Named in 9 known lawsuits, $239,502 total settlements.
Taylor, Desiree, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV05710,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 2, 2018, ended June 5, 2019
$6,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 23, 2015, Detective Sophia Carson, Detective Edward Mejia, Detective Edward Chichotky, and P.O. Afzal Ali forcibly entered a building in which plaintiffs were present and forced them to get on the floor. Each of the plaintiffs were handcuffed and transported to the 77th Precinct. While plaintiffs were in custody, Detective Carson falsely reported to the District Attorney that plaintiffs had possessed illegal drugs. Further, when one of the plaintiffs advised Detective Chichotky that she was experiencing shortness of breath, plaintiff was denied proper medical assistance.
Payne, Markisha, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV00717,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, February 15, 2017, ended August 9, 2018
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint
Description: Plaintiffs were located inside their home when a group of police officers came into the apartment with weapons drawn. Officers pointed the weapons at two young children, and searched the apartment. When Plaintiff Markish Payne asked to see a warrant, she was told to "shut the fuck up". Officers arrested Markisha and the two young children. When they were released at arraignment, they returned home to find that officers had urinated all over the walls and the floor of the bathroom. Furniture and photographs and other belongings had also been destroyed.
Dixon, John, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV06271,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 23, 2016, ended January 10, 2018
$90,002 Settlement
Complaint
Description: The plaintiffs were asleep in their home when they woke to the defendant officers forcibly entering their home. The apartment was searched and the plaintiffs were handcuffed and taken to a nearby precinct. Nothing illegal was found in the apartment but the plaintiffs were still charged with possession of a controlled substance. The charges were later dismissed.
Reynolds, Lisa vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV02631,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, June 7, 2016, ended July 21, 2017
$3,500 Settlement
Complaint,
First Amended Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers physically forced their way into a bar/club, handcuffed and searched Plaintiff, took her to a precinct, and gave her a DAT for ß 220.03, which the DA declined to prosecute.
Poole, Darin vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV06033,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 13, 2016, ended December 20, 2018
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: NYPD officers on 4 different occasions busted down the door of a house at 413 Miller Ave, Brooklyn without documented permission and did damage to the house. P.O.s illegally entered the house, searched, and seized anything that was found. without a valid search warrant. Plaintiff was manhandled and had guns pointed at his face.
Pacheco, Alfredo, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 010828/2015,
Supreme Court - Kings, September 11, 2015, ended January 29, 2016
$35,000 Settlement
Walker, Stephen, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 015405/2014,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 30, 2014, ended September 14, 2015
$55,000 Settlement
Meyer, Jennifer vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 008649/2014,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 13, 2014, ended June 13, 2017
$25,000 Settlement
Morales v. City of New York et al.
Case # 14CV04585,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
Dismissed with Prejudice
Complaint,
Amended Complaint,
Stipulation
Description: Defendant officers entered home demanding to know "where are the drugs?" and physically assaulted plaintiffs and children. The two plaintiffs were placed under arrest and transported to the 75th precinct. One plaintiff was charged with possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and resisting arrest. The other was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the Seventh Degree, which as adjourned in contemplation of dismissal. The other plaintiff plead guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree.