Named in 8 known lawsuits, $415,001 total settlements.
Alvarez, Joshua, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 022234/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 3, 2019, ended November 16, 2021
Administrative Closing
Ortiz, Victor vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV02920,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, May 1, 2017, ended December 27, 2017
$25,001 Settlement
Complaint
Description: The defendants were carrying out a search warrant in the home of the plaintiff's mother. The plaintiff and his mother arrived to the apartment to the door ajar. Sgt. Tirado prevented them from entering and arrested the plaintiff's mother. Although the plaintiff and his mother requested to see the search warrant, it was never shown. The plaintiff began recording his mother's arrest until Detective Cote and Calloway shepherded him into a corner. The officers requested that the plaintiff leave the area while Detective Calloway jerked and twisted the plaintiff's arm that was holding his phone, pushed him to the ground, and arrested him. Plaintiff was proceeded at a precinct and charged with obstructing governmental...
Blanco, Wilfredo, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV08509,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 4, 2015, ended November 16, 2016
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: Defendant officers executed a search warrant on Plaintiffs' home and arrested them, subjecting them to excessively tight handcuffs and unnecessarily pointing guns at plaintiffs. Plaintiffs were charged with 220.16; 220.06; and 220.30 and acquitted after a jury trial.
Jeffries, Curtis vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV08194,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 5, 2014, ended April 30, 2015
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint
Description: On January 28, 2013, Plaintiff was leaving his family's home in Manhattan when Defendant Officers Michael Calloway, Nicole Tirado, James South, Keith Cummings and Guillermo Gil in plainclothes stopped him stating that they were looking for a man with a gun and that he matched his description. Defendant Officer John Doe, without a warrant, probable cause or reasonable suspicion then illegally searched the Plaintiff and subsequently arrested the plaintiff for a sale of drugs knowing that Plaintiff had not taken part in any sort of drug sale. No contraband or weapons were found on the Plaintiff. At the precinct, Defendant Officer John Doe stripped searched the Plaintiff, including by inspecting the Plaintiff's gen...
Fernandez, Miguel, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV08073,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 2, 2014, ended November 20, 2015
$70,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 9, 2013, Plaintiff went to buy cigarettes and returned home to his mother and sister (also Plaintiffs) who had remained in their apartment all night. Fifteen minutes after Plaintiff returned from the convenience store Defendant Officers broke down the door to the families apartment. Approximately fifteen Officers entered with their guns drawn pointing at one of the Plaintiffs on his bed. A defendant then threw Plaintiff face down on his bed, handcuffed him and violently slammed a shield he was holding into his back. Defendants then took Plaintiff to the bathroom and strip searched him, nothing was found. Then Defendants asked Plaintiff where the guns and drugs were, and proceeded to tear apart the apart...
Hedian, Ruth, et al. vs City of New York
Case # 154776/2014,
Supreme Court - New York, May 27, 2014
Griffin, Anthony vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV02773,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, May 7, 2013, ended March 10, 2014
$130,000 Settlement
Complaint,
First Amended Complaint
Description: On December 20, 2011, Anthony Griffin was arrested under allegations of drug sales in Manhattan, leading to a series of legal and procedural missteps by law enforcement. Despite the claim that Griffin sold drugs to Ruth Bennette, evidence and timelines provided in court documents and surveillance footage contradicted these allegations. Griffin underwent a humiliating strip search, including a humiliating and degrading strip and visual body cavity search, in which he was forced against his will to take all his clothes off, squat, spread his buttocks and cough. Griffin was brought before a judged and arraigned on a felony complaint which charged him with Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in Third Degree, an...
Bryant v. The City of New York et al
Case # 12CV06542,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$150,000 Settlement
Complaint