Named in 7 known lawsuits, $1,379,000 total settlements.
Vasquez, Marco vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 816402/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 7, 2025
Mayo, Giovonnie vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 25CV03303,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, June 17, 2025
Complaint
Rogers, Krishaun vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 813211/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 21, 2024, ended December 19, 2024
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 12, 2023, on a street in the Bronx, NYPD Defendants, including but not limited to Officers MARKVUKAJ, GIBSON,CINTRON, MEDE, DOE and ROE, absent an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification, approached Plaintiff KRISHAUN ROGERS for no reason, and based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations, and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff KRISHAUN ROGERS was arraigned after his arrest and thereafter falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime and was required to make numerous court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges against him were terminated ...
Grandy, Shabazz vs City of Ny
Case # 804550/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 19, 2024, ended May 28, 2025
$55,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about July 12, 2023, Plaintiff was grabbed, handcuffed, seized, and arrested in an excessive manner and with excessive force by Detective Claude Mede, Detective Kyle Floor, Detective Konti Markvukaj, Police Officer John Doe. and Police Officer John Roe. All these acts took place absent an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification. Plaintiff remained incarcerated for over 24 hours. The criminal action against Plaintiff was terminated favorably.
Arias, Shavon vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 807619/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 24, 2022, ended April 22, 2024
$9,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 21, 2021, Plaintiff was about to enter a store to purchase sneakers for her son when she stopped to take a prescription medication. Without warning or reason, Plaintiff was approached by 8 to 9 people in plain clothes, none of whom announced themselves as police officers. Plaintiff was grabbed, hands placed behind her back, and handcuffed. None of the officers informed Plaintiff what she was being arrested for or where she was being taken. Despite Plaintiff's pleas, the officers refused to read her rights. After 13 hours in police custody, Plaintiff was released with a desk appearance ticket. The officers provided the DA with false information that Plaintiff committed a crime, specifically that of the C...
Pagan-Alomar, Johanna vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 020068/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 8, 2019, ended June 4, 2020
$1,250,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 7, 2018 Plaintiff was walking to meet her boyfriend when she saw POs Konti Marvukaj and Theresa Lustica placing handcuffs on her boyfriend. Plaintiff asked PO Lustica in Spanish why they were arresting her boyfriend PO Lustica asked Plaintiff to step back and Plaintiff did. As POs were walking Plaintiff's handcuffed boyfriend to a police car PO Lustica picked up a small plastic bag and waved it in front of Plaintiff's face, stating it was the reason Plaintiff's boyfriend was being arrested. In responsive Plaintiff said in Spanish that PO Lustica was disrespecting Plaintiff.
In response, PO Lustica shoved Plaintiff, grabbed Plaintiff's hand, threw Plaintiff to the ground, and--while Plaintiff was lying...
Sanchez, Ramon vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 034300/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 21, 2018, ended January 9, 2020
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 24, 2018 at approximately 3:00 p.m., Plaintiff Ramon Sanchez was unlawfully searched, assaulted with excessive force, and detained by the defendants, the City of New York, the New York City Police Department, NYPD Officer Konti Markvukaj, and unnamed NYPD officers John Doe and John Roe. The plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of Burnside Avenue and Walton Avenue in the Bronx when the defendants approached him. The defendants did not possess any reasonable cause, probable cause, or an arrest warrant to stop and detain the plaintiff. Rather, the defendants stopped and questioned the plaintiff based solely on his age and/or race. After arresting the plaintiff, the defendants transported him to a police s...
