Named in 10 known lawsuits, $175,000 total settlements.
Epps, Kevin vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 806482/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 25, 2023
Complaint
Description: On March 9, 2021, police officers Alexis Melo, Kevin Mockel, Joseph Stynes, and others entered Plaintiff's apartment residence without a valid warrant and falsely accused Plaintiff of a criminal offense. The officers including Melo, Mockel, and Stynes, had falsely accused Plaintiff a few days prior without reasonable suspicion or probable cause when they were investigating a potential criminal offense that occurred in the vicinity of Plaintiff's residence. The officers had never observed and were never informed that Plaintiff commit any crime. Once in Plaintiff's residence, the officers, then violently grabbed Plaintiff to search his person. Although the officers' search yielded no contraband or any evidence in...
Grant, Marcel vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 805067/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 30, 2023, ended January 10, 2023
Administrative Closing
Complaint
Description: On January 25, 2022, Plaintiff was in the vicinity of 1310 Beach St. in the Bronx, when Defendant Officers, including Officers Mockel and Novak, without probable cause or legal justification, stopped, searched, and grabbed Plaintiff, and detained and arrested him in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff remained incarcerated for over 24 hours and was required to make numerous court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges against him were terminated favorably.
Cruz, Robert, et al. Vs. City of New York, et al.
Case # 813756/2021,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 25, 2021
Complaint
Description: On March 4, 2021, inside 751 Tilden Street, in Bronx, New York, the plaintiffs were illegally stopped, searched, and arrested by NYPD defendant police officers. At the said date, the plaintiff was aggressively approached by numerous NYPD officers who extended their outstretched arms in a threatening and intimidating manner. Defendants then grabbed the plaintiffs by their bodies and limbs and contorted their arms aggressively behind their backs. Excessively tight handcuffs were applied despite pleas by the plaintiffs to loosen them. The plaintiffs were also subjected to illegal strip-searches and cavity inspections of their persons. The defendants had no legal basis to make the unlawful arrest or search. It was ...
Rosario, Javier vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 806365/2021,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 21, 2021
Complaint
Description: On October 3, 2017, plaintiff was obeying all laws while seated in the passenger seat of a vehicle in the vicinity of 1014 East 213 street, Bronx. Defendant officers stopped the vehicle based on fabricated observation of traffic infractions. The officers ordered plaintiff out of the car, searched plaintiff and arrested him by violently contorting his arms and tightly affixing his wrists with handcuffs, despite no reason to believe that plaintiff was committing any crime or violation of law. Plaintiff was then transported to the 47th precinct, where he was photographed, interrogated, and strip-searched despite no reason to suspect that he was carrying firearm or stolen property. Defendant officers then fabricat...
C., J. Minor By Mng Campbell, Hillary vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 024805/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 26, 2018, ended August 15, 2019
$35,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 1, 2017, at approximately 2:00 p.m., the plaintiff, J.C., a minor, was unlawfully stopped, searched, and seized by the defendants without any warrant, reasonable cause, or probable cause of criminal activity. The plaintiff was in the vicinity of East 243rd Street and Barnes Avenue in the Bronx when the defendants, NYPD Officer Kevin Mockel, unnamed NYPD Officer John Doe, and unnamed NYPD Officer John Roe, approached the plaintiff for reasons based solely on his race and/or age. Without any reasonable or probable cause of criminal activity, the defendants subjected J.C. to a strip search, handcuffed, and arrested the plaintiff in an excessive manner. Subsequently, the defendants transported J.C. to a p...
Nelson, Timothy vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 025752/2015E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 26, 2015
Summons/Complaint
Gayle, Kishan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 306448/2014,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 2, 2015, ended May 18, 2016
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Othneil, Lamar Francis, Jr. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 307230/2012,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 4, 2012, ended November 27, 2017
$25,000 Settlement
Miller, Donell vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 300986/2010,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 24, 2010, ended December 6, 2016
$65,000 Settlement
Palacios, Pablo v. City of New York et al
Case # 020803/2013,
Supreme Court - Bronx
Complaint