Named in 3 known lawsuits, $12,000 total settlements.
Elsayed, Adam vs Sgt. Borgard, Jonathan, et al.
Case # 525086/2019,
Supreme Court - Kings, January 2, 2020, ended October 6, 2020
$12,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 20, 2017, plaintiff was driving to his girlfriend's house from dinner and he was stopped by defendant POs at a DWI checkpoint. Defendant POs claimed that plaintiff speech was incoherent, and swaying when he was told to exit the vehicle, and failed the coordination tests at the scene. Defendant POs searched plaintiff's vehicle and did not find any marihuana but falsely stated that plaintiff told them that he had smoke marihuana 45 minutes earlier. Defendant POs conducted a SFST using the Drager machine test at the scene which has been deemed unreliable for given false positives in other states in the country. Plaintiff was taken to the IDTU and passed three coordination tests. Despite this information, th...
Venner, Patricia vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV05634,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, April 17, 2017, ended October 6, 2017
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: The plaintiff was arrested while in a physical fight with her neighbor. The plaintiff claims the officers made a false report and did not give her water while in the holding cell. Charges against the plaintiff are not known nor the outcome of those charges.
Venner, Patricia vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 100682/2014,
Supreme Court - New York, July 3, 2014