Named in 10 known lawsuits, $167,500 total settlements.
Albright, Shakeeth vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 512836/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 17, 2022
Complaint
Description: On May 3, 2019, P.O.s approached the Plaintiff, who was lawfully present on the second floor of the privately owned apartment in Brooklyn. Without factual basis that the Plaintiff violated the law; P.O.s asked the Plaintiff to cooperate with the NY City Police Dpt. The plaintiff was lawfully in the building as a guest of a tenant in the building. P.O.s unlawfully searched for the Plaintiff without probable cause. Without finding any, P.O.s transported the Plaintiff to the 67th Precinct against his will. P.O.s unlawfully searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and detained Plaintiff in holding cells with many other prisoners in each cell. Based on the fabricated allegations, Plaintiff was arraigned in Kings Count...
Nicholson, Jamel vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 512835/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 17, 2022
Complaint
Description: On May 3, 2019, P.O.s approached the Plaintiff, who was lawfully present on the second floor of the privately owned apartment in Brooklyn. Without factual basis that the Plaintiff violated the law, P.O.s asked the Plaintiff to cooperate with the NY City Police Dpt. The plaintiff was lawfully in the building as a guest of a tenant in the building. Nonetheless, P.O.s unlawfully searched for the Plaintiff without probable cause. Without finding any, P.O.s transported the Plaintiff to the 67th Precinct against his will. P.O.s unlawfully searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and detained Plaintiff in holding cells with many other prisoners in each cell. Based on the fabricated allegations, Plaintiff was arraigned i...
Baptiste, Richred vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 515081/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 24, 2021
Complaint
Description: On May 3, 2019, Plaintiff Richred Baptiste was lawfully present on the second floor of the privately owned apartment building when Defendants Police Officers unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched and falsely arrested/imprisoned
Plaintiff for allegedly Trespassing into the apartment building where Plaintiff was lawfully visiting a friend. Defendants approached Plaintiff and ordered him to provide them with identification when Plaintiff was visiting a friend and was lawfully present with friends in the hallway on the second floor of the apartment building. Plaintiff complied with Defendants and provided them with his
identification. Defendants claim that they were not satisfied with Plaintiff’s explan...
Decamp, Isaiah vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 503381/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 11, 2021
Complaint
Description: On May 3, 2019 at 10:00 PM, Plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, and searched by unnamed Defendant POs in a public hallway of a privately owned apartment complex at which Plaintiff was a resident. The Defendant POs did not ask Plaintiff to voluntarily cooperate and instead demanded Plaintiff's identification. Plaintiff informed Defendant POs that he was lawfully in the building and provided them with his identification card that showed that he was a resident of the apartment complex. Despite this information, Defendant POs falsely arrested Plaintiff for trespassing and detained Plaintiff in a holding cell for 25.5 hours prior to arraignment. Defendant POs failed to intervene to stop fellow Def...
Vazquez, Anthony vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 502535/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 9, 2021
Complaint
Description: On May 3, 2019, while lawfully present on the second floor of a privately owned apartment building at 3405 Foster Avenue in Brooklyn, NY, visiting a friend, the plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched, arrested, and detained by the defendants without legal justification. Despite providing identification and explaining that he was a guest of a tenant, the defendants unlawfully searched the plaintiff, yielding nothing illegal, and falsely arrested him for trespassing. The plaintiff was transported to the 67th precinct, where he was unlawfully searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and detained in a holding cell for many hours. He was then taken to Kings County Central Booking, where the un...
Johnson, Jayquan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 523899/2019,
Supreme Court - Kings, January 9, 2020, ended November 22, 2021
$22,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 18, 2018, plaintiff was falsely arrested by defendants for trespassing into a privately-owned apartment building located at 9720 Kings Highway where he was visiting his friend who was a tenant in the building and who invited plaintiff into the building as her guest. On the same day, plaintiff visited his friend for around 2 hours and then left her apartment to go home. As plaintiff was about to exit his friend's apartment building, he ran into two acquaintances in the lobby of the building and chat with each other. Defendant POs walked directly with plaintiff and two acquaintances and unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched and falsely arrested and imprisoned plaintiff and the two men. Defen...
Oliviere, Christian vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 510288/2019,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 17, 2019, ended October 1, 2019
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 09, 2017, plaintiff was trying to sell a motorcycle. He was falsely arrested by defendant officer Delacruz who had posed as an interested buyer. Officer Delacruz falsely claimed that he had seen plaintiff ride the motorcycle without plates and that the bike was stolen. All charges against plaintiff were dismissed.
Lyons, Pearla vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 525816/2018,
Supreme Court - Kings, March 6, 2019, ended April 18, 2019
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On September 23, 2017, defendant police officers broke into and searched plaintiff's apartment without authority. They beat plaintiff's husband repeatedly and without provocation, causing him to suffer multiple broken ribs. Plaintiff was falsely arrested and charged.
Marsh, Steven G. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV01883,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, April 9, 2018, ended August 19, 2022
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers falsely arrest Plaintiff at a community center for Reckless Endangerment in the Second Degree, Possession of Forged Instrument in the Third Degree, Operating an Unlicensed Bottle Club, Storing Alcohol Without A Permit and Criminal Nuisance in the Second Degree. All charges were later dismissed.
Daniels, Kevin vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV09080,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 28, 2016, ended May 7, 2019
$125,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: The plaintiff was intentionally struck by a police vehicle operated by the defendant officer while the plaintiff was operating a motorcycle. The defendant intended to stop the plaintiff, but did not alert the plaintiff he wanted to stop him and employed his RMP to strike the plaintiff. The plaintiff was seriously injured.