Named in 13 known lawsuits, $89,500 total settlements.
Holmes, Jashawn T. vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 452873/2025,
Supreme Court - New York, August 5, 2025
Elie Jr., Evens A/k/a Evans, Junior vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 500935/2025,
Supreme Court - Kings, January 14, 2025
Ellington, Darius, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Supreme Court - Kings, June 8, 2023
Ellington, Darius, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 516687/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 8, 2023
Complaint
Description: On January 21, 2022, plaintiffs Ellington and Perry were lawfully present in the residence of Ellington's family. Defendant officers, including officers Charles Arnone (Shield No. 00408), Michael Gonzalez (Shield No. 05947) and Triston Trunk (Shield No. 03628), presented themselves at the residence on the basis of conducting a search of Ellington's residence pursuant to the terms of Ellington's parole. Ellington was was seized by defendants and placed into parole cuffs in an excessively tight fashion. Defendants then illegally stopped, seized, and detained Plaintiff-Perry and other lawful residents within the premises. Subsequently, defendants performed an unlawful search in an invasive and destructive manner, ...
Rivers, Antonio vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 503845/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 15, 2022
Rivers, Michael vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 503842/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 15, 2022
Complaint
Description: On February 8, 2019, plaintiff was inside his mother's apartment, where he was not living, when the defendants broke up the front door of the apartment, searched the entire apartment, handcuffed and arrested him. The defendants damaged property during the search and created a mess in the apartment. Defendants did not recover any illegal drugs, weapons or contraband. Defendants falsely alleged that they recovered illegal drugs and ammunition from inside of closed containers recovered from a room where plaintiff was not present. Defendants transported plaintiff to a precinct, where he was searched, fingerprinted, photographed, interrogated and detained for many hours. Defendants provided the Kings County DA'...
Simmons, Jameek vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 503843/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 15, 2022
Cannon, Russel vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 529440/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, November 23, 2021
Complaint
Description: On or about May 16th, 2019, at approximately 3 P.M., Plaintiff Russell Cannon was lawfully at 36-09 Avenue I, Brooklyn, NY, when Defendants NYPD Police Officers John or Jane Doe 1-10, NYPD Police Officer Triston Trunk placed the Plaintiff illegally searched and seized the Plaintiff's person/personal property and placed him under arrest without legal justification, probable cause, a valid arrest warrant, search warrant, reasonable suspicion, or indication he committed a crime. The Defendants then illegally interrogated the Plaintiff in violation of his rights despite them not finding anything indicating the Plaintiff had illegal items or did a crime. After Defendants handcuffed the Plaintiff, he requested the of...
Gourick, Kisha & Kwabena vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 515975/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, July 1, 2021
Complaint
Description: On August 30, 2019, Kisha Gourick and her partner, Kwabena Gourick, were unlawfully stopped, questioned, and arrested by NYPD officers, including Officer Triston J. Trunk. Kisha was detained for approximately twelve hours, while Kwabena faced around twenty-four hours of detention. During the arrest, both were subjected to excessive force, including tight handcuffing that caused them physical pain. The officers fabricated evidence, leading to criminal charges against them, which were eventually dismissed on December 12, 2019. As a result of the officers' actions, both plaintiffs suffered various physical, emotional, and psychological injuries.
Chin, Deon, et Al vs Trunk, Tristan, et al.
Case # 20CV00591,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 20, 2020, ended March 26, 2021
$22,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 19, 2019 officers entered Deon Chin's and Michael Howell's apartments to execute a search warrant for their husband/father. He was not in the building, and the warrant did not authorize his arrest. Officers found no illegal materials while searching the apartments however they arrested plaintiffs, detained them at the 63rd precinct, interrogated them, and then released them without charges. The subject of the search warrant was not arrested and no charges were filed against him after the events.
Richardson, Joshua vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 524839/2019,
Supreme Court - Kings, November 13, 2019, ended December 20, 2021
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 2, 2017, Plaintiff was a guest at a block party in Brooklyn when gunshots were fired. Plaintiff was tackled to the ground, struck and tased by at least some of Defendants police officers Tristian Trunk, Frank Beers, Thomas Owens, Mohammed Hyatt, Mario Bueno and John Lewis. Plaintiff was not in possession of a handgun and there was no reasonable basis to believe that he had fired a handgun. Despite this absence of sufficient legal cause, Plaintiff was arrested, handcuffed and transported to a NYPD station house where he was jailed. PO falsely claimed that they had witnessed Plaintiff commit various crimes, including the criminal possession and discharge of a handgun. Consequently, Plaintiff was charged w...
Goldberg, Sydney vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 503972/2019,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 22, 2019, ended December 3, 2019
$12,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 7,2017 Office Trunk alleged that Plaintiff had trespassed and burglarized a location. Plaintiff was never seen by the officers or identified by anyone as having been at the residence. However, Officer Trunk and others illegally stopped and seized the plaintiff and placed in handcuffs. The officers then told the DA's office falsely that the Plaintiff had been observed committing a crime.
After 2 hours, the Plaintiff was released and all charges were dismissed.
Sylvester, Ronald vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV06023,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 5, 2018, ended May 2, 2019
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 21, 2017, plaintiff was walking alone on the sidewalk when defendant P.O. Adair approached him, pushed him and told him to walk the other way. Plaintiff asked the officer not to touch him as he had recently had surgery and continued walking. P.O. Adair tackled plaintiff from behind, causing him to fall to the ground. Other officers then grabbed plaintiff by his right arm and one punched plaintiff in his head. Plaintiff was then handcuffed too tightly and transported first to the precinct and later Central Booking where he was falsely charged with resisting arrest. All charges were ultimately dismissed.
