Named in 5 known lawsuits, $687,500 total settlements.
Pichardo, Sandro vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 800017/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 5, 2021, ended December 5, 2022
$32,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 2, 2018, P.O.s Melvin Payamps and John Feng, along with unknown John and Jane Doe officers, approached Plaintiff Sandro Pichardo in the Bronx. They searched and arrested Mr. Pichardo with no probable cause. The officers assaulted and battered Mr. Pichardo. They rear-handcuffed him and transported him to a precinct where he was searched, questioned, photographed, and fingerprinted by or at the direction of P.O.s Payamps and Feng.
The officers later made false statements to a prosecutor to initiate Mr. Pichardo's prosecution; they were fully aware that he did not commit criminal possession of marijuana or unlawful possession of marijuana or resisting arrest. All charges were later favorably dismisse...
Anthony, Moses vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 020063/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 13, 2020, ended January 11, 2021
$37,500 Settlement
Aybar, Anthony vs City of New York
Case # 021227/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 31, 2019, ended October 4, 2019
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 12, 2018, NYPD officers Melvin Payamps, Kendrick Maldonado, Kathryn Hennessey and unnamed officers stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted Plaintiff without an arrest warrant or probable cause. Plaintiff suffered permanent injury in and about his head, neck, back and limbs. Plaintiff was held in custody and subject to a strip search, then arraigned and maliciously prosecuted. All charges against Plaintiff terminated favorably.
Feliz, Esmeralda Santana vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 033976/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 12, 2018, ended October 31, 2019
$27,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 19, 2018, plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of 163rd St and Intervale Ave, Bronx, when, because of her race and/or age, she was racially profiled by defendant NYPD officers Payamps, Aquino, Browne, Doe and Roe. They proceeded to stop, question and search her without legal justification or probable cause. She was arrested based on false and perjurious charges and was incarcerated for over 24 hours, after which she was required to make numerous court appearance over an extended period of time until all charges against her were terminated.
During the course of her arrest she was pushed assaulted battered, violated and strip searched and threatened in a hostile and offensive manner. As a result, ...
Matos, Felix, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 027149/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 21, 2018, ended October 23, 2019
$550,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 12, 2018, while lawfully present at 1019 Simpson Street in Bronx, NY, the plaintiffs were unlawfully stopped, questioned, searched, battered, assaulted, arrested, and detained by the defendants, including Payamps, Maldonado, Doe, and Roe, in an excessive manner without legal justification and solely because of their races. After the plaintiffs were arrested, they were taken to the local precinct, where they were unlawfully fingerprinted, photographed, and subjected to strip searches. Subsequently, they were taken to various police stations, correctional facilities, and a courthouse located in Bronx, NY. The defendants falsely accused the plaintiffs of committing a crime. The plaintiffs remained incar...
