Named in 6 known lawsuits, $645,001 total settlements.
Ayarde, Juan vs Allison, Richard, et al.
Case # 156078/2021,
Supreme Court - New York, August 27, 2021, ended April 10, 2023
$600,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 22, 2013, Plaintiff was lawfully walking down the street in the vicinity of 229 East 25th Street when Defendant Officers unlawfully stopped him without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. At no time prior to the stop did the Defendant Officers have reasonable suspicion or probable cause to make the stop. The Defendant Officers unlawfully handcuffed Plaintiff and placed him under arrest. The Defendant Officers refused to tell Plaintiff why he was being detained. Plaintiff was transported to the 13th Precinct. At the 13th precinct, Plaintiff was fingerprinted, photographed, and unlawfully detained in a holding cell. The Defendant Officers falsely stated to the DA that Plaintiff committed the crime...
Randolph, Eugene vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 003092/2017,
Supreme Court - Queens, March 24, 2017, ended June 8, 2020
Administrative Closing
Gonzalez, Edwin vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 156119/2016,
Supreme Court - New York, November 16, 2016
Complaint
Description: On July 22, 2013, Edwin Gonzalez was unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched, and falsely arrested by NYPD officers in a park located at Sheriff Street and Delancey Street, New York, New York. The officers, including Detective Jason Miller, Sergeant Joseph Taylor, Police Officer Williams, Detective Edwin Feliciano, and Detective Richard Allison, detained Gonzalez for approximately 10 hours, subjected him to an illegal strip search at the 7th Precinct stationhouse, and maliciously prosecuted him without probable cause. All charges against Gonzalez were dismissed on July 9, 2014. Gonzalez is seeking damages for the violation of his constitutional rights, including false arrest, malicious prosecution, an...
Randolph, Eugene vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV09518,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 4, 2016, ended March 6, 2017
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On December 6, 2012, Plaintiff was stopped and arrested by Defendant Feliciano, who grabbed Plaintiff, threw him against a vehicle, pinned his face against the vehicle, and stated that Plaintiff tried to blow his partner's cover by asking her to smoke marijuana. Plaintiff responded by asking Feliciano to take it easy on him, that he has poor circulation in his leg, that the pills he has were legally prescribed for his illnesses. Feliciano elbowed Plaintiff in the back and kicked his legs apart. Feliciano kicked Plaintiff's right lower leg approximately three times, and Plaintiff pleaded for Feliciano to take it easy on him because of his poor circulation in his leg. Feliciano grabbed Plaintiff, turned him aroun...
Nelson, Tyson vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV00234,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 20, 2016, ended April 21, 2017
$45,001 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Complaint,
Second Amended Complaint
Description: On December 10, 2013, at approximately 6:00 PM, Plaintiff Tyson Nelson was walking in the East Village en route to his children’s grandparents' home in that neighborhood. Near the corner of East 3rd Street and Avenue D, Mr. Nelson ran into Moody Lewis, a man he knew from the neighborhood. Mr. Nelson greeted Mr. Lewis and, after an exchange of normal pleasantries, Mr.
Nelson walked east on East 3rd Street towards Avenue D. As Mr. Nelson approached the corner, Individual Defendants arrested him. In the
process, they used disproportionate force upon him, causing him to suffer, among other things, a split lip and serious abrasions. Police records indicate that one of these Individual Defendants was Detective Felici...
Robinson, Yusif vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV05850,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 3, 2015, ended October 30, 2017
Order/Judgment (Verdict)
Complaint
Description: On Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, at about 7:00 pm, plaintiff was walking in the area of 8th Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan when he was seized, searched, and arrested by Defendant NYPD officers Terrance Williams, Richard Allison, and Hoiping Lee of the Manhattan South Narcotics units. No contraband was found on plaintiff's person during the search, but plaintiff was nonetheless taken to a precinct, processed, and transported to New York County Central Bookings. Defendant Williams filed allegedly false paperwork claiming that Defendant Allison observed the plaintiff speak with someone named Leon Carter who handed the plaintiff money, an exchange in which plaintiff supposedly dropped two ten-dollar bills to the g...