Named in 6 known lawsuits, $452,501 total settlements.
Murray, Tamara as Png of Bryant, Devanae, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 511558/2017,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 15, 2017
Moore, Eugene vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV04365,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 12, 2015, ended September 19, 2017
$125,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint
Description: Plain clothes defendant officers exited vehicle, approached plaintiff and began to pat frisk plaintiff looking for a weapon. Gun was found in a nearby doorway. Plaintiff was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the third and fourth degree. The case was dismissed and sealed.
Herring, Jeffrey vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV00276,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 23, 2015, ended July 21, 2017
$110,001 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers approached Plaintiff while he was on the phone with a friend outside his building. Officers handcuffed him, brought him to the 67th precinct, strip searched him, and questioned him for 3-4 hours trying to get information from him. Plaintiff was charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 2nd Degree, which was dismissed 19 months later on the prosecutor's motion.
Cadeus, Jeames, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV00626,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 18, 2014, ended December 10, 2015
$145,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Order of Discontinuance
Description: Entered residential building without a warrant, searched house, yard, and car, and falsely charged Plaintiffs with Criminal Possession of a Weapon, Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, later dismissed and given ACD.
Weeks, Christopher vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV06301,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 15, 2013, ended June 4, 2014
$60,000 Settlement
Complaint,
First Amended Complaint,
Stipulation
Description: On August 31, 2012, defendants Jeanbaptiste, Adiniou, Santiago and a Doe defendant subjected plaintiff to excessive force by slamming him on the ground and striking him on his body, without any legal justification or excuse. Despite the absence of any evidence of wrongdoing, the defendants searched plaintiff, applied handcuffs to him and arrested him, after which they continued to subject him to excessive force by inter alia striking him on his face and body, as a result of which he sustained physical injuries. The defendants took him to the 67th precinct where the plaintiff was searched and held for several hours. Defendant Jeanbaptiste provided false allegations in support of the criminal complaint on which t...
Lewis v. City of New York et al
Case # 10CV05291,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$12,500 Settlement
Stipulation,
Amended Complaint