Named in 13 known lawsuits, $1,030,000 total settlements.
Garcia, Lidia vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 820580/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 24, 2024, ended October 16, 2025
$65,000 Settlement
Gomez, Raymond A., et al. vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 800727/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 24, 2023, ended July 18, 2023
$400,000 Settlement
Monzon, Jason vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 802724/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 22, 2022, ended January 9, 2023
$150,000 Settlement
Then, Franklyn vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 805232/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 4, 2022
Complaint
Description: On July 18, 2021, Plaintiff was alone in his brother's car when 2 or more NYPD officers pulled up behind him, turned on their lights, told Plaintiff to step out of the vehicle, and then subjected Plaintiff to an unlawful pat-down, followed by an unlawful search of the vehicle. No contraband was found, nevertheless, officers arrested and handcuffed Plaintiff, taking him to the 52nd Precinct. Plaintiff was taken into a bathroom at the precinct, where 10 POs told him to "strip down, bend over and squat." In fear of his safety, Plaintiff asked POs why he was being searched, at which point the POs held him down, stripped him of his clothes, punched him repeatedly and subjected him to an unnecessary cavity search. Pl...
Then, Franklyn vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 817507/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 4, 2022, ended August 22, 2022
$22,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 18, 2021, defendant Mestre stopped plaintiff when he was in a vehicle and ordered him out of the vehicle, patted him down and placed him in handcuffs. Plaintiff was then transported to the 52nd Precinct and was subject to search and placed into a holding cell. Plaintiff was then subjected to two pat-down searches and a strip search but no contraband was found. Defendant POs then grabbed plaintiff and punched him in the ribs and stomach. Defendant POs then digitally penetrated Plaintiff in the bathroom of the 52 Precinct while other defendant POs punched him in the ribs. Plaintiff remained at the 52nd Precinct for approximately 12 hours before being transported to Central Bookings and remained there for ...
Tricoche, Ronald vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 813610/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 7, 2021, ended July 31, 2023
$200,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 1, 2020, at approximately 11:25 p.m., Plaintiff Ronald Tricoche was lawfully in the vicinity of West 232nd Street and Broadway in Bronx County, when Defendant NYPD Police Officers including Brendan Latimer and Christina Moncion, absent an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification, and based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations approached Plaintiff for no reason and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff was incarcerated for over 24 hours.
Plaintiff brings claims of: negligence, false arrest, assault, battery, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, intentional infliction o...
Cintron, Vidal vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 034527/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 13, 2019, ended February 8, 2021
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 15, 2018, at approximately 11:00 p.m., Vidal Cintron was sitting in his legally parked vehicle near Dekalb Avenue and 212th Street in the Bronx when he was approached by NYPD Officer Gina Mestre and other unidentified officers. Cintron was removed from his vehicle, handcuffed, and arrested without probable cause. He was taken to the 52nd Precinct, where he was strip-searched, but no illegal items were found. Cintron was charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon and Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, despite not having engaged in any illegal activity. He was detained for several hours before being released, and the charges were eventually dismissed on September 5, 2019. As a result of the arrest a...
Rogers, Krishaun vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 22638/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 21, 2019, ended January 24, 2020
$60,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 19, 2018 at approximately 11:00 P.M., Plaintiff Krishaun Rogers was walking down the street when three NYPD officers P.O. James A Lindquist, P.O. Gina Mestre, and Sergeant Oktrova Amadeo began chasing Rogers down the street. One officer yelled stop before I shoot to which Rogers stopped running. He was then assaulted by all three officers and brought to the precinct where he was detained until June 23, 2018.
Perez, Harry vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 034000/2018,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 14, 2018, ended July 25, 2019
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 1, 2017, Police Officer Rhona Hall, Gina Mestre and other police officers stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, arrested and detained the plaintiff in an aggressive and excessive manner without a warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification. Because of the defendants conduct, the plaintiff suffered great and permanent bodily injury in and about his head, neck, back, body and limbs and was rendered sick, sore, lame and disabled, and suffered conscious pain. The plaintiff was falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime, but the criminal action against him was terminated favorably.
Padilla, Francisco vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 030919/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 25, 2018, ended January 13, 2020
$17,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 1, 2017 at approximately 12:00 a.m., Plaintiff Francisco Padilla was unlawfully searched, touched, seized with excessive force, and detained by the defendants, the City of New York, the New York City Police Department, NYPD Officer Teresa Toro, NYPD Officer Gina Mestre, and unnamed NYPD officers John Doe and John Roe. On this date and time, the plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of West 192nd Street and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx when he was approached, searched, and detained by the defendants without probable cause or an arrest warrant. Rather, the defendants stopped and questioned the plaintiff based on solely on his age and/or race.
After unlawfully arresting the plaintiff, the defendants tr...
Collado, Felix, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026529/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 11, 2018, ended August 14, 2020
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 20, 2017, PO Gina Mestre and John Does approached Plaintiff with their loaded firearms and falsely arrested Plaintiff. PO ignored Plaintiff's complains that the handcuffed were too tight and that he had had recent shoulder surgery. Plaintiff was held in custody approximately 28 hours.
Copes, Laquan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV08413,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 21, 2017, ended March 21, 2022
$30,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was riding his bike when he was approached, assaulted, and injured by Defendant Officers. Plaintiff was taken to a hospital and was charged with false claims to justify the assault.
Johnson, Donovan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV07598,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, September 23, 2014, ended March 3, 2015
$10,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Stipulation
Description: On January 15, 2013, Plaintiff was driving in the Bronx, New York near Nereid Avenue and Ely Avenue. Plaintiff was stopped without cause by two defendant officers. Defendants ordered Plaintiff out of his car and slammed him against it, then searched the car without Plaintiff's consent. After Plaintiff was detained for half an hour, two defendant officers presented Plaintiff with a DMV traffic summons for a defective headlight, despite Plaintiff’s headlights were working. Plaintiff took his car to a police precinct immediately thereafter, where a different police officer provided him with a paper confirming that his headlights were in working order.
On February 8, 2013, Plaintiff was locking up his car in a law...
