiff’s arms behind her back and applied metal handcuffs to her wrists in an excessively tight fashion without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. The Defendants then removed Plaintiff against her will to an NYPD precinct, where the Defendants fingerprinted, photographed and searched Plaintiff, while also subjecting her to various other indignities particular to unjust confinement. The Defendants engaged in the fabrication of evidence in the form of their observations of Plain...
Collins, Carrie vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026712/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 2, 2020, ended June 19, 2025
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 28, 2018, plaintiff was lawfully inside of 2111 Southern Blvd, Bronx, and sleeping in the bedroom. The night before, two other individuals who were arrested and charged slept in the living room of the apartment. Defendant police officers, without any search warrant, illegally broke the door and entered plaintiff's bedroom, violently grabbing plaintiff and yanking her from the bed. Plaintiff's arms were violently twisted and she was handcuffed in an excessively tight fashion. It was alleged that contrabands were placed in a closet in the apartment by the two other individuals the night before, but plaintiff had no part in it and did not possess any contraband. Plaintiff was then arrested and transported...
France, Cleament vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV09881,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 9, 2019, ended July 15, 2022
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On October 19, 2017, plaintiff was arrested by P.O.s Fred Dorch, Luis Angeles, and William Rojas while at his house. Upon arrest, plaintiff was taken outside, tightly handcuffed, and placed in a van. Plaintiff asked for the officers to loosen the handcuffs because they were cutting into his wrists, but P.O. Rojas threatened to double-cuff plaintiff. In the van, P.O. Angeles grabbed plaintiff by the neck and threw him to the floor face down. P.O.s Rojas and Angeles began punching and kicking plaintiff. P.O. Dorch appeared and observed as P.O. Rojas pulled plaintiff's pants and underwear down, grabbed plaintiff's buttocks, and inserted his hand up plaintiff's anus and rectum as P.O. Angeles held plaintiff do...
Moss, Erick, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 028059/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 18, 2019
Murray, Kendell vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026395/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 13, 2019, ended May 19, 2020
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 14, 2017 in the vicinity of Ogden Avenue and West 165th St. in the Bronx, Defendant Officers, without probable cause, stopped, questioned, searched, and arrested Plaintiff by making false accusations. All charges against Plaintiff were dismissed on August 29, 2018.
Soto, Tyrone, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 024197/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 15, 2018, ended October 3, 2019
$60,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 10, 2017, plaintiffs Soto and Mazzella were approached by defendant-NYPD officers, including Officer Luis Angeles (Shield No. 14803). At the time, the defendants were working for the NYPD's Bronx Narcotics division. Defendants initiated the encounter with plaintiffs, without having probable cause or reasonable suspicion of any crime. Plaintiffs were subsequently stopped, questioned, and frisked by the defendants, without probable cause or reasonable suspicion. Subsequently, defendants violently arrested plaintiffs, brought plaintiffs into custody, and subjected plaintiffs to strip searches. Defendants falsely supplied information to substantiate claims. Defendants' actions led to plaintiffs being h...
Melendez, Jose vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 021461/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 9, 2018, ended June 19, 2019
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 24, 2014, Jose Melendez ("Plaintiff") was lawfully present in the Bronx, when he was unlawfully approached and detained by several NYPD Officers, including Police Officers Anthony Burgos, Luis Angeles, John Doe, John Roe and Luis Linares ("Defendants"). The Defendants acted without any arrest warrant, probable cause, or legal justification. They subjected the Plaintiff to an unlawful stop, search, and detainment, during which he was assaulted, battered, handcuffed, and strip-searched in an excessively aggressive manner with excessive force. These actions were based on fraudulent claims and misrepresentations.
Following his arrest, Melendez remained incarcerated for over 24 hours and was compelled...
Hicks, Kenny vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 024078/2017E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 25, 2017
Complaint
Description: On May 23, 2015 at Fulton Ave and E. 169th St, Bronx, NY, Plaintiff was stopped, searched and arrested by Defendants. Plaintiff was charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance. Defendants falsified evidenced and commenced a prosecution against Plaintiff for the aforesaid charge. Defendants’ acts caused Plaintiff to be incarcerated for a period in excess of twenty-five hours, and make numerous appearances in court to defend himself against the charges.
Draganov, Chandra, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 028036/2016E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 17, 2017, ended October 24, 2018
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about May 23 ,2015 at or near Fulton Avenue and East 169th Street at approximately 9:50 a.m. Plaintiff was wrongfully stopped, searched, seized, detained, and arrested by POs Luis Angeles, Luis Antonio, and Luis A. Linares. Plaintiff was tightly handcuffed and POs refused her requests to loosen them, resulting in significant, severe, painful, and permanent physical and personal injuries. Plaintiff was wrongfully charged with sale and possession of a controlled substance. POs commenced a malicious prosecution against Plaintiff, and Plaintiff was compelled to make numerous appearances in court to defend herself against the wrongful charges. Plaintiff was ultimately incarcerated for over 48 hours before her ...
Lopez, Eliezer vs City of New York et al.
Case # 17CV00181,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 19, 2016
Complaint
Description: On December 7, 2015, plaintiff Eliezer Lopez was in Crotona Park with another individual when 6 individuals began to chase them. These individuals were defendant NYPD officers, but they were dressed in plain clothes and did not identify themselves to plaintiff or his companion. Defendants Linares and Angeles caught up to plaintiff and apprehended him, forcing him against a 3-foot tall railing. When plaintiff protested that he did not know the officers were police, which is why he ran, one of the two officers pushed plaintiff over the railing, causing him to fall 15 feet to the street below, while the other officers did nothing to stop him. Defendants then moved and handcuffed plaintiff, which exacerbated his in...
Dixon, Billy vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV04060,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 10, 2016, ended April 6, 2017
$10,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers in plainclothes approached Plaintiff while he was walking down the street., threw him against a wall, searched him, found a straw and prescription meds, took him to the 42nd precinct, strip-searched him, and charged him with drug possession. Charges were dismissed because lab came back no controlled substance.