Named in 4 known lawsuits, $197,500 total settlements.
Flowers, Antoine, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 028318/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 4, 2018, ended May 29, 2019
$80,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 18, 2015, plaintiffs were lawfully present in the street, when defendant POs Perez and Espinal approached plaintiffs and informed them that they were not permitted to stand on the sidewalk. Defendant POs then, without probable cause, violently arrested both plaintiffs and falsely charged them with resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration and related charges. Plaintiffs were held in custody for two days. All charges against them were later dismissed.
Fortune, Ian vs Espinal, Edwin, et al.
Case # 503911/2017,
Supreme Court - Kings, July 13, 2017, ended February 3, 2020
$75,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Summons/Complaint
Description: On February 27, 2014, Plaintiff was arrested, imprisoned, and searched without legal cause or justification. He was arrested in connection with a burglary that had occurred months prior and was already familiar with the precinct, as he had previously been unlawfully arrested by its officers. On August 4, 2013, Plaintiff was arrested by Defendant Officers Edwin Espinal, Erick Flores, and Elvis Merizalde for a crime he did not commit and was later acquitted for. In response to this incident, Plaintiff made complaints to the Internal Affairs Bureau of the NYPD and the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
A few months later, a burglary occurred at a laundromat, and Officer Espinal was assigned to investigate the crim...
Liriano et al v. City of New York et al
Case # 12CV00913,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$22,500 Settlement
Complaint
Pruna v. City of New York et al
Case # 13CV00426,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
