Named in 4 known lawsuits, $265,000 total settlements.
Dugan, Robert vs P.O. Cornejo, Eduardo, et al.
Case # 523284/2017,
Supreme Court - Kings, March 8, 2018, ended December 20, 2018
$70,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about December 2nd, 2014, Plaintiff was lawfully standing outside of a Brooklyn residence when he was, for no reason, stopped by PO Eduardo Conejo and SGT David Leonardi of the NYPD. Plaintiff was seized, searched and handcuffed. Plaintiff had committed no crime and was not engaging in suspicious or illegal activity. Plaintiff was placed under arrest and transported to the 79th Precinct where he was photographed, fingerprinted and subjected to a degrading and invasive strip search. Plaintiff was then detained in a holding cell for a time until being transported to Central Booking where he was detained in a cell again. PO Conejo and SGT Leonardi conspired to provide false information to the DA's office, th...
Crushon, Jason vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV02042,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, April 28, 2015, ended August 24, 2016
$40,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers approached Plaintiff, assaulted him- resulting in loss of a tooth and scrapes and bruising all over body, took him to the 88th precinct, then the hospital. He was returned to central booking, held for four days, and released without being charged with a crime.
Underwood, Darnell, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV07531,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 6, 2015, ended July 30, 2018
$85,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Complaint
Description: On August 5, 2015, the Plaintiff Darnell Underwood was walking on the sidewalk when a defendant police officer called out to him “David.” Darnell ignored the call and kept walking. A defendant officer came up behind him, grabbed him, and yelled “don’t fucking move!” Defendant officers, including Delacruz, Gonzalez, and Nowak beat Darnell with a nightstick and struck him in the head, ribs, knee, and back. Plaintiff Richard Underwood came down the street when he heard Darnell was being beaten and witnessed Delacruz, Gonazales, Nowak and Segerdahl throwing Darnell around and hitting him with the nightstick and heard Darnell scream “Help me!” Defendant officers tried to take Richard’s smartphone and several police ...
Squires, Keith vs City of New York, et al.
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 22, 2013, ended April 7, 2014
$70,000 Settlement