Named in 7 known lawsuits, $243,000 total settlements.
Jackson, Damon vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 826750/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 14, 2026
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...
Vasquez, Marco vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 030630/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 21, 2020, ended October 8, 2021
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about July 13, 2019 at approximately 1:00 a.m. in the area of West Fordham Road and University Avenue Plaintiff was lawfully present when an unnamed PO arrived, approached, questioned, detained, and searched Plaintiff without legal justification. Plaintiff was ultimately arrested on the basis of false PO accusations. The officer and other POs (listed Defendants are Det. James R. Causa, Sgt. Vicente E. Perez, Undercover Officer 368, Det. Daniel Rivera, and John and James Doe) withheld their names and defaced a property receipt so their names could not be derived from it. Plaintiff's arrest was motivated by arrest quotas, and POs John and James Doe failed to intercede despite knowing the arrest was unlawful...
Mitchell, Vance vs Police Officer Causa, James, et al.
Case # 18CV03599,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, May 1, 2018, ended October 24, 2018
$7,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers stopped, detained, and questioned Plaintiff and friend before arresting them. Once they arrived at the 42nd Precinct, Plaintiff was separated from his friend and charged with 221.40. After several hours, Plaintiff's arrest was voided and he was released.
Avila, Johnathan, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 305829/2014,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 21, 2014, ended November 17, 2015
$110,000 Settlement
Jodelle, Joseph, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV08094,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 21, 2014, ended June 18, 2015
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 29, 2024, both Plaintiffs were at a gathering with friends at a home in the Bronx, when Defendant Officers James Causa and John Doe 1-10 entered the yard without a warrant or any other legal authority and started searching everyone present in the yard, including the Plaintiffs, without any probable cause or reasonable suspicion. When a small bag of Marijuana was found on one of the persons present, the Defendant Officers falsely arrested numerous people, including the Plaintiffs, knowing that these people did not have any actual or constructive possession of the bag of Marijuana. Plaintiffs were held for 24h before being released without any criminal charges.
Fowler, Larell, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 300368/2014,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 10, 2014, ended November 21, 2018
$27,000 Settlement
Complaint