Conclusion Meanings:
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Named in 4 known lawsuits, $40,000 total settlements.
Pickens, Jordan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV09824,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 22, 2016, ended December 23, 2016
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Defendant Undercover Officers approached Plaintiff where he worked at a deli, asked him if he knew where they could buy marijuana, and he replied he did not. Plaintiff referred them to an individual next to him and sold the officers an iced tea. A short while later, Defendant Officers Laine and Leineck came into the store, searched Plaintiff, arrested him, and charged him with Criminal Possession of Marijuana in the Fourth Degree, which was later dismissed.
Colon, Moises vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 304284/2015,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 15, 2015, ended May 11, 2016
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
De Souza, Donald vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV07668,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 4, 2013, ended April 12, 2016
$5,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint,
Stipulation
Bignon v. City of New York et al
Case # 028719/2017,
Supreme Court - Bronx
Complaint