Named in 2 known lawsuits, $157,501 total settlements.
Menejyan, Sergey, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV03821,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 10, 2013, ended February 5, 2014
$92,501 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 20, 2012, Plaintiffs Sergey Menejyan and Iouri Pakhomtchik were arrested for allegedly burgling an apartment that Pakhomtchik helped move items into earlier in the day. Plaintiffs would eventually have all charges dropped. Plaintiff Menejyan has about 590 dollars in cash stolen from him by the police. Plaintiffs allege false arrest, excessive pre-arraignment detention, and malicious prosecution.
Rodriguez, Pablo v. City of New York, et al
Case # 12CV05033,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$65,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was approached and asked to provide his identification on the Coney Island Boardwalk. When plaintiff asked why, Officers arrested him. Defendants then knocked him to the ground, assaulted and battered plaintiff including striking him with closed fists, batons, kicking him and ripping off plaintiff's shirt. A defendant officer stuck his knee into plaintiff's neck as plaintiff lay helpless on the ground. Plaintiff taken to 60th precinct, then hospital where he underwent treatment including multiple blood transfusions as a result of the beating he sustained at the hands of defendants. Charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, which were later ACD'd.