Jason Vasquez

Lawsuits

Named in 16 known lawsuits, $969,000 total settlements.

Sample, Hasib vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 811830/2026E, Supreme Court - Bronx, June 16, 2026

Davis, Darryl vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 801860/2026E, Supreme Court - Bronx, January 29, 2026

Quinones, Jose vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 811957/2025E, Supreme Court - Bronx, June 3, 2025, ended April 28, 2026
$30,000 Settlement

Ayala, James vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 821014/2024E, Supreme Court - Bronx, December 23, 2024
Complaint
Description: Defendant Police Officer Jason Vasquez On or about April 12, 2024, Plaintiff James Ayala was unlawfully, improperly and without probable cause, sufficient or legal cause, wrongly targeted, profiled, singled out, violated, bribed, pressured and coerced to assist in a crime, to which he was not predisposed to engage or in any way participate in such crime prior thereto. Thereafter, plaintiff was unlawfully, improperly and without probable, sufficient or legal cause, stopped, detained, handcuffed, searched, arrested and imprisoned, was maliciously prosecuted and had his constitutional rights violated by Defendant Police Officer John Doe. He was stopped violently and overly aggressively, knocked off a bicycle, ta...

Davis, Elijah vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 23CV00018, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 19, 2023, ended October 28, 2024
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or around January 23, 2020, Plaintiff was arrested by Detective Jason Vasquez for allegedly selling heroin direct to an undercover with marked money. Officers Jason Vasquez, David Pabon, David J. Demelia, Mark Oconnel, and others, then took Plaintiff to the holding cell area of the 46th Precinct. The officers, in particular, David Pabon, forced Plaintiff to stand in front of the female holding cell and conducted an unlawful strip search, where he sexually assaulted and abused Plaintiff by opening Plaintiffs’s pants, sticking his hand inside Plaintiff’s boxers, and fondling and squeezing Plaintiff’s testicles and penis. The officers, in particular, David Pabon, failed to disclose and report and covered up su...

Gomes, Dikeith vs City of Ny
Case # 809674/2022E, Supreme Court - Bronx, June 29, 2022, ended January 30, 2023
$60,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 11, 2021, while lawfully in the vicinity of Watson Avenue and Boynton Avenue, Bronx, NY, the Plaintiff was stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained by Defendant police officers Toribio, Vasquez, Merchan, Doe, and Roe in an excessive manner without an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause, or any legal justification, solely because of his race. The Defendant officers falsely accused the Plaintiff of committing a crime. After the arrest, the Defendant officers took the Plaintiff to a police station in Bronx, NY, where he was searched without his consent. The Plaintiff remained incarcerated for over 24 hours and was required to make numerous court appearances over an exte...

Hernandez, Anthony vs Vasquez, Jason, et al.
Case # 811524/2021, Supreme Court - Bronx, September 2, 2021
Complaint
Description: On September 9, 2019, at approximately 1:29 p.m., Plaintiff Anthony Hernandez was lawfully present in the vicinity of 49 West 225th Street in Bronx County, when Defendant NYPD Police Officers, including Jason Vasquez, in plainclothes, suddenly and without explanation chased after plaintiff, grabbing him and slamming him onto the ground. Defendants arrested plaintiff without probable cause or reasonable suspicion, and transported him to the 50th Precinct. Plaintiff was strip searched naked and continued to ask for medical attention before he was transported to the hospital. Plaintiff brings claims of: excessive force, unlawful stop and search, false arrest and false imprisonment, malicious abuse of process, fa...

Cherry, Charles vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 034074/2020E, Supreme Court - Bronx, November 20, 2020, ended July 28, 2022
$90,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 19, 2019 at approximately 12:30 p.m. Plaintiff was lawfully in the area of 49 West 225th Street when Dets. Jason Vasquez, Claude Mede, Robert Jaquez ad POs John Doe and John Roe approached without legal justification ad summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained Plaintiff in a excessive manner. These actions were based on fraud, perjury, and misrepresentations. While in PO custody Plaintiff was subject to a strip search, arraigned, the maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime. The malicious prosecution compelled Plaintiff to make multiple court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges against him were terminated favorably on August 16, 2021.

