Named in 4 known lawsuits, $40,000 total settlements.
Morning, John vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 707803/2023,
Supreme Court - Queens, July 13, 2023
Complaint
Description: On April 13,2020, plaintiff was a lawful passenger in the third row of a minivan driven by another individual in Queens, at which time the defendant police officers unlawfully stopped the vehicle, without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or any legal justification. The defendants are JHOAN LOZANO, CHRISTOPHER CAPATANO, BRYAN CULLEN, DANIEL SCALCIONE, DANIEL LEBOFF, CHRISTOPHER SANABRIA, DANIEL CONNORS, and unknown officers JOHN DOES #s 1-10.When the defendant officers approached the vehicle, they falsely claimed they
smelled marijuana and they ordered everyone to exit the vehicle. The defendant officers unlawfully searched a purse owned by the driver's girlfriend and found a firearm. The defendants reco...
Hines, Stanley vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 032079/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 6, 2019
Hines, Stanley vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 703100/2020,
Supreme Court - Queens, November 6, 2019, ended April 12, 2023
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 27, 2016, Stanley Hines was unlawfully detained by NYPD officers, including Alicia Commisso and Patrick Nozdrovicky, at 167-02 Baisley Boulevard in Queens. The officers were executing a search warrant at a different location but wrongfully accused Hines of possessing illegal firearms. Officer Commisso allegedly fabricated evidence, claiming she had seen Hines leaving the site of the warrant and that he admitted to living there. As a result, Hines was held in custody for nearly two weeks at the Veronica C. Bain Correctional Center before all charges against him were dismissed on January 15, 2019. His lawsuit asserts multiple civil rights violations, including unlawful search and seizure, false arrest,...
Rankine, Dean vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV04855,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, September 16, 2016, ended May 17, 2017
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was dj'ing at a backyard barbecue when Defendant Officers approached him, asked him for his ID, and then threw him on the ground as he was reaching in his pocket. Officers assaulted him, arrested him, brought him to the 113th Precinct and then the hospital, and charged him with 120.05, 195.05, 205.30, and 265.01. Plaintiff pled guilty to disorderly conduct.