Named in 7 known lawsuits, $2,575,000 total settlements.
Stephens, Dante vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 800372/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 12, 2023
Complaint
Description: On February 6, 2020, Plaintiff Stephens was enjoying leisure time when he was approached and illegally searched, seized, detained and arrested by Defendant Vasquez and other defendant officers. The defendant officers aimed their weapons at Plaintiff and accused him of a criminal offense before investigating whether he was the individual they were looking for. Plaintiff was arrested based on false gun charges, charges that were dismissed but then used by Federal agents to later arrest Plaintiff.
Dyer, Mark, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 810223/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 5, 2021, ended November 30, 2022
$150,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 3, 2020, at approximately 2:15 a.m. in the vicinity of 1046 East 212th Street in Bronx County, Plaintiffs Mark Dyer, Latrell Maynard, Darren Wallace and Sherlock Burke were falsely arrested by Defendant NYPD Police Officers, including Jonathan Vasquez. Defendant NYPD Police Officers did not possess probable cause or other justification for the arrests or seizures of the Plaintiffs, and assaulted the Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs were transported to a local NYPD precinct and illegally searched, questioned, photographed, and fingerprinted by Defendants.
Plaintiffs bring claims of: unlawful search and seizure, false arrest and false imprisonment, assault and battery, excessive force, malicious prosecution, denia...
Hill, Jesse vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 025211/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 4, 2020, ended July 25, 2022
$125,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about March 24, 2017, Plaintiff and his friend traveled to the Bronx in a car rented and operated by Plaintiff’s friend. Plaintiff’s friend parked near a train station so they could take the train into Manhattan. Plaintiff and his friend later returned to the car to drive back home. Plaintiff was seated in the passenger side and his friend was operating the vehicle when several NYPD officers including Officers Nunez and Vaquez, ordered the Plaintiff’s friend to pull over without reasonable suspicion. Plaintiff’s friend complied and both he and Plaintiff were ordered out of the vehicle after showing ID. Officers recovered no contraband from Plaintiff but claimed to have found marijuana in Plaintiff’s frien...
Mckoy, Lionel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 027755/2017,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 20, 2018, ended May 6, 2022
$250,000 Settlement
Green, Jaonna vs City of New York
Case # 023748/2018,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 5, 2018, ended June 8, 2022
$2,000,000 Settlement
Peralta, Manuel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 21CV00605,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, July 1, 2016
Complaint
Description: On May 1, 2019, late at night, the plaintiff, Manuel Peralta, was standing on the sidewalk near his apartment speaking with a neighbor when that neighbor got into a heated verbal argument with a third man. Mr. Peralta began heading away from the argument and then saw two additional men running toward the group, at which point Mr. Peralta began running home. The two men were defendant NYPD Officers Andrew Distelhurst and Michael Gonzalez; they were dressed in plain clothes and never identified themselves as police officers or ordered Mr. Peralta to stop. The two men chased Mr. Peralta into his building. They forced the building's door open, and when he raised his hands in surrender, they turned him onto his stom...
Santos, Daniel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 307592/2013,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 10, 2014, ended July 28, 2015
$50,000 Settlement