John W. Sheedy

Lawsuits

Named in 3 known lawsuits, $16,500 total settlements.

Simpson, Maurice vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 700669/2022, Supreme Court - Queens, March 1, 2022
Complaint
Description: On May 4, 2016 Plaintiff was riding the subway for work when he received a call from his then-girlfriend that NYPD officers, including Det. Sheeny, were at their home asking to speak to Plaintiff. Plaintiff voluntarily met the officers outside a subway stop in Brooklyn where Det. Sheeny and Det. Rossello stated that Plaintiffs name "came up" in an investigation. Plaintiff rode with the officers to the 114th Precinct where they questioned him and placed him in a lineup. After conducting multiple faulty identification procedures in an effort to implicate Plaintiff, the Individual Officers placed Plaintiff under arrest for three separate armed robberies. He was then falsely and maliciously prosecuted by SGT. MATTH...

Jones, Laquan vs Ascencio, Roberto, et al.
Case # 20CV00693, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, June 16, 2020, ended September 23, 2022
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On January 7, 2016, Plaintiff was stopped, detained, and arrested by NYPD officers, including Detective Robert Ascencio. Bail was set at $500,000, despite that Plaintiff had no prior felony convictions or arrests. Unable to make bail, Plaintiff spent 107 days incarcerated. All charges were ultimately dismissed with prejudice.

Abraham, Tory vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV02427, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 26, 2016, ended January 30, 2017
$16,500 Settlement
Complaint, First Amended Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was arrested at his home for an alleged assault, taken to the 111th Precinct, and put in a line-up. Plaintiff was not identified by the victim as the perpetrator but was nevertheless detained for 8 more hours and taken to Central Booking where he was eventually released without being charged of a crime.