Named in 4 known lawsuits, $174,250 total settlements.
Hockenjos, John Jr., et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV00095,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 8, 2015, ended November 30, 2015
$174,250 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 5, 2012, defendants Palacios, Pal and Paumere entered the plaintiffs' property and refused to leave it, insisting that they were conducting an "investigation". Defendant Pal separated plaintiff Irina Hockenjos from her husband and yelled and screamed at her in an intimidating manner. The defendants arrested plaintiff John Hockenjos after he objected to this treatment of his wife, placed him in handcuffs and charged him with two counts of reckless endangerment and reckless driving. Plaintiff Irina Hockenjos was unlawfully seized, restrained and separated from her husband and charged with "disorderly conduct". The defendants transported plaintiff John Hockenjos to the precinct. While imprisoned there,...
Chepilko, Sergei vs P.O. Bushuyev, Yevgeniy, et al.
Case # 14CV06732,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 6, 2014, ended December 5, 2016
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff lists four incidents where he was given bogus tickets in retaliation for previously suing and complaining about officer's actions.
Stekolnikov, Oleg, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 504493/2012,
Supreme Court - Kings, January 31, 2013
Complaint
Description: On September 30, 2011, at 6:30PM, Plaintiff s Oleg Stekolnikov and Larisa Kalinina were residing in a basement apartment in Brooklyn. Plaintiffs had an oral lease agreement with landlord-defendants. Due to damage sustained by landlord’s home during a hurricane in August 2011, landlord-defendants asked Plaintiffs to vacate the premises; they refused to refund the security deposit prior to moving out. Landlord-defendant called 911 and told them that the Plaintiffs trespassed on the property. The landlord-defendants told Defendant Officers that arrived to the scene that plaintiffs did not have permission to enter and remain in her home. Defendant officers then, without a warrant and without the Plaintiffs’ permiss...
Hockenjos, John Jr., et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV00027,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 9, 2013, ended July 15, 2014
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On February 5, 2012, as Plaintiffs, husband and wife, returned to their home on E. 23rd Street, Brooklyn, three men were standing on Plaintiff’s driveway. Plaintiffs exited their vehicle and approached the two uniformed men, Defendants Palacios, Pal, and a third-party, and inquired why they were standing on their driveway. Plaintiffs explained they had a restraining order against the third-party (present on the driveway) and this third-party was not allowed to interfere with Plaintiff’s ownership and use of the driveway. Palacios and Pal, refused to leave Plaintiffs’ property and insisted they were conducting “an investigation” and Plaintiffs had to produce driver’s licenses. Pal confronted Irina and physically...