Named in 3 known lawsuits, $225,000 total settlements.
Gorin, Kurt Iii vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 815468/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 15, 2024
Complaint
Description: On May 14, 2024, Kurt Gorin III ("Plaintiff" or "Claimant") was falsely arrested, imprisoned, assaulted and battered and subjected to excessive force. Claimant had completed a job interview at White Castle on Webster Avenue when the named police officers NYPD Segeant Pinny, and Officer Moneron stopped him to illegally search him without probable cause. Claimant then walked two blocks further and saw these officers again and pulled out his phone to take down their license plate number. Then 3 male officers and one female officer got out of the car. Segeant Pinny assaulted the Plaintiff, forcefully grabbing his hands and putting handcuffs on his left wrist at which the second male officer came up behind him and ...
Lee, Cheyenne vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 23CV01697,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, March 2, 2023, ended February 21, 2024
$125,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 3, 2021, Plaintiff was at home caring for her teenage nephew and his father, who both require regular assistance, when she heard a knock on the door. When she opened the door, she was confronted by PO lieutenant Brian Query, and police officers Macciel Restituyo, David Perez, Lissa Solermarte, Praveen Davis, Alex Almonte Pichardo, Jason Gonzalez, Daniel Reisert and Flamur Gashi. The officers, who had received a 911 call, demanded to speak with the nephew and then, without a warrant or consent, barged into the apartment. Once inside, lieutenant Query asked Lee where her nephew was, and she responded that he was in his room. The officers then approached the nephew’s room, and PO Solermarte, Query, and...
Daniels, Dante vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 808766/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 5, 2022, ended December 3, 2025
$100,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 13, 2021, at approximately 11:30 p.m., the plaintiff, was lawfully in the vicinity of the Forest Housing Project, when defendant PO Miglaccio, Amarantepolanco and Liriano and others were conducting an arrest of a person by the name of "Shawn" where many of the individuals present at the location were objecting to the excessive use of force by the defendants on Shawn , which resulted in the use of pepper spray/mace on a number of individuals present.
The defendant officers violently grabbed the plaintiff, threw him to the ground and jumped on him by several defendants. The officers then struck plaintiff in the head, body and limbs, causing injury. Officers placed their knees on the plaintiff's body a...
