Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - the alleged conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Named in 2 known lawsuits, $10,500 total settlements.
Stefanov, Stefan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 151211/2016,
Supreme Court - New York, May 5, 2016, ended September 14, 2018
$3,000 Settlement
Mentore, Bryan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV03575,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, June 25, 2013, ended March 7, 2014
$7,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 19, 2012, at approximately 12:30 a.m., Plaintiff was unlawfully stopped and searched by NYPD officers, including officers David Comens, Luis Perez, and Nigel Fenton, at the Saratoga Avenue Subway station in Brooklyn.
Plaintiff had swiped his Metrocard, and was running to catch the train when the officers stopped plaintiff with no reasonable suspicion, aggressively and repeatedly searched him, which yielded no contraband. They falsely arrested him, and took him to the 73rd Precinct. The officers prepared false paperwork, including an
arrest report, and forwarded it to prosecutors. All charges were eventually dismissed.