Named in 2 known lawsuits.
Dean, Andrew vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 527004/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 8, 2024
Complaint
Description: On or about May 12, 2024, Plaintiff was legally operating his vehicle on the streets of Kings County to go home. When Plaintiff pulled up in front of his home, defendants, NYPD officers approached his car with their guns drawn. Plaintiff scared honked his car to alert his family. Plaintiff's father exited the house and then Plaintiff opened the car door and when he did the NYPD officers John and Jane Does, Dustin Diaz and Mark Whirl dragged him out of his car and physically assaulted him, causing injuries to his body and face and then arrested him. Plaintiff was also tasered and struck. Defendants hit plaintiff's head, pounded his head and body into the street. Plaintiff was also wrongfully arrested. The crimin...
Velez, Benjamin, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 517562/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 15, 2023
Complaint
Description: On July 5, 2019, at approximately 7:23 p.m. and continuing thereafter, in the vicinity of the intersection of Glenmore Avenue and Linwood Street in Brooklyn, Plaintiffs Benjamin Velez, and L.R. were caused to be injured in a motor vehicle accident and illegally stopped, seized, searched, battered, assaulted, detained, and arrested by or at the direction of Defendant John Doe-Police Officers, including Officer Freddy Cantillo, Officer Vincenzo Creta, Officer Christopher Hosein, Officer Patrick Jeanbaptiste and Officer Bobby Mohip. Plaintiff Benjamin Velez requested medical attention after the accident and Defendant Police Officers violently contorted him, put him in tight handcuffs, transported him to the 75th P...