Named in 2 known lawsuits, $7,500 total settlements.
Suarez, Annelise vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 505446/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, September 7, 2022
Complaint
Description: On June 17, 2019, PO Leandro Cruz, PO Tomas Castro and other police officers stopped, seized, searched, detained, and arrested, the plaintiff in the vicinity of the intersection of 211 Union Street, Kings County. Responding to a text from Cruz, the plaintiff had arrived at the location which was initiated due to Castro receiving information on December 18, 2018, about a disagreement between the plaintiff and the plaintiff's ex-boyfriend's sister. The Defendants then handcuffed the plaintiff and took her to a precinct where she was fingerprinted, photographed, searched and strip-searched and detained for two hours before being transported to Central Booking where she was detained for another 12 hours before bein...
Thomas, Amir vs P.O. Portillo, Ramon, et al.
Case # 14CV06863,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, December 18, 2014, ended September 1, 2015
$7,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 26, 2013, Plaintiff was walking to his residence from the store when two unmarked NYPD vehicles pulled up. Plaintiff, who had a firearm, ran and threw the weapon away. After a brief pursuit Plaintiff stopped. Despite being stopped, Defendant Officers Ramon Portillo, Gabriel Cuevas, Leandro Cruz, Joongsuk Hwang and Justin Kelly and Sergeant Thomas Hardell tackled Plaintiff. Despite offering no resistance, Defendants collectively severely beat Plaintiff with fists and hard objects.
Plaintiff was taken to the 83rd Precinct but due to his injuries he was transported by ambulance to a hospital. After treatment for substantial head injuries, Plaintiff was returned to the 83rd Precinct. However, beca...