Named in 5 known lawsuits, $275,000 total settlements.
Reyes, Roy vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 024302/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 16, 2019, ended February 23, 2021
$45,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about March 22, 2018, NYPD Police Officer Jose Romero, Sergeant Carlos Morales, Police Officer Lauren Amin, and two additional unidentified police officers approached the plaintiff in the vicinity of 505 East 144th Street in the Bronx, where they stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained the plaintiff without reason. Thereafter, the plaintiff was subject to a strip search and falsely and maliciously prosecuted. As a result of the excessive force used to batter plaintiff, plaintiff was caused serious, severe, painful, and permanent bodily injuries.
Morales, Joshua vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV00949,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 9, 2016, ended September 14, 2016
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was talking to a friend on the street when Defendant Officers approached him, searched him, took him to the 42nd precinct, and charged with Sale of a Controlled Substance in the third degree and possession in the seventh degree. Charges were dismissed.
Pender, Lisa, et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 304316/2012,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 26, 2012, ended August 30, 2022
Zero Disposition
Lynch, George vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 12CV04439,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, June 6, 2012, ended May 24, 2013
$150,000 Settlement
Morales, Carlos.pdf,
Order of Discontinuance
Description: Defendant Officers stopped Plaintiff and a group of his friends while they were talking on the street. Plaintiff began running when he saw an officer aggressively get out of the police car and was chased and tackled by that officer. Plaintiff was assaulted by the officers and taken to the 44th precinct. At the precinct, one officer rubbed a tissue on Plaintiff's hands and then on a gun. Plaintiff was released after being fingerprinted with no charges.
Rivera, Raymond vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 304305/2012,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 17, 2012, ended June 4, 2021
$65,000 Settlement