Named in 3 known lawsuits, $153,500 total settlements.
Andino, Carlos vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026309/2017E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 17, 2017, ended October 2, 2018
$8,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 25, 2015, the plaintiff was at a residence in the Bronx for the purpose of visiting his children. While alone inside the residence, the plaintiff heard a noise at the door. When he opened the door, he saw the NYPD defendants, specifically Officer Budney and Detectives McCarthy, Halinski, Erlich, McGuinness, Difrancessa, Hefner, and Gezurian. The NYPD defendants entered the residence and subjected the plaintiff to several forms of physical force, including pushing him against the wall, punching his back, kicking him when he fell to the floor, and punching his face, causing a bleeding lip. As a result, the plaintiff suffered physical injury. The NYPD defendants took the plaintiff to a precinct where...
Paul, Anthony Andre, et al. as Co-Adm of Paul, Anthony Andre Ii (deceased ) vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV01952,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, April 4, 2016
Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers were called to a three-quarter house in response to an Emotionally Disturbed Person. They found Plaintiff, the EDP, locked naked in his room. Defendant Officers made multiple attempts to enter the room even though the Plaintiff posed no threat. Eventually officers used a blade to cut open to door and cut Plaintiff multiple times. Once they entered, they used excessive force and tasers to arrest him, take him into custody, and bring him to the hospital. Plaintiff died at the hospital as a result of his injuries.
Douglas, Ariel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV08124,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 23, 2014, ended October 22, 2018
$145,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 14, 2011, Ariel Douglas was serving as a legal observer in connection with the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Defendant NYPD officer Anthony Difrancesca aggress rode his police scooter into Douglas, causing him to fall down and ran over his leg. Difrancesca stopped his scooter while it was on Douglas' right foot and got off it. Douglas kicked the scooter off him and a number of John Does police officers, including Jerome Allen and Sergeant Brian Byrnes, manhandled Douglas using police batons and banged his head on the roadway. They also pulled his arm up and out, handcuffed his with plastic handcuffs, and threw him onto the floor of a police transport vehicle. After being transported to the Precinct, ...