Named in 3 known lawsuits, $77,500 total settlements.
Pichardo, Sandro vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 800017/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 5, 2021, ended December 5, 2022
$32,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 2, 2018, P.O.s Melvin Payamps and John Feng, along with unknown John and Jane Doe officers, approached Plaintiff Sandro Pichardo in the Bronx. They searched and arrested Mr. Pichardo with no probable cause. The officers assaulted and battered Mr. Pichardo. They rear-handcuffed him and transported him to a precinct where he was searched, questioned, photographed, and fingerprinted by or at the direction of P.O.s Payamps and Feng.
The officers later made false statements to a prosecutor to initiate Mr. Pichardo's prosecution; they were fully aware that he did not commit criminal possession of marijuana or unlawful possession of marijuana or resisting arrest. All charges were later favorably dismisse...
Paulino, Franklin, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 022365/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 20, 2020, ended November 20, 2020
$45,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 12, 2019, plaintiffs were lawfully in the vicinity of East 163rd Street and Kelly Street, when defendant police officers, without any probable cause or legal justification, summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained plaintiffs with excessive force. Plaintiffs were then handcuffed and arrested. Plaintiffs were strip-searched in custody, and during arraignment they were falsely prosecuted with committing a crime. All charges against plaintiffs were eventually terminated in their favor. As a result of the incident, plaintiffs sustained severe physical and emotional injuries.
Hobbs, Terrance vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 157162/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, August 16, 2017
Complaint
Description: On August 23, 2014, Plaintiff was put into handcuffs, arrested, and placed into the rear of a marked NYPD radio motor patrol vehicle. Plaintiff was not told why he was being arrested. Plaintiff was charged with numerous crimes and was incarcerated for approximately one year. The charges were dismissed on October 27, 2016.
