Named in 4 known lawsuits, $125,000 total settlements.
Ozuna, Yonathan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 807489/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 7, 2021
Ozuna, Yonathan vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 812681/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 7, 2021, ended December 13, 2023
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 6, 2019, inside 2420 Creston Ave, Bronx NY, plaintiff was illegally targeted, because of his race, religion, national origin or other improper characteristic for adverse police action, by Defendants. Plaintiff was in a verbal dispute with Defendant, a traffic safety agent who was issuing Plaintiff’s car a parking ticket. Plaintiff took the ticket and left the scene. Defendants came to Plaintiff’s apartment, into which they illegally entered without consent or warrant. Defendants punched, kicked, slammed, assaulted and battered Plaintiff inside how own apartment. Defendants conducted an illegal search of Plaintiff’s pockets and patting him down all over. Defendants violently contorted Plaintiff’s arm...
Lewis, Tamika vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV08713,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 21, 2019, ended August 6, 2021
$75,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was leaving her girlfriend's home in the Bronx after a verbal argument while carrying a large backpack and a large duffle bag. Officers Gallagher, Edwards, Ramroop, Panartto, Osmanovic, and Williams of the 46th Precinct entered the residence and arrested the plaintiff for grand larceny for holding a debit card that they knew she legally possessed. The officers threw the plaintiff against the wall, forcefully yanked her arms behind her back and uncomfortably around her large backpack, punched her in the face several times, stomped on her foot, and kneed the back of her legs. Based on the officers' false allegations, plaintiff was charged with felony assault in the second degree, assault in the third d...
Acosta, Carlos vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 306634/2014,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 12, 2015, ended April 19, 2016
$30,000 Settlement