Conclusion Meanings:
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusions.
Scruggs, Courtney vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 704608/2014,
Supreme Court - Queens, November 12, 2014
Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about April 3, 2013, Defendant NYPD officers approached Plaintiff with their firearms and/or various other objects which they used to physically seize, strike and/or restrain Plaintiff. Plaintiff was then unlawfully searched, and unlawfully arrested by the officers. The officers restrained Plaintiff, took him to custody, and charged him with various crimes that he was innocent of. Plaintiff was held in custody for more than 24 hours before he was released. Defendant Detective Nathaniel Tauber deliberately and maliciously prosecuted Plaintiff by filing a criminal complaint against Plaintiff.