Named in 7 known lawsuits, $490,000 total settlements.
Rosario, Trystan vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 809278/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 25, 2025
Russell, Omar, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 819577/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 2, 2024, ended November 26, 2025
$235,000 Settlement
Huggin, Johnny vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 810499/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 11, 2023, ended August 7, 2024
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 16, 2023, at approximately 10:00 p.m., PO LIRIANO, WECK, DOE and ROE without probable cause and/or justification, arrested the plaintiff in the vicinity of Morris Avenue and Park Avenue, Bronx, New York, where Plaintiff was lawfully and doing nothing illegal, improper or acting suspicious in anyway. Despite the absence of any evidence of wrongdoing by the Plaintiff, Plaintiff was grabbed, handcuffed, seized, and arrested in an excessive manner and force by the PO defendants and was transported to a local precinct. While Plaintiff was in the custody of the defendants, PO defendants intentionally touched, pushed, assaulted, battered, violated, searched, humiliated, photographed and handcuffed Plaintif...
Knight, Tahje vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 810019/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 29, 2023
Complaint
Description: For years, NYPD officers of the 40th Precinct and Public Service Area unlawfully targeted Plaintiff and attempted to prosecute Plaintiff without probable cause.
On, March 12, 2021, plaintiff Tahje Knight was lawfully in the vicinity of East 125th Street in the Bronx when he was unlawfully approached, frisked, arrested and detained by defendant officers James Weck, Eric Dym, Michael Visintin, Jayther Liriano, Michael Kontorovich, Jose Tejada, and Nestor Amarantepolanco. When defendant officers stopped and frisked plaintiff and obtained no contraband, instead of releasing plaintiff, plaintiff was cuffed and detained to search for evidence of a crime.
Plaintiff was then falsely charged by defendant officer We...
Anderson, Javid vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 810625/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 21, 2022, ended December 5, 2022
$90,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 22, 2022, in the Bronx, P.O. Weck, and unknown P.O.s Doe and Roe approached, stopped, searched, assaulted, and detained Plaintiff Javid Anderson with no legal justification. Mr. Anderson was arraigned and falsely prosecuted. He remained incarcerated for over 24 hours and was required to make numerous court appearances until all charges against him were favorably terminated.
Parris, James vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 20CV10847,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 29, 2020, ended July 8, 2021
$75,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 14, 2019, Plaintiff was stopped by two plainclothes police officers while two other officers observed. These officers were some subset of: NYPD Officer Carlos Gomez, Officer Kelvis Rodriguez (resigned), Officer James Weck, Officer Jose Tejada, Lieutenant Eric Dym, and Police Sergeant Natalie Bautista. The officers unlawfully searched him. Plaintiff became nervous and spit on the ground, and he was then tightly handcuffed and arrested by the officers. Officers also unlawfully accessed Plaintiff's sealed arrest history. At the precinct, an officer took Plaintiff's candy. Plaintiff was also strip-searched in a cell. Plaintiff was ultimately charged with littering and with spitting on the sidewalk; the...
Smith, Michael vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 034868/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 20, 2019, ended February 22, 2022
$70,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 22, 2019, around 7:30 PM, Plaintiff Michael Smith was stopped and frisked near East 137th Street and St. Ann's Avenue, Bronx, when Defendant NYPD Officers James Weck, John Doe, and John Roe touched, grabbed, handcuffed, seized, and arrested him with excessive force. This excessive forse resulted in injuries to Plaintiff's head, neck, back, body, and limbs. Plaintiff was processed at an unidentified precinct station and then taken to the Bronx Criminal Courthouse.
While in Defendant Officer's custody, Plaintiff was subjected to a strip search and assault of his head, neck, back, body, and limbs. Plaintiff was incarcerated for over 24 hours prior to release, and was then required to make numerous ...
