Named in 4 known lawsuits, $32,000 total settlements.
Taveras, Kenneth vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 153179/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, April 10, 2018
Complaint
Description: On February 24, 2016, officers including but not limited to NYPD Detective Alexander Santiago, NYPD Officer Wilfredo Acevedo, NYPD Officer Edwin Aguilar, and NYPD Officer Jesus Santos, forcibly entered plaintiff's residence at 2971 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY, without a warrant, justification, consent, or probable cause to believe that plaintiff committed or was about to commit any crime. After entering his residence, the officers detained, imprisoned, and arrested plaintiff and forcibly transported plaintiff to a police precinct. The police then initiated or caused to be initiated a criminal prosecution of plaintiff in which they charged him with various crimes of which the officers knew he was innocent. To su...
Hilliard, Joshua vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV01347,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, March 25, 2016, ended November 29, 2016
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was waiting outside a barber shop when defendant officers approached him, handcuffed him, searched him, and brought him to PSA 6. Plaintiff was strip searched and charged with Promoting Gambling in the Second Degree under PL ß 225.05 and Possession of a Gambling Device under PL ß 225.30(2). Charges were later dismissed.
Burns, Daquan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV04788,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, July 17, 2015, ended January 21, 2016
$7,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Second Amended Complaint,
First Amended Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was watching other individuals play dice on a stoop when he was arrested by defendant officers and charged with promoting gambling and possession of a gambling device. All charges later dismissed.
Millington, Wayne, et al. Obo J.,m. and J.,m. (2) vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV00324,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, February 4, 2013, ended July 2, 2013
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 14, 2011, plaintiff Vanessa Johnson and her children's apartment was unlawfully searched by defendant NYPD officers without a valid warrant. The NYPD officers were looking for a previous resident of the apartment, plaintiff Wayne Millington, who plaintiff Vanessa Johnson did not know. While searching her apartment, defendant officers unlawfully handcuffed Ms. Johnson's two children. Plaintiff tried calling 911 to complain that her children were being handcuffed, but an officer seized her phone and told the operator that police were already at the scene. The officers conducted an unlawful search of plaintiff's phone and took photos of the contents of her phone. No contraband was found in the apartme...