Named in 5 known lawsuits, $265,000 total settlements.
Cunningham, Jedey, et al. vs City of Ny
Case # 812396/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 14, 2021, ended December 5, 2023
$65,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about December 28, 2019, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Plaintiffs Jedey Cunningham, Luis Guzman and Jose Polo were caused to be wrongfully arrested by Defendant NYPD Police Officers, including Jose Deleon and Shawn Romero, in the vicinity of the intersection of Briggs Avenue and East 194th Street in Bronx County. Plaintiffs were grabbed by Defendants, restrained, arrested, and detained for approximately three days.
Plaintiffs bring claims of: activity retaliation, first amendment retaliation, unlawful search and seizure, false arrest and false imprisonment, assault and battery, excessive force, malicious prosecution, malicious abuse of process, denial of right to due process, violation of victims of violen...
Morales, Angel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 032398/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 23, 2020, ended August 5, 2021
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 26, 2019, plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of East 194th Street, Bronx, when defendant police officers, without any probable cause or legal justification, approached, questioned, searched, and detained plaintiff for no reason other than his race. Plaintiff was then arrested. During arraignment, plaintiff was falsely charged with committing a crime based on fabricated police reports, and all criminal charges against plaintiff were eventually dismissed in his favor. As a result of defendants' actions, plaintiff sustained severe emotional distress.
Williams, Tyreke vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 20CV00478,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 24, 2020, ended December 13, 2022
$75,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 27, 2018 at approximately 4:40 pm, plaintiff Tyreek Williams was inside his room inside 42 West Fordham Road, Apartment 1, in the Bronx, when NYPD Sergeant Frank Aliffi and NYPD officers Jose Sanchez, Shawn Romero, and Brian Vanduzer illegally entered the room in response to a false claim by plaintiff's landlord Kieu Vo that someone was sleeping in her bed. Despite the lack of a warrant, no exigent circumstances, and plaintiff not having committed any crime, defendants ignored plaintiff's protests that he was a lawful resident of the apartment, and also disregarded his keys, photo ID, and documents containing his name. The NYPD officer defendants collectively handcuffed plaintiff too tightly, forcefully ...
Luna, Yamil vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 033206/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 12, 2019, ended January 21, 2021
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 2, 2019, in the vicinity of East Kingsbridge Road and Creston Avenue, defendant police officers Deleonsanchez, Doe, Roe without warrant or cause, handcuffed and arrested the plaintiff with excessive force. The plaintiff was falsely accused of having committed a crime. The plaintiff was strip searched while at custody and remained incarcerated for over 24 hours. All charges against the plaintiff was ultimately dismissed.
Ortiz, Carlos vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 029973/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 28, 2019, ended July 23, 2020
$75,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 8, 2018, Plaintiff Ortiz was detained and compelled to produce his identification by Police Officers Shawn Romero and Jose Deleon-Sanchez. The two officers later arrested Plaintiff Ortiz and held him for twenty-four hours for their claim that he possessed marijuana. Police Officer Shawn Romero signed a complaint containing false statements about Plaintiff Ortiz for the prosecution, stating that Plaintiff Ortiz was seen by Officer Romero holding a lit joint in public view. However, on May 17, 2019, the criminal charges against Ortiz were dismissed.