Named in 6 known lawsuits, $248,501 total settlements.
Holley, Tony vs The City of Ny, et al.
Case # 24CV08110,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 29, 2024, ended July 28, 2025
$22,501 Settlement
Molina, Edwin vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 153833/2024,
Supreme Court - New York, April 25, 2024, ended July 30, 2025
$70,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 14, 2023, PO Gina Lagattolla, Darin Lazar, Darrick Reed, and others approached Plaintiff, who was lawfully on the street, and without probable cause or any legal justification stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained Plaintiff in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff was taken to a police station in the County of New York where he was subject to a strip search and remained incarcerated for over 24 hours. Plaintiff was required to make numerous court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges against him were terminated in his favor.
Robinson, Joshua vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 24CV01717,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, March 28, 2024, ended January 30, 2025
$6,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 2, 2021, Officers Nicholas Mitchell (Tax Reg. #953117), Nicholas Frazier (Shield #09632), Patrick Doyle (Shield #07171), John Doe, and Jane Doe, with Sergeants Darin Lazar (Tax Reg #943479) and Robert Passero (Shield #11521), arrested Plaintiff Joshua Robinson without cause and charged him with promoting gambling in the second degree. Robinson had been waiting on a public street for his girlfriend when defendant officers bum-rushed and grabbed him. They tightly handcuffed him, subjected him to illegal searches on the street and again in the precinct, and repeatedly ignored Robinson's requests to know the basis for his arrest. Neither unlawful search recovered any contraband from the Plaintiff. Plain...
Perez, Dornell vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 150142/2024,
Supreme Court - New York, January 8, 2024, ended August 7, 2024
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 19, 2022, at about 7:00 am, plaintiff Dornell Perez was arrested by NYPD officers Michael Ambrosio, Darrick Reed, and Sergeant Darin Lazar inside of a Chick-Fil-A restaurant located in the vicinity of West 44th Street and 8th Avenue. Perez was conversing inside the restaurant when Ambrosio, Reed, and Lazar entered the restaurant and placed handcuffs on Perez. The officers lacked an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification, approached Perez for no reason, and based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations, and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner. The officers refused to inform Perez of the...
Demunn, Trenton vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 159878/2022,
Supreme Court - New York, November 21, 2022, ended April 10, 2023
$75,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 9, 2022, several NYPD officers, including Nicholas Frazier, Michael Ambrosio, and Sergeant Darin Lazar, approached Plaintiff. These officers stopped, searched, assaulted, battered, handcuffed, and then detained Plaintiff without justification. Because of the police battery, Plaintiff suffered permanent injury to his head, neck, back, body, and limbs and was rendered disabled. Once Plaintiff was in custody, the officers strip searched Plaintiff with no justification. Plaintiff was incarcerated for over 24 hours and had to make several court appearances before all charges against him were terminated favorably.
Law, Stephen vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV09382,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 19, 2015, ended October 28, 2015
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 14, 2013, plaintiff Stephen Law was walking with his girlfriend on a public sidewalk when, for no legitimate reason, Officer Darin Lazar (in the company of other unidentified police officers) grabbed Mr. Law by the wrist and attempted to jerk him backwards and around. When Mr. Law demanded an explanation and to be released, Officer Lazar twisted Mr. Law's arms behind his back, scooped his legs out from under him, and threw him on to the pavement. The officers then jammed their knees into Mr. Law's back, pushing his face and body into the concrete and causing him to bleed from his face. The officers then handcuffed Mr. Law, deliberately too tightly, such that he could not feel his fingertips. Th...
