Named in 4 known lawsuits, $50,003 total settlements.
Burton, Eduardo vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV06677,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, December 24, 2019, ended February 14, 2021
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 27, 2018, NYPD officers, including Stephen Daly, Matthew Vahey, Patrick Barry, Lenno Hendricks, Shawn Soler, Kenneth Paek, Daniel Keane, Dennis Mogelnicki, Eric Miller, and “John” Richardson, forcibly entered an apartment in which plaintiffs were staying. Officers entered the bedroom, pointed guns at plaintiffs, and handcuffed them. The officers were then joined by NYPD officers John Uske, Captain John Breslin, Sergeant David Cheesewright, Leonard Clarke, Andrew Kamna, Lawrende Hotaling, Kellan O’Neill, Gerard Fenton, and Christopher Griffith. Although the officers knew that plaintiffs did not reside at the apartment and that they were not the target of the search warrant, they continued plaintiffs'...
Mcclain, Kamiesha, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV11836,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 19, 2018, ended February 25, 2020
$25,003 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 12, 2016 at approximately 6am, Ms. McClain was getting ready for work in her apartment when as many as twenty NYPD Officer John Does* (all male) broke down her door and raided her apartment. They had a warrant based on a tip from a confidential informant that crack cocaine had been sold by Ms. McClain's brother in the apartment. Ms. McClain's brother did not live in the apartment, nor did he ever live there or have keys, and only visited every few weeks. Ms. McClain, wearing only undergarments at the time, was pushed into a chair and handcuffed with excessive tightness. Her mother and six-year-old son were in another part of the apartment, told to "get the fuck down on the floor" at gunpoint, and Ms....
Young, Tyrone, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV05552,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 5, 2018
Complaint
Conde, Miguel Administrator of The Estate of Mario Sanabria, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 024544/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 24, 2018