Named in 4 known lawsuits, $87,500 total settlements.
Davis, Jamel vs City of Ny
Case # 805062/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 7, 2024
Complaint
Description: This complaint details several instances of misconduct. On or about December 31, 2022, Officers Edison R. Gutierrez (Tax #932763), Mark Carlino (Tax #936306), and five John Doe police officers pulled over Plaintiff Jamel Davis without provocation. The officers were driving an unmarked vehicle. They accused Davis of possessing illegal contraband and unlawfully searched his vehicle, but did not find anything. They then seized Davis, causing him multiple injuries, and arrested him without cause, detaining him for over an hour. On or about January 7, 2023, Davis was pulled over for no cause by an unmarked police vehicle. Davis was again arrested without cause and sustained injuries during the process, and was detai...
Gilyard, David vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 154241/2021,
Supreme Court - New York, May 4, 2021, ended November 18, 2025
$75,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 3, 2020, while lawfully present on 111th Street between 7th Avenue and St. Nicholas Avenue in New York, NY, the plaintiff was unlawfully approached, searched, assaulted, battered, arrested, and detained by the defendants, including Gutierrez, Nickey, and John Does 1-3, in an excessive manner without legal justification. As the plaintiff was en route to the Bronx via subway, he encountered the defendants clearing people from the sidewalk. Momentarily stopping due to congestion, the plaintiff was wrongfully approached and grabbed by the defendants. They aggressively twisted his arms, pinned him against the trunk of a car, applied handcuffs, and frisked him without providing reasons for the arrest. The plai...
Mendez, Christopher vs Serpanos, Nectarios, et al.
Case # 709048/2014,
Supreme Court - Queens, December 8, 2014, ended July 9, 2024
$5,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about midnight on February 28, 2014 or March 1, 2014, Defendant Serpanos (a corrections officer but not acting in his official capacity) rear-ended Plaintiff's car. Defendant Serpanos called 911 and falsely accused Plaintiff of drunkeness, weapons, and drugs. Serpanos punched Plaintiff in the chest. Defendant NYPD Lieutenant Gutierrez and Officers John Does 1-5 responded and forcefully restrained Plaintiff against his car, straining his arms, tearing muscles in his shoulders and neck, and causing a concussion. Defendants detained Plaintiff on the street for about an hour before he was ultimately released.
Billingsley, Ebony vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV02942,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 28, 2014, ended March 22, 2016
$7,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: While Plaintiff was in her home, Defendant Officers attempted to gain entry by banging on the door without identifying themselves as Officers. Plaintiff tried to prevent them from coming in and hid in a closet after they forced their way in the door. Defendant Officers arrested and brought Plaintiff to the 81st precinct, issued a summons for Criminal Possession of Marijuana, which was ACD'd