Named in 2 known lawsuits, $60,000 total settlements.
Province, Jerry vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 507444/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, March 30, 2021
Ruiz, Bobby vs Shahbaz, Moshan, et al.
Case # 505151/2019,
Supreme Court - Kings, April 19, 2019, ended December 2, 2019
$60,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 29, 2018, at approximately 9:00 p.m., Bobby Ruiz was on the J-Line Subway train at the Broadway Junction MTA Station in Brooklyn, NY, traveling back from a fishing trip and carrying his fishing gear. NYPD officers, including Mohammad Shabaz, Raphael Sylvestre, and Sergant Wiss Emile, approached the plaintiff without reasonable suspicition and asked him to use a different staircase in the subway station. He complied, but defendant Shabaz grabbed him by the neck and threw him to the ground. The police then searched him without his consent, handcuffed him, and placed him under arrest. The officers refused to tell Ruiz the reasons for his arrest. MTA surveillance cameras recorded the incident, and the polic...