Named in 4 known lawsuits, $73,000 total settlements.
Williams, Jamel vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 819403/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 16, 2025
Lopez, Hiram vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 027734/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 22, 2020, ended May 24, 2021
$27,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On 11/7/19, at 2:00 p.m. Plaintiff Hiram Lopez was lawfully present at 620 Manida Street, Bronx, City doing nothing illegal, improper or acting suspicious in anyway. Defendants Rodriguez, Ozuna, Cuccia, Acquino, Doe and Roe absent an arrest warrant, probable cause or any legal justification, approached Plaintiff for no reason, and based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations, and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained her in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff was subject to offensive bodily contact and was battered in her head, neck, back, body and limbs. Defendants knew their actions lacked any legal justification. After the arrest Plaintiff was subjected to a stri...
Ortiz-Silva, Miguel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026805/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 8, 2020, ended November 5, 2021
$18,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 5, 2020, at approximately, 3:00 p.m., in the vicinity of 848 Hunts Point Avenue, County of Bronx, NYPD Officer Geraldine Ozuna, along with other NYPD officers, approached plaintiff without legal justification and detained him by means of excessive force. The officers subjected plaintiff to a strip search before he was arraigned and falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime. As a result of the officers’ excessive force, plaintiff suffered severe physical and mental injury. Plaintiff also alleges that his arrest was a result of NYPD’s “Stop and Frisk” policy, which encourages racial profiling. All charges against the plaintiff were terminated favorably.
Lopez, Hiram vs City of New York,et al.
Case # 025596/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 11, 2020, ended May 10, 2021
$27,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 23rd, 2019, while lawfully walking on the street in Bronx County, defendants Officer Danny Aquino (Shield No. 24051), Officer Geraldine Ozuna (Shield No. 2306), Officer Jonathan Chabrier (Shield No. 18690), and two John Doe officers stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained the plaintiff Hiram Lopez in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff was then arrested, detained, strip-searched, humiliated, photographed, and maliciously prosecuted for crimes (all later dismissed) based on false information given by the officers. This caused severe and permanent bodily injuries to the plaintiff and rendered him disabled. This stop was motivated by the city's negligent hiring and traini...
