Named in 3 known lawsuits.
Shavers, James vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 021816/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 15, 2019
Letang, Terric vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV08144,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 14, 2013, ended February 2, 2015
Order/Judgment (Verdict)
Complaint
Description: On May 21, 2012, Plaintiff attempted to enter the elevator in his apartment building located in Harlem, when Defendant Officer Soto entered ahead of him, pushed back the Plaintiff, and told him to take the next elevator. Shortly after, Plaintiff went outside the obtain Defendants Officer Soto’s badge number and information and approached the officers’ vehicle where they entered into a verbal altercation in which Defendant Officer Williams tried to diffuse before both officers left the scene. While Plaintiff was on the phone making a report with NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau, Defendant Officers Soto and Williams returned to the scene, jumped out of the car, and angrily confronted Plaintiff before handcuffing him,...
Alvarez v. City of New York et al.
Case # 11CV05464,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
First Amended Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was attending a block party when Plaintiff became engaged in an altercation. His opponent pulled out a firearm and shot him. Defendant Officers Brightman, Cozart, Kerrigan, and Tedeschi pointed their guns at plaintiff and fired 46 rounds into him and others present at the party. Plaintiff had sustained 27 bullet wounds. Defendant officer Terpos then handcuffed plaintiff and transported him to Harlem Hospital. In a second incident, on August 9, 2010, Police searched the residence of the plaintiff's family. Officers Hull and Gibbons alongside others seized $87,000 from the residence. After hospitalization, plaintiff was charged with attempted murder of a police officer. Plaintiff was sent to the 33rd pr...