Named in 6 known lawsuits, $260,500 total settlements.
Burton, Eduardo vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV06677,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, December 24, 2019, ended February 14, 2021
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 27, 2018, NYPD officers, including Stephen Daly, Matthew Vahey, Patrick Barry, Lenno Hendricks, Shawn Soler, Kenneth Paek, Daniel Keane, Dennis Mogelnicki, Eric Miller, and “John” Richardson, forcibly entered an apartment in which plaintiffs were staying. Officers entered the bedroom, pointed guns at plaintiffs, and handcuffed them. The officers were then joined by NYPD officers John Uske, Captain John Breslin, Sergeant David Cheesewright, Leonard Clarke, Andrew Kamna, Lawrende Hotaling, Kellan O’Neill, Gerard Fenton, and Christopher Griffith. Although the officers knew that plaintiffs did not reside at the apartment and that they were not the target of the search warrant, they continued plaintiffs'...
Hennegan, Nicole vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV03193,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, June 12, 2017, ended June 3, 2021
$125,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 5, 2016, twelve police officers in plain clothes, including defendants Officer Grandstaff, Detective Hotaling, Sergeant Cheesewright, and Officer Kamna, ran into plaintiff's apartment while the door was open. Defendants told plaintiff that they had a search warrant, but refused to produce one when plaintiff asked to see it. Defendants ordered plaintiff and her 10 children to leave the apartment at 3:00pm and did not allow them to return until midnight, denying them access to food, water and bathroom relief. Defendant officers searched every room of the apartment and damaged plaintiff's bathroom door frame and lock.
Plaintiff's son was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm after defendants fou...
Stroud, Luqman vs P.O. Brunson, Jason, et al.
Case # 15CV00131,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 14, 2015, ended June 3, 2015
$35,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 14, 2012, Plaintiff Luqman Stround was a passenger in an automobile traveling in Brooklyn, New York, when Defendant Police Officers (Jason Brunson and John and Jane Doe 1 through 10) pulled the automobile over without probable cause or reasonable suspicion. The Defendant Police Officers then removed the Plaintiff from the vehicle and searched both without legal justification and then arrested the Plaintiff and charged him with possession of marijuana. The Defendants then handcuffed the Plaintiff and put him roughly into the police vehicle, injuring the Plaintiff's back in the process.
The Defendant Police Officers refused to seek medical treatment for the Plaintiff and they turned away EMS personnel w...
White, Shon vs P.O. Winters, Joshua, et al.
Case # 14CV05872,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 7, 2014, ended December 2, 2014
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 15, 2013, Officers from the 77th Precinct and Brooklyn Narcotics Unit including Officers Joshua Winters, Joseph Dambra, and David Cheesewright violently broke into Plaintiff’s apartment with brandished firearms at 6:30 am while Plaintiff and her family were still in bed. Plaintiff and her family including minor children were placed in handcuffs, whose tightness caused extreme pain for several days. The officers searched the apartment without disclosing any warrant, cutting open furniture, and finding only a single prescription bottle for Plaintiff that contained a lawful medication. Using that prescription as a pretext, Plaintiff was transported and arraigned on her own recognizance the following even...
Moore, Charles vs P.O. Winters, Joshua, et al.
Case # 14CV01297,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 25, 2014, ended November 24, 2014
$17,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 15, 2013 at 6:30AM, Police Officers Joshua Winters, Joseph D'Ambra, and seven (7) unknown officers forcibly entered the Plaintiff's home. The Plaintiff and his family were asleep at the time when the door was broken down. The police brandished guns and pointed them at the Plaintiff and his family. Every member of the family were handcuffed. The Plaintiff was handcuffed tightly. The home was tossed during a search. No warrant was shown to the residents. No contraband was found. The entire family was arrested. Defendant Officer Winters generated a false police report stating crack cocaine, marijuana and paraphernalia were found. Defendant David Cheesewright verified the false report and approved the Plai...
Manus, Richard vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV07225,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, December 20, 2013, ended June 4, 2014
$28,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 20, 2011 Plaintiff was sleeping on the couch in the living room of his friend’s apartment in Brooklyn when Defendant Officers LUIS MARTINEZ, SERGEANT DANIEL ZOLLO, SERGEANT DAVID CHEESEWRIGHT, POLICE OFFICER JASON BRUNSON, POLICE OFFICER DONALD GOLDSTON, and POLICE OFFICERS JOHN DOES 1-5 entered the apartment. Defendant Officers arrested Plaintiff along with other occupants of the apartment even though plaintiff was not the target of a search warrant and was not in actual or constructive possession of any weapons or contraband
Defendants took plaintiff to the 77th Precinct plaintiff was in custody in the precinct, Officer Luis Martinez falsely charged plaintiff with possession of a weapon and other...