Named in 25 known lawsuits, $1,344,443 total settlements.
Strachan, Oma vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 808083/2026E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 29, 2026
Franks, Leonard vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 805487/2026E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 24, 2026
Smith, Naquan vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 824430/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 20, 2025
Wilson, Sequan vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 804227/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 24, 2025, ended June 3, 2026
$45,000 Settlement
Vargas, Willy vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 820075/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 10, 2024
Complaint
Description: On March 29, 2024, Plaintiff was on the street doing nothing illegal, improper, or acting suspicious in any way when Defendant NYPD officers Memedoski and Jaquez, as well as several other unknown Defendant NYPD officers, approached Plaintiff and stopped, frisked, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner without any legal cause or justification. The Defendants falsely accused Plaintiff of having committed a crime.
Dubose, Tyrone vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 819779/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 4, 2024, ended June 24, 2025
$55,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 1, 2024, Plaintiff was a pedestrian on the street doing nothing illegal or improper when Defendant officers Adames and Jaquez, as well as several other unknown Defendant officers, stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained Plaintiff. Plaintiff was subjected to a strip search while in custody of the Defendants without any legal reason or justification. Plaintiff was charged with numerous criminal charges, but all charges against him were terminated favorably.
Mitchell, Sean vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 815877/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 11, 2023
Complaint
Description: On January 4, 2021, Defendant Juaqez and unnamed Defendants proceeded to unlawfully stop the Plaintiff. As a result of this Plaintiff was unlawfully seized, searched, and detained by Defendants. Defendant Jaquez falsely accused the Plaintiff of a narcotics offence, and then proceeded to place cuffs exceptionally tightly on the Plaintiff. Plaintiff requested loosening, but was ignored. Plaintiff was then transported and booked, where he was subject to interrogation without counsel. All charges against the Plaintiff have been dismissed.
Cherry, Charles vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 034074/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 20, 2020, ended July 28, 2022
$90,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 19, 2019 at approximately 12:30 p.m. Plaintiff was lawfully in the area of 49 West 225th Street when Dets. Jason Vasquez, Claude Mede, Robert Jaquez ad POs John Doe and John Roe approached without legal justification ad summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained Plaintiff in a excessive manner. These actions were based on fraud, perjury, and misrepresentations. While in PO custody Plaintiff was subject to a strip search, arraigned, the maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime. The malicious prosecution compelled Plaintiff to make multiple court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges against him were terminated favorably on August 16, 2021.
Martinez, Erving vs City of New York
Case # 025024/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 9, 2019, ended June 3, 2025
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about February 1, 2018, Erving Martinez was walking with a friend near Davidson Avenue and 182nd Street in the Bronx. They were heading to his friend's residence when several New York City police officers—Abdiel Anderson, Jodi Brown, Robert Jaquez, and Roberto Toribio—approached Martinez and forcibly stopped him without any legal reason. The officers threw him against a wall, searched him, and detained him, despite the absence of probable cause. Officer Brown falsely accused him of participating in a drug transaction, and Officer Toribio claimed he had dropped crack/cocaine on the ground. Martinez was arrested, held for approximately 29 hours, and charged with criminal possession and sale of a controlled ...
Knowles, Tyrone vs City of New York
Case # 023368/2019,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 22, 2019, ended November 7, 2019
$35,000 Settlement
Blount, Mack vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026143/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 21, 2018
Complaint
Description: On May 27, 2015, at approximately 6:00 AM, Plaintiff Mack Blount was asleep in his room when Defendants, Detective Mayky Santos. Detective Michael Miller and Officer Robert Jaquez, broke down the front door and entered the bedroom. Plaintiff was dressed only in his boxer shorts and Defendants would not allow him to dress and made him remain partially naked in front of his mother and his mother's boyfriend for some time while they searched and generally ransacked the apartment. Defendants then searched inside Plaintiff's boxers and supervised Plaintiff getting dressed, arrested him and took him to the precinct. After several hours, Plaintiff was transferred to central booking and processed, as well as strip and...
Hendrickson, Gareth vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026142/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 21, 2018
Complaint
Description: On May 27, 2015, at approximately 6:00 AM, Plaintiff Gareth Hendrickson, having spent the night at his girlfriend's apartment, was in her apartment and they were having sex when Defendants, Detective Mayky Santos. Detective Michael Miller and Officer Robert Jaquez, broke down the front door and entered the bedroom. Defendants would not allow Plaintiff to dress and made him remain naked in front of his girlfriend and his girlfriend's son for some time while they searched and generally ransacked the apartment. Defendants then supervised Plaintiff getting dressed, arrested him and took him to the precinct. After several hours, Plaintiff was transferred to central booking and processed, as well as strip and cavity ...
