Named in 4 known lawsuits, $26,500 total settlements.
Guzman, Ramon vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 023591/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 3, 2019
Complaint
Description: On March 12, 2018, defendant POs acting undercover approached defendant asking for "five for twenty". After a another individual directed the undercover agents toward a woman standing nearby, the undercover agents stopped, searched and violently arrested defendant, even though plaintiff did not exchange any money or contraband or was not in any way facilitating any drug transaction and thus defendant POs did not have any probable cause or reasonable suspicion to detain or arrest plaintiff. Subsequently, defendant POs knowingly made false statements to prosecutors, causing plaintiff to be charged with several crimes he did not commit.
Henderson, Mitchell vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV02732,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, May 17, 2018, ended April 3, 2019
$4,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: First Incident: In March 2015, Plaintiff was with a friend who sold drugs to an unknown individual. Officers then arrested Plaintiff as well, he was taken to a local precinct, strip-searched, and charged with a felony, which was later dismissed. Second Incident: In December 2015, Plaintiff was tackled and arrested for drug crimes. Plaintiff was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, when his case was dismissed by a Grand Jury.
Williams, Ubaldo vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV07363,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, December 31, 2013, ended December 2, 2014
$12,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 6, 2011 in Brooklyn on Wartman Ave, Defendant Police Officers John Dennis, Marcos Vasquez and “John Does” and “Jane Does” 1-10. Without cause, illegally detained, falsely arrested, indicted and imprisoned the Plaintiff for allegedly patronizing a prostitute in the third degree. This charge was dismissed on October 2, 2012. Defendants did not consent to the detainment when he was falsely arrested without probable cause. He was falsely incarcerated from October 6th to 7th in 2011.
Baez, Ronald vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 309569/2012,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 12, 2012, ended September 24, 2013
$10,000 Settlement