Sanchez, Paul vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 034167/2019E, Supreme Court - Bronx, December 4, 2019, ended April 5, 2021
$27,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 11, 2019, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Paul Sanchez was lawfully present near 1223 Boston Road in the Bronx when he was approached by NYPD officers, including Detective Jason Vasquez, as well as other unidentified officers, John Doe and John Roe. The officers allegedly stopped, searched, and arrested Sanchez without probable cause or legal justification. During the arrest, Sanchez was subjected to excessive force, including being handcuffed and strip-searched while in custody. He was falsely charged with a crime and detained for over 24 hours, required to make numerous court appearances before the charges were ultimately dismissed. Sanchez claims he suffered physical and emotional injuries as a result o...

Sanchez, Ramon, et al. vs City of New York
Case # 032148/2019E, Supreme Court - Bronx, October 18, 2019, ended September 21, 2020
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 3, 2018, officers Jason Vasquez, David Demelia and unnamed officers stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered and detained Plaintiff on the street. Defendant officers beat Plaintiff and caused injury to Plaintiff's head, neck, back, body and limbs. While in custody, Plaintiff was subjected to a strip search and fingerprinted without reason. Plaintiff was kept in custody for 24 hours, arraigned, and falsely and maliciously prosecuted.

Davis, Gary vs City of New York
Case # 028274/2018, Supreme Court - Bronx, July 18, 2018, ended July 26, 2019
$65,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 1, 2017 plaintiff was approached by defendant officers, including defendant officer Vasquez, and was stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered and detained in an aggressive and excessive manner. Defendant officers, including defendant officer Vasquez, strip searched plaintiff without cause. Defendant officers, including defendant officer Vasquez, beat the plaintiff and caused injury to his head, neck, back, body and limbs.

Gibbons, Tariq vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV09100, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 27, 2017, ended November 13, 2018
$12,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 3, 2015, as plaintiff was exiting a bodega, he was grabbed by defendants and thrown against the wall, violently handcuffed and arrested. At no point was he informed of the reasons behind his arrest. Plaintiff was thereafter transported to the 44th precinct. Plaintiff spent 24 hours in custody before being released.

Dixon, Charmaine vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV04930, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, July 30, 2014, ended July 27, 2017
Zero Disposition
Complaint, Second Amended Complaint
Description: On March 15, 2011, plaintiff Charmaine Dixon's infant son was arrested at his school and plaintiff went to the 42nd Precinct in the Bronx to be present during his questioning. At the precinct, plaintiff witnessed her son being punched in the face and pepper-sprayed while handcuffed, and as a result she screamed and asked the responsible offers why they were assaulting her son. Approximately five NYPD officers including Defendant Officers Galvin Ferguson, David Terrell, and Jane Vasquez then exited the precinct, causing plaintiff to fear for her safety. Plaintiff started walking down the block, but defendant officers caught up to her, and a large male officer bear hugged plaintiff, picked her up in the air, and ...

Odom, Anthony, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV02258, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, April 25, 2013, ended October 23, 2013
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 14, 2011, Plaintiffs were cut off by an unmarked police car and ordered to exit their vehicle. Plaintiffs were frisked, handcuffed, and placed inside a police vehicle. NYPD officers unlawfully searched Plaintiff McMickel's vehicle. When the officers released Plaintiffs and returned their property, several hundred dollars were missing.

Ford, Linzy vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 12CV05539, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 9, 2012, ended January 17, 2013
Zero Disposition

Reed v. City of New York et al
Case # 350121/2013, Supreme Court - Bronx
$614,500 Settlement
Summons/Complaint