Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - The conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
Further details on conclusions.
Named in 2 known lawsuits.
Wiggins, Reginald vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 152665/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, March 22, 2019
Complaint
Description: On May 28, 2008, plaintiff was at his home located at 123 West 112th Street, Apt. 4W, New York, New York. Defendant NYPD officers came to the plaintiff's home and searched it but recovered nothing during the search. The defendants then arrested the plaintiff in relation to a shooting that occurred recently at the time. Although no evidence from witnesses pointed towards the plaintiff he was still prosecuted and as a result remained incarcerated for almost 9 years. On February 15, 2018, all the charges against the plaintiff were dismissed.
Wiggins, Reginald vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV09106,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 16, 2018, ended February 25, 2019
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On May 28, 2008, plaintiff, who was sixteen years-old at the time, was searched and handcuffed without probable cause when police officer Hendricks and others went to his family home to search it without producing a warrant. He was subsequently arrested and questioned for seven hours without the opportunity to make a phone call. Defendant police officers Hendricks, Carinha, Clifford and others subsequently made false statements to the DA's office in order to charge plaintiff with second degree murder.
While incarcerated, plaintiff was subjected to solitary confinement, injuries by other inmates and was denied his right to a speedy trial. Plaintiff pled guilty to manslaughter under duress but his conviction wa...