Named in 5 known lawsuits, $82,500 total settlements.
Spencer, Darron vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 521823/2019,
Supreme Court - Kings, January 9, 2020
Complaint
Description: On July 7, 2018, Darron Spencer was lawfully inside an apartment building in Brooklyn when defendant police officers Phillip Johnson (Shield No. 7559), Detective John Guerra (Tax No. 940223), Sergeant Abraham Badillo (Tax No. 936162), an unnamed undercover defendant police officer (Shield No. 363) and 10 unnamed New York City Police Officers unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, and falsely arrested plaintiff without probable cause or legal justification. Spencer did not resist arrest and no police officer found any drugs, weapons or illegal contraband on his person or in the vicinity. Spencer was handcuffed and transported to the 7st precinct. While in the police vehicle, the defendant officers repeatedly p...
Jean-Pierre, Alex vs P.o Guerra, John, et al.
Case # 515439/2018,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 13, 2019, ended August 30, 2021
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 28, 2015, the plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, seized, searched, and arrested by the defendant PO including POs John Guerra, Rajinder Singh, Jasmin and Detective Varghese without any reasonable suspicion of unlawful behaviour. The defendants falsely accused the plaintiff of crimes including a violent robbery which had taken place a few days earlier in the neighbourhood and illegally searched the plaintiff. The plaintiff was then taken to the 67th Precinct where the plaintiff was fingerprinted, photographed, strip-searched and detained. Detective Varghese then activated an I-card for the plaintiff which identified him as a witness to the robbery. The plaintiff was then taken to the Kings Central Booking...
Watson, Matthew vs Police Officer Bojkovic, Besnik, et al.
Case # 17CV05137,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, September 11, 2017, ended May 18, 2022
Order/Judgment (Verdict)
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was in the front lawn of his house smoking a marijuana cigarette when Defendant Officers pulled up and accused him of smoking in public. Officers then pulled Plaintiff across his private gate to the public sidewalk and arrested him. Plaintiff was taken to the 67th Precinct and charged with marijuana possession and resisting arrest. Charges were later dismissed. Plaintiff also alleges he saw the officers stalking his home after he filed a CCRB complaint against them.
Edwards, Danielle vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 507265/2016,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 9, 2016, ended September 1, 2017
$60,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 28, 2015, plaintiff was approached in the backseat of a car parked in Brooklyn by unnamed defendant NYPD officers, who searched plaintiff and such car without her consent, before arresting her violently, handcuffing her, and dragging her from the ground by the handcuffs, causing extreme pain to plaintiff's wrists, arms and shoulders. Defendant officers then slammed plaintiff into a police vehicle, before transporting her to a local precinct. Plaintiff was not charged with a crime. Plaintiff suffered severe physical injuries as a result of this incident, as well as emotional injuries.
Bamfield, Shorn vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 018876/2013,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 25, 2013, ended March 25, 2014
$7,500 Settlement