Named in 5 known lawsuits, $162,500 total settlements.
Martinez, Nelvin vs City of Ny et al.
Case # 519797/2025,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 24, 2025
Faustin, Ricardo vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 518857/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 19, 2023
Complaint
Description: On June 28, 2020, while the plaintiff was lawfully present at a hospital, defendants NYPD officers, including Officer Leon Batson, Lieutenant Yael Magori, and Officer Marc Fontana, unlawfully searched and falsely arrested him without probable cause or legal justification. The defendants also unlawfully evicted the plaintiff from his apartment when they falsely arrested him and charged him with trespassing into an apartment. Additionally, the defendants unlawfully seized the plaintiff’s motor vehicle and conducted an unlawful search of the vehicle at the precinct. The officers falsely alleged that they recovered a firearm from the plaintiff’s apartment. Based upon incomplete, false, and misleading information, t...
Simon, Steven vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 529222/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 13, 2022, ended March 30, 2026
$95,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 27, 2021, while the plaintiff was lawfully walking as a pedestrian, he was forcibly seized and detained by NYPD officers, including Adan Suazorodas, Larry Simpson, and Mark Fontana, without probable cause or reasonable suspicion to believe that the plaintiff had committed or was about to commit any crime or violation. Upon seizing the plaintiff, the officers conducted a forcible and invasive search without a warrant and without probable cause or reasonable suspicion. The officers also used excessive and unjustified force against the plaintiff, including grabbing and pulling his genitalia and forcibly slapping a cell phone from his hand.
Ederi, Avraham vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 525931/2020,
Supreme Court - Kings, January 4, 2021, ended July 31, 2024
$67,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 28, 2019, Plaintiff was driving a rental car when he was involved in a serious car accident. Immediately after the accident he called 911 to report the accident and request medical assistance for the injuries he sustained. When PO Fontana and up to five unknown POs arrived, they determined that the license plate on the rental vehicle was "fake" and that the car was unregistered and/or uninsured. Plaintiff informed the POs that he was injured and required medical care, but they arrested him anyway for felony offenses related to the condition of the car, despite knowing that he was only renting it. They locked Plaintiff in the rear of the police vehicle and then lingered at the scene of the accident. Wh...
Locke, Lenworth Jr. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV06825,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, December 21, 2016, ended August 18, 2017
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was approached by Defendant Officers on the street, manhandled, assaulted and battered, physically thrown onto the hood of the police vehicle, and handcuffed in full view for a concocted and non-existent warrant for his arrest. Plaintiff was transported to the 70th Precinct and all charges were dismissed.
