Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - The conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'Within NYPD Guidelines': The conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
Further details on conclusions.
Named in 3 known lawsuits, $17,709 total settlements.
Chambers, Dionicio vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 520185/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, September 9, 2022, ended June 3, 2024
$10,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 6, 2019, at approximately 11:00 a.m., inside 1203 Sutter Avenue in Kings County, Plaintiff Dionicio Chambers was illegally stopped, seized, searched, battered, assaulted, detained and arrested by Defendant NYPD Police Officers including Daniel Steiger. Plaintiff was transported to the 75th Precinct and illegally detained for 12 hours before being given a desk appearance ticket.
Plaintiff brings claims of: free speech retaliation, unlawful search and seizure, false arrest and false imprisonment, assault and battery, excessive force, malicious prosecution, malicious abuse of process, denial of right to a fair trial, biased based profiling, deprivation of rights and denial of equal protection of the ...
Awelenje, Julian vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 500009/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, January 4, 2022
Complaint
Description: On January 25, 2019, while lawfully in his family's residence at 148 Pennsylvania Avenue in Brooklyn, NY, the plaintiff was unlawfully searched, battered, assaulted, arrested, and tased in an excessive manner by defendant officers Peter Morale, Daniel Steiger, and John Does 1-10 without any legal justification. The defendant officers unlawfully entered the plaintiff's family residence and falsely claimed that the plaintiff had committed crimes or offenses despite recovering no contraband from the plaintiff's person or the apartment. Those defendants who were present but did not actively participate in the unlawful conduct failed to intervene. After the arrest, the plaintiff was transported to the police precinc...
Esurance Property and Casualty Insurance Company Aso Thompson, James vs Police Department, Nyc, et al.
Case # 021394/2015,
Civil Court - Kings, April 22, 2015, ended June 16, 2020
$7,709 Settlement
