Named in 4 known lawsuits, $240,002 total settlements.
Taluy, Serge vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 504248/2018,
Supreme Court - Kings, April 9, 2018
Dixon, John, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV06271,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 23, 2016, ended January 10, 2018
$90,002 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 13, 2013, NYPD officers—including Officer Carson, Lieutenant Hammon, Sergeant Thomas, and Captain Guinares—forcibly entered Plaintiffs’ basement apartment, pursuant to a search warrant. The search warrant had been procured on November 7, 2013 by Officer Carson based on factual statements that Plaintiffs’ allege were false. According to Carson, a confidential informant purchased illegal drugs from the relevant apartment, as well as another apartment in the same building. Plaintiffs insist they were never in possession of such drugs and no purchases were ever attempted, never mind completed.
When the officers entered the apartment, one of the officers struck one of the Plaintiffs. The Plaintiffs wer...
Martin, Gwendolyn vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 509984/2016,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 23, 2016, ended March 6, 2018
Zero Disposition
Watson, Michael vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV08045,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 21, 2015, ended February 6, 2017
$150,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint
Description: Plaintiff arrested for a misdemeanor of marijuana possession. At precinct made to strip search. Was called homophobic names. Then was thrown on the floor, handcuffed, and punched and kicked then taken to the holding cell until EMS arrived to take him to the hospital.