Hendrickson, Gareth vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 033168/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 21, 2018
Complaint
Description: On November 20, 2015, at approximately 8:00 AM, Plaintiff Gareth Hendrickson, having spent the night at his girlfriend's apartment, was in her apartment and they were having sex when Defendants, Officer Nicholas McGarry and Sergeant Adrian Uruci, unlawfully entered the apartment and searched the individuals present. Defendants then arrested and took Plaintiff to the precinct and searched and processed him. After several hours, Plaintiff was transferred to central booking. While being detained, Plaintiff suffered several bed bug bites. On the morning of November 21, 2015, Plaintiff was charged with crimes he did not commit and released. On March 27, 2017, all charges against Plaintiff for possession of controlle...
Thomas, Herman vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 029104/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 9, 2018, ended August 14, 2020
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 7, 2017, at approximately 1:00 p.m., Plaintiff was sititing down eating at a Chinese restaurant located at 188th Street and Webster Avenue in the Bronx when plainclothes officers, including Detective Robert Jaquez, approached him.
The officers, without providing any explanation or showing a warrant, handcuffed Plaintiff and escorted him out of the restaurant. Plaintiff repeatedly asked why he was being arrested but received no answer. He was taken to Central Booking, where he was subjected to a strip search, including a cavity inspection, despite the lack of any probable cause or legal justification.
Plaintiff alleges that the handcuffs were applied so tightly that his wrists became red and swollen,...
Vargas, Kenny vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026396/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 5, 2018, ended July 11, 2019
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 20, 2017, at approximately 3pm, absent an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification, approached Plaintiff for no reason, and based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations, and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff was arraigned after his arrest and thereafter falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime. Plaintiff remained incarcerated for over 24 hours and was required to make numerous court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges against him were terminated favorably.
Hulcome, Zephaniah vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 021478/2018,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 16, 2018, ended October 10, 2018
$13,443 Settlement
Cherry, Robert vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 022702/2018,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 22, 2018
Cherry, Robert vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 022054/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 22, 2018, ended January 25, 2019
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about March 22, 2017, at approximately 2:00 p.m., Robert Cherry was lawfully present in the vicinity of West 225th Street and Broadway in the Bronx, New York. While doing nothing illegal or suspicious, he was approached by a group of NYPD officers, including Detectives Jodi Brown, Guy Gargano, and Robert Jaquez, along with officers referred to as John Doe and John Roe. The officers, acting without an arrest warrant, probable cause, or any reasonable legal justification, proceeded to stop, search, and detain Cherry in an aggressive and excessive manner. Cherry was grabbed, handcuffed, and subjected to a strip search during his detainment.
The officers’ actions were based on fraudulent representations and ...
Serrano, Roberto, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 020976/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 26, 2018, ended June 21, 2018
$80,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 9, 2016, Plaintiff Serrano was in the vicinity of Brook Avenue and East 147th Street, in the Bronx, New York. Defendants NYPD Officers Robert Jaquez, John Doe, and John Roe summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained Plaintiff Serrano in an aggressive and excessive manner, absent an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification and based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations. Plaintiff Serrano was arraigned after his arrest, strip searched, and thereafter falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime. He remained incarcerated for over 24 hours and was required to make numerous court appearances over an extended period of time ...
Torres, Thayshika vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 031162/2017E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 18, 2018, ended July 25, 2018
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 2, 2016, at approximately 9:00 a.m., Plaintiff was in the vicinity of East 147th Street and Willis Avenue, Bronx when Detectives Robert Jaquez, Jodi M. Brown, and Officers John Doe and John Roe approached her without an arrest warrant, probable cause, or reasonable suspicion. Despite Plaintiff not engaging in any illegal or suspicious behavior, the officers forcibly detained. Plaintiff was then subjected to a strip search while in custody.
Plaintiff remained in custody for over 24 hours before being released. During this period, Plaintiff endured physical and emotional distress due to the officers’ aggressive conduct. The charges against Plaintiff were eventually dismissed, resulting in a favorabl...
Gibbons, Tariq vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV09100,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 27, 2017, ended November 13, 2018
$12,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 3, 2015, as plaintiff was exiting a bodega, he was grabbed by defendants and thrown against the wall, violently handcuffed and arrested. At no point was he informed of the reasons behind his arrest. Plaintiff was thereafter transported to the 44th precinct. Plaintiff spent 24 hours in custody before being released.
Rosario, Josue vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV08927,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 17, 2015, ended October 17, 2016
$7,500 Settlement
Complaint,
Third Amended Complaint
Description: Undercover officers approached Plaintiff, asked him if he smoked marijuana, and when he said no they searched him, arrested him, and charged him with 221.40, 221.05 and 221.10. Charges were ACD'd.
Rivera-Delgado, Edwin vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 022702/2015E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 15, 2015, ended December 17, 2015
$35,000 Settlement
Summons/Complaint
Reed, Jateik, et al. as Mng of J.j., et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 350121/2013,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 23, 2013, ended June 16, 2016
$609,000 Settlement
Summons/Complaint
Suazo, Jose vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 307434/2011,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 2, 2011, ended December 2, 2013
$197,500 Settlement
Complaint