Named in 2 known lawsuits, $45,000 total settlements.
Campbell, Jason vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 23CV02872,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 16, 2023
Complaint
Description: On March 5, 2021, PO Estharlin Lopez and Detective Vasilios Vasilopoulos executed an illegally obtained search warrant at an unidentified premises related to Plaintiff. The warrant was based on knowingly falsified information and obtained from coercion of an informant. While executing the search Lopez and Vasilopoulos planted and moved weapons and staged photographs to support their false information. Lopez and Vasilopoulos recovered an envelope with Plaintiff’s name on it from the premises that purports to link him to the possession of weapons. On March 8, 2021, Plaintiff was falsely arrested, detained, and taken to Kings County Central Booking by Detective Raymond Higgins where he was charged with numerous we...
Session, Judah vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV00229,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 19, 2017, ended January 8, 2018
$45,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 18, 2015, Plaintiff was walking on the sidewalk when a police vehicle pulled over in front of Plaintiff. The defendant officer asked Plaintiff for his ID, which Plaintiff presented. The officer ordered Plaintiff to get against the wall. Plaintiff panicked and started running. Another police vehicle stopped in front of Plaintiff, who put his hands up. Another defendant officer handcuffed Plaintiff, then knocked him to the ground and kneed Plaintiff in the eye and forehead which slamming his face into the sidewalk. Plaintiff bled profusely from multiple resulting wounds on his face. Another defendant officer then sprayed Plaintiff in the face with mace, as Plaintiff bled. Plaintiff screamed in pain while ...