Named in 7 known lawsuits, $465,000 total settlements.
Aybar, Anthony vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 801147/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 20, 2023, ended May 30, 2023
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 16, 2022, plaintiff Anthony Aybar was doing nothing illegal, improper, or acting suspicious in any way when Police Officer John Achnitz, Lieutenant Franklin Bonilla, and other officers, absent any arrest warrant, probable or reasonable cause, or any legal justification, and based on fraud, perjury, and misrepresentations, approached Aybar with reckless, negligent, and callous disregard for the truth, and summarily stopped, questioned, searched, touched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, handcuffed, and detained Aybar in an aggressive, unlawful, and excessive manner. Achnitz, Bonilla, and other officers, knew or had reason to know that their actions lacked any legal justification in approaching, searching...
Pena, Dilson vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 801150/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 20, 2023, ended November 20, 2023
$170,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 16, 2022, Plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of 1000 Simpson St, Bronx, NY. Defendant Officers approached Plaintiff for no reason and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff was taken to a police station in the Bronx for processing. Plaintiff was arraigned and falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime. Plaintiff remained incarcerated for over 24 hours and was required to make numerous court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges against him were terminated favorably.
Brown, Loucchie vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 023648/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 20, 2020, ended September 24, 2020
$45,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 11, 2017, plaintiff was in the vicinity of East 179 and Bronx Park Avenue, Bronx, when he observed defendant police officers stopping and searching three of plaintiff's friends. Plaintiff, through his cell phone, recorded the interaction. Plaintiff then walked away, but noticing the plaintiff's actions, defendants followed plaintiff and stopped, handcuffed, and arrested plaintiff. Plaintiff at no time engaged in unlawful behaviors or possessed any illegal substance. Plaintiff was then transported to the 48th precinct, where he was strip-searched and held in a cell. Criminal charges were made against the plaintiff during arraignment, which were all later dismissed in plaintiff's favor. As a result of defe...
Rodriguez, Javier vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 031580/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 12, 2018
Complaint
Description: On or about May 11, 2017, on a street in the Bronx, Defendants NYPD Officers unlawfully touched, grabbed, handcuffed and seized the Plaintiff Javier Rodriguez in an excessive manner about his person, causing him physical pain and mental suffering, in retaliation for Plaintiff recording Defendants, as they detained his friend at gun point. Defendants claimed falsely that Plaintiff, at the time of the incident, was in his friend's car smoking marijuana. Indeed, Plaintiff at no point smoked or even saw marijuana in the car. After being falsely arrested, Plaintiff was thereafter held in custody over the course of two (2) days or approximately twenty-nine (29) hours until he was released.
Jackson, Damon vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 025779/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 6, 2018
Complaint
Description: On January 25, 2016, the plaintiff was subject to unlawful stop, question, frisk, search, false arrest, and false imprisonment by the defendant police officers. The plaintiff maliciously prosecuted but all criminal charges brought against the plaintiff were dismissed on February 7, 2017.
Jackson, Damon vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 025778/2018,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 28, 2018
Complaint
Description: On September 10, 2015, Plaintiff Damon Jackson was lawfully in front of 709 Fairmont Place in Bronx, New York when Defendant Officers Brian Travis, Justin Cristiano, Luis Alicea, Sergeant Franklin Bonilla and several unidentified police officers stopped, questioned and frisked Plaintiff without cause and did not recover any illegal drugs, weapons or contraband. Plaintiff was handcuffed, arrested and transported to the precinct where he was photographed, fingerprinted, strip searched, and placed in a holding cell for several hours before being transported to Bronx Central Booking. Defendants provided false statements to the District Attorney and Plaintiff was charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Subs...
Skerritt, Shylene & Montanez, Irma vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 022581/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 9, 2018, ended July 31, 2024
$200,000 Settlement