Named in 7 known lawsuits, $205,001 total settlements.
Patterson, Anthony vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 519172/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, September 19, 2024
Complaint
Description: On November 17, 2022, Detective Manzi falsely arrested the plaintiff and charged him with robbing two stores at gunpoint on October 27, 2022. The perpetrator stole cash registers and fled on a citibike. Lead detective Manzi believed that these robberies and another one committed a few days later were part of a pattern by the same perpetrator. Fingerprints and other evidence was collected, and witnesses were interviewed. The fingerprints did not match the Plaintiff's, and three of four witnesses did not identify him. Despite the evidence that Plaintiff was not the perpetrator, Detective Manzi arrested and charged him with two of the robberies. Sergeant Hillman, Manzi's supervisor, signed off on his work.
Unabl...
Allen, Shakim vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 517174/2019,
Supreme Court - Kings, August 21, 2019
Complaint
Description: On or about August 04, 2016, Police Defendant Hui and Police Defendant Hillman, Corrections Defendant Hernandez, and other unnamed Police Defendants entered the residence wherein the Plaintiff was a lawful guest. After conducting an unauthorized search, the Plaintiff was unlawfully arrested and placed in tight handcuffs. When the Plaintiff was booked into the precinct, the Police Defendants conspired to provide the DAs office with false allegations.
Graham, Reynold Jr. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 512348/2016,
Supreme Court - Kings, July 26, 2016, ended May 14, 2019
$60,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 2019, plaintiff was attending a picnic at Highland Park and felt faint as a result of his diabetes. Defendant police officers punched plaintiff in the face, falsely arrested him, forcibly handcuffed him, kicked him, struck him in the ribs with a baton, etc. They dragged plaintiff through the park until an EMS worker made them stop. Once taken to hospital, plaintiff was held in police custody for 12 hours without being charged. Plaintiff was subsequently taken to the precinct and central booking where he was falsely charged with offenses. Plaintiff was falsely prosecuted and deprived of medical attention for his diabetes for over four days.
Ford, Robert vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV02046,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 9, 2016, ended March 22, 2017
$2,501 Settlement
Complaint,
First Amended Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was at his girlfriend's apartment when Defendant Officers rushed in, struck plaintiff in the head with a shield, dragged him to the living room, and handcuffed him. The Defendant Officers searched the home for hours looking for guns but did not recover any. They strip searched Plaintiff in his bathroom and then arrested him and took him to the precinct. Plaintiff was charged with a knife recovered from the kitchen drawer in the apartment, small bag of marijuana found inside the couch, and violating an order of protection that had ever existed. A grand jury voted to dismiss all the charges
Carrasco, Alba, et al. vs P.O. Rodriguez, Jonathan, et al.
Case # 13CV08556,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 4, 2013, ended June 16, 2014
$17,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 13, 2011, Plaintiff Carrasco was leaving a baby shower when NYPD officer defendants arrived and began aggressively brutalizing Plaintiff and his family and friends. A defendant office said "handcuff that bitch" and Plaintiff Carrasco was violently handcuffed and put in a police vehicle. Plaintiff Maynard, after finding out what happened at the baby shower, arrived at the precinct, where he observed one his friends, who was handcuffed and already bleeding, being beaten by the defendant officers. When Plaintiff Maynard asked why they were being beaten, the defendant officers threw him to the ground and began kicking, beating and punching his upper body with fists and a baton. The defendant officers in...
Mays, Princeton vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV03975,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 15, 2013, ended September 19, 2014
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 18, 2011, plaintiff was walking in the vicinity of 4 East 117th Street in Manhattan headed to a local store. Police Officer Manuel Encarnacion, Sergeant Joseph McKenna and Police Officer Joseph Morovich pulled up in a marked patrol car and ran toward plaintiff to stop and frisk him. In response to plaintiff’s exercise of free speech, one of the defendants, likely Morovich, slapped plaintiff in the face. The defendants arrested plaintiff, handcuffed him excessively tight and brought him to an unknown precinct. In the precinct, the aforesaid defendants, acting in concert with Officer Stephen Hillman, falsely charged plaintiff with felony possession of a firearm. Plaintiff was eventually taken to Manhattan...
Mcgill, Torrance vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 12CV07509,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 12, 2012, ended July 9, 2013
$85,000 Settlement