Named in 15 known lawsuits, $200,000 total settlements.
Forde, Peter vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 511168/2026,
Supreme Court - Kings, April 23, 2026
Hong, Swain Soo vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 534214/2025,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 7, 2025
Hinds, Shakeem et Al vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 25CV03909,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 22, 2025
Brown, Brandon, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 520422/2025,
Supreme Court - Kings, July 3, 2025
Roberts, Jamal vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 518187/2025,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 17, 2025
Caesar, Lloyd vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 24CV06433,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 3, 2024
Complaint
Description: On October 6, 2022, plaintiff was arrested on the northeast corner of Hegeman Street and Osborne Street in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. Defendant NYPD officers Blot and Turner initially informed plaintiff he was involved in an assault. Defendant Blot claimed plaintiff had been driving recklessly and harassing the another individual. After being taken to the 73rd precinct, plaintiff was aggressively slammed against the gate during processing, injuring his wrist. On June 15, 2023, defendant NYPD officers Diaz, Perez and Myrthil conducted a stop and frisk of plaintiff without any reasonable suspicion at the corner of New Lots Avenue and Watkins Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn. During these events defendan...
Boyce, Brandon vs The City of Ny, et al.
Case # 516771/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, July 2, 2024
Complaint
Description: On July 31, 2023, PO Dennis Diaz and other NYPD officers approached the underage Plaintiff on a Brooklyn street, grabbed him, threw him to the ground causing him to hit the concrete stairs and forcefully placed him in handcuffs. Thereafter, they brought him to the 67th Precinct where he was fingerprinted and held with adults until approximately 1:00 p.m. on August 1, 2023. That same day, the infant plaintiff was taken to Central Booking where he was held until his release without appearing before a judge and without being charged with a crime at approximately 10:00 P.M.
Baptiste, Thomas, et al. vs The City of Ny, et al.
Case # 513928/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 13, 2024
Complaint
Description: On May 20, 2023 at approximately 1:00 AM in the vicinity of Linden Boulevard and Brooklyn Avenue Plaintiffs Baptiste and Joseph were detained by POs Christian Perez, Martin Moraalmonte, Nicholas Cardieri, Carlos Alvarez, Francesa Lovertro, Julio Martinez, Ihab Ginem, Larry Feng, Dennis Diaz, Leonardo Deoliveiri, Derrick DeJonge, Dennis Wu, Sarah Chironno, Jefrey Aguilera, Mehmet Knabur, Fabian Modesto, Daniel McDonald, and Anthony Warner when Plaintiffs flashed their headlights. The POs blocked the vehicle with marked and unmarked police cars and commanded Plaintiffs to exit their car. The POs had their weapons unholstered and drawn at Plaintiffs. Male PO DeJonge then searched Plaintiff Joseph, who is a female ...
Johnson, Tymere vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 514224/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 29, 2024
Complaint
Description: On or about February 3, 2023, at approximately 10:49 p.m., Plaintiff Tymere Johnson was lawfully present near Utica Avenue and Winthrop Street in Brooklyn, New York, when he was approached by several New York City police officers, including Police Officer Dennis M. Diaz (Shield No. 1270) and unidentified officers referred to as John and Jane Doe. Johnson, a passenger in a vehicle at the time, was subjected to an unlawful stop, search, and arrest without probable cause. During the arrest, excessive force was used, including the application of excessively tight handcuffs, resulting in injuries to his wrists. Despite finding no contraband, the officers falsely accused Johnson of committing various crimes. These fa...
Lubin, Jacob vs The City of Ny, et al.
Case # 504414/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 27, 2024, ended July 18, 2025
$50,000 Settlement
Patterson, Dequan vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 531628/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, November 2, 2023, ended November 18, 2025
$85,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 18, 2022, near 1828 Nostrand Avenue in Kings County, Plaintiff was in a car with David Cedor, Joey Osteen (the only white male), and Kwame Richardson when Defendant Police Officers responded to an anonymous 911 call reporting a white male with a gun. Despite no vehicle description in the call, officers approached the car, unjustifiably searched it, and found a gun in a backpack. Although Plaintiff was black and did not match the suspect description, and despite finding Osteen's passport photos and Richardson's credit cards in the backpack, the officers ignored these facts and arrested Plaintiff. He was handcuffed, not read his Miranda rights, and subjected to an illegal search and arrest.
Plaintiff was...
Jennings, Armando vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 522907/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 10, 2023, ended February 13, 2026
$65,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 31, 2022, Plaintiff ARMANDO JENNINGS was in the vicinity of Clarkson Avenue and East 95 Street, Brooklyn NY 11203 when defendant police officers AUSTIN PARISI, LEONARDO DEOLIVEIRA, MICHAEL ROODE, JOHNATHAN MIRANDA, LARRY FENG, DENNIS DIAZ, JOHN AND JANE DOE 1-3, acting in concert, falsely arrested and detained Plaintiff and used excessive force upon Plaintiff. During the assault, Defendants, among other things, tackled Plaintiff thrown him to the ground, slammed his face into the ground, repeatedly punched him and handcuffed Plaintiff in an excessively tight manner. Defendants’ actions did cause Plaintiff to become fearful for their life and safety and did cause emotional and physical injuries to Plainti...
Herrera, Ralph vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 528802/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 5, 2023
Complaint
Description: On September 16 2022 the Plaintiff was lawfully walking along the street when unlawfully approached by NYPD Officers Haroonul Hassan, Dennis Diaz, Julio Martinez, and John Doe and stopped and arrested. He was transported to the 67th Precinct and placed in a cell and thereafter transferred to Central Booking until his arraignment. He spent multiple days in New York City Department of Corrections custody before he was released.
Sylvain, Stafeld vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 520842/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, July 25, 2023
Complaint
Description: On September 2, 2022, plaintiff was lawfully standing on a sidewalk with friends. At that time, defendant police officers, including officers Deven P. Okvist (Shield No. 5635), Dennis Diaz (Shield No. 1270), and Macaulay Maldarelli (Shield No. 5974), approached and began yelling at plaintiff and his friends. Plaintiff began to record his interaction with defendant-officers. A defendant officer struck plaintiff's hands. When plaintiff attempted to retrieve his phone, the officer grabbed plaintiff's neck from behind with both hands. Defendant officers subsequently sat on Plaintiff's legs, choked plaintiff, and placed plaintiff under arrest. Officers ignored plaintiffs requests for aid. In response to bystander pr...
Johnson, Lawrence vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 501418/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, March 16, 2023
Complaint
Description: On March 15, 2020, Mr. Johnson had legally parked at a street corner to pick up his girlfriend and their children from a friend's residence. While he was inside his vehicle, defendant officers approached the plaintiff and began interrogating him. Then they forcibly grabbed him, tightly handcuffed him, and began to illegally search the plaintiff and his vehicle, damaging the vehicle in the process. No contraband was found. The defendants transported the plaintiff to the precinct and subjected plaintiff to another unlawful search. The false changes were eventually dismissed and sealed on September 15, 2020.
On October 18, 2021, plaintiff was driving to his children's school to pick them up. As he made a left tu...
