Named in 13 known lawsuits, $280,000 total settlements.
Hawley, Thomas vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 800741/2026E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 14, 2026
Abreu, Geridson vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 826011/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 16, 2025, ended April 1, 2026
$30,000 Settlement
Ferreira, Andrew vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 819279/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 11, 2025, ended January 27, 2026
$30,000 Settlement
Williams, Michael vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 813614/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 26, 2025
Aviles, Rafael vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 807176/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 31, 2025, ended May 4, 2026
$42,500 Settlement
Vasquez, Jay vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 820220/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 11, 2024, ended March 9, 2026
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 15, 2024, Plaintiff was lawfully on the street doing nothing illegal or improper, when Defendant NYPD officers Mede, Adams, and Hijazi, as well as several other unknown Defendant NYPD officers, stopped Plaintiff for no reason. The Defendants accused Plaintiff of having committed a crime. The Defendants searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained Plaintiff in any excessive manner without any legal justification. Plaintiff was arrested and subjected to a strip search while in police custody and without any legal reason or justification. Several charges were brought against Plaintiff, all of which were terminated favorably.
Ross, Dimon et Al, vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 812138/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 26, 2023, ended April 10, 2026
$45,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 10, 2022 Plaintiffs were lawfully on the street when officers arrested them without cause. During the arrest, officers violently shoved and pushed Plaintiffs against a vehicle, causing difficulty breathing and injury to their persons. Plaintiffs were subsequently charged with false crimes, all of which were later dismissed.
Fernandez, Jayden vs City of Ny
Case # 816581/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 23, 2023, ended December 4, 2024
$17,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 19, 2022, police officers Zakaria Hijazi (Sheild No. 19625), Juan Martinez-Cabrera (Sheild No. 4289), and other police officers, without a warrant, stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner.
Boyd, Deontay vs City of Ny
Case # 812848/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 22, 2023, ended April 19, 2024
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 12, 2022, Plaintiff was lawfully on the street when he was approached by officers without probable cause. The officers stopped, searched, grabbed, battered, assaulted, and arrested Plaintiff. Officers then made false allegations and pressed charges against Plaintiff. All charges were subsequently dismissed.
Roberts, Dante vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 811876/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 3, 2023
Complaint
Description: On November 30, 2022, at approximately 11:00 p.m., Plaintiff, Dante Roberts was in obeyance of all local, state and federal rules, regulations, statutes and laws, when he was caused to be unlawfully stopped, detained, battered and assaulted, seized and searched, and falsely arrested by or at the direction of Defendants, including Juan Cabrera, Ivan Cruz, Nicholas Roveto, Zaharia Hijazi, and several unnamed NYPD officers in the vicinity of the intersection of Brook Avenue and East 138th Street, Bronx, New York. On said date but a few hours before said time Defendants allegedly observed a sale and transaction involving narcotics and falsely attributed said sale and transaction to Plaintiff, without probable cause...
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...
Djalo, Brahima vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 810508/2022,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 2, 2022
Complaint
Description: On November 30, 2021, at approximately 9:00 p.m., the Plaintiff, Brahima Djalo, was sitting in the passenger seat of his friend’s vehicle, which was parked in the vicinity of 149th Street and Tinton Street in the Bronx, New York, when several uniformed defendant officers approached the vehicle and told both
men to get out of the car. Mr. Djalo and his friend were confused as they were not parked illegally nor were there any equipment malfunctions with the vehicle, they had committed no crimes, nor had they engaged in any behavior that would prompt an interaction with police. The Defendant officers, including Officer Hijazi then reached through the passenger side window, unlocked the car, opened the door, and dr...
Philips, Nasir vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 808568/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 8, 2022, ended June 13, 2025
$25,000 Settlement