Named in 8 known lawsuits, $258,500 total settlements.
Switzer,tony vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 813718/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 1, 2025
Williams, Albert vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 23CV01670,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, March 1, 2023, ended June 14, 2024
$120,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 30, 2020, Plaintiff, a Black man, was cornered in his apartment building by an undercover officer who demanded drugs and did not identify himself as law enforcement. Plaintiff tried to run for safety, but the officer chased him out of the building and tackled him to the ground while eight additional plainclothes officers descended from three different directions. Pressing Plaintiff against the pavement with his hands pinned behind his back, the officers, from the Bronx Narcotics Unit, stomped on him and repeatedly punched and kicked him. Then they dragged him to the back of their van and – while calling him “n*****” and “cockroach” – punched him in the groin until he passed out. The Plaintiff was ha...
Maldonado, Jose vs City of Ny et al.
Case # 817536/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 24, 2023, ended November 19, 2024
$28,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 21, 2019, Plaintiff was at work in a store when a woman asked Plaintiff to provide change for a bill, which Plaintiff obliged. The woman allegedly then sold a controlled substance to an undercover PO. The POs did not observe Plaintiff exchange a controlled substance with the woman or anyone else. Despite this, the POs approached Plaintiff while he was at work and arrested him without legal justification. The POs threw him on the ground, handcuffed him, kicked him, and punched him, causing cuts and bruises all over his body, before transporting him to the precinct and then Central Booking. The POs leveled false accusations against Plaintiff based on fabricated evidence, but the court ultimately dismi...
Tucker, Cory vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 814946/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 3, 2021, ended March 14, 2022
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 15, 2021, at approximately, 9:00 p.m., the Plaintiff, Cory Tucker was
lawfully in the vicinity of Marion Avenue and East 194th Street, County of Bronx, City and State of New York and doing nothing illegal, improper or acting suspicious in anyway, when the Defendants, NYPD Detectives Victor Defense (shield #1120), Daniel Rivera (Shield #7978), and Police Officers John Doe and John Roe (identities unknown), absent an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable suspicion, and based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations approached Mr. Tucker for no reason and summarily stopped, searched and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner. The Defendants knew or had reason to know that their actions la...
Mena, Rudy vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 030255/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 9, 2021, ended October 11, 2023
$22,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 15, 2019 Plaintiff was inside the vicinity of 520 Brook Avenue in the Bronx when Defendant Officers approached Plaintiff and unlawfully stopped and illegally searched him. Defendant Officers proceeded to violently contort Plaintiff arms behind his back so that they could apply handcuffs. Despite repeated requests that Defendants loosen the handcuffs, Plaintiff was ignored, which caused bruising and swelling. Plaintiff was falsely arrested and on June 11, 2020, all charges against Plaintiff were dismissed.
Tucker, Cory vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 803202/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 9, 2021, ended April 14, 2022
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 15, 2020, at 9:30 PM, Plaintiff Cory Tucker was near Marion Avenue and East 194th Street, Bronx, when he was approached and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained by Defendant Officers Kyle Flood, John Doe, John Roe, Detective Paul Zaino, and Detective Daniel Rivera. While in Defendant Officer's custody, Plaintiff was subjected to a strip search and assault of his head, neck, back, body, and limbs. Plaintiff was incarcerated for over 24 hours prior to release, and was then required to make numerous court appearances before the charges were terminated.
Foy, Nokware vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 028298/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 3, 2020, ended April 12, 2021
$12,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 6, 2019, Plaintiff was lawfully on the street when they were approached by officers without probable cause. Officers proceeded to arrest Plaintiff without justification. Plaintiff was then transported to the precinct and charged. All charges against Plaintiff were subsequently dismissed.
Martinez, Ashley, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV00094,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 15, 2014, ended June 19, 2014
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 29, 2013, Plaintiffs were lawfully present in their home at 311 East 193st, County of Bronx, when 6 or 7 Defendant Officers had chased their family member to their building for alleged marijuana related offenses and entered the apartment with guns drawn and began searching home without a warrant or probable cause. Defendant Officer Carlos Lozado refused Plaintiff Ashley Martinez to get dressed properly or to bring a 6-year old infant out of the appartment. When Plaintiff Ashley Martinez told the 15-year old Plaintiff Davon Rodriguez to call his mother and film the incident, she was arrested by Defendant Officer Carlos Lozado. When Plaintiff Davon Rodriguzez, who suffers from developmental impairments,...