Kevin Arias

Lawsuits

Named in 2 known lawsuits, $685,000 total settlements.

Salamon, Bassem vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 709599/2019, Supreme Court - Queens, June 25, 2019
Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 14, 2018, at approximately 3:00 p.m., Plaintiff was parking his vehicle when he was intentionally rammed into, head-on, by a large truck owned by the NYPD. Then, a unidentified NYPD Officer who was operating NYPD VI ("V1 OFFICER") exited his vehicle, drew his weapon, and began approaching Plaintiff. After, Police Officer Detective John P. SYLVESTRE arrived in a different vehicle, and approached Plaintiff's vehicle with his weapon drawn. They reached over Plaintiff's lap to unlatch his seatbelt and and forcefully removed Plaintiff from the vehicle and slammed him to the pavement. The Officers did not command Plaintiff to exit the vehicle. While Plaintiff was lying on the pavement, DET. SYLVESTRE an...

Herrera Amador, Marcos A., et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV05915, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 7, 2016, ended August 15, 2024
$685,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: The plaintiff was at a club when two men came in and robbed it causing a panic and people to run outside. The plaintiff was one of those individuals and when he tried to hail a cab officers approached him asking what was going on. In his broken English the plaintiff tried to explain, but the defendant officers instead handcuffed him, used excessive force, searched him, and took him to the 110th precinct. At the precinct he was interrogated and then charged with armed robbery in the first degree and taken to Rikers Island. The plaintiff was in jail for nearly a year before being released and his charges dropped. He has psychiatric problems now due to the trauma.