Named in 5 known lawsuits, $62,500 total settlements.
Alexander, Hans George vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV03170,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, June 5, 2017
Mowatt, Richard vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 023218/2017E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 25, 2017, ended September 14, 2018
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 17, 2016 at approximately 11:00 p.m. Plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of East 154th Street and Melrose Avenue when POs Michael Nesto, John Doe, and John Roe stopped Plaintiff based on a racially-motivated "stop and frisk" policy and summarily grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive manner. Plaintiff was taken into custody and criminally processed, including a strip search. Plaintiff remained incarcerated for over 24 hours and was maliciously prosecuted, compelling him to return to court multiple times until all charges against him were terminated favorably. Plaintiff sustained physical and emotional pain and injuries as a result of this incident.
Brown, Malik vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 301274/2016,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 21, 2016
James, Fabian vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 027171/2015,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 21, 2016, ended August 8, 2017
$12,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about January 1, 2015, Plaintiff encountered PO Michael Nesto and one other unidentified officer. They told him to leave the area, and Plaintiff complied. As Plaintiff walked away, the officers violently pushed him to the ground, injuring his face, lips, and neck. PO Nesto jumped on top of Plaintiff and kneed him in the back. The officers then arrested Plaintiff for Resisting Arrest and other related crimes. Plaintiff has been falsely criminally charged with the aforementioned crimes because of this attack.
Dollard, Davonte vs City of New York
Case # 302325/2015,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 9, 2015
Complaint
Description: On or about May 20, 2020, plaintiff was on the sidewalk when he observed defendant NYPD officers Nestor Amarantepolanco, Nicholas Rios and John and Jane Doe aggressively questioning a group of young individuals. Because this was a common form of police harassment in plaintiff's neighborhood, he began legally videoing the interaction and did not interfere with the situation in any way. When defendant officers noticed, they aggressively grabbed the plaintiff's arm and told him to leave, to which the plaintiff complied with. However, as the plaintiff walked away, defendant officer Rios approached him from behind, grabbed, pushed, punched, choked and pepper sprayed the plaintiff. Rios then arrested the plaintiff wi...