Named in 3 known lawsuits, $56,000 total settlements.
Holley, Dwayne vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV04681,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 31, 2021, ended March 14, 2023
$35,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 23, 2019, Plaintiff's brother was operating a vehicle when Defendant Officers seized and impounded the vehicle. When Plaintiff learned about this, he telephoned Defendants to inquire the reason for the seizure. Defendants claimed they were conducting an investigation into a robbery and falsely claimed Plaintiff was the perpetrator. Plaintiff informed Defendants he could not have been the perpetrator of a crime in New York since he was in Maryland at all times on the date of the alleged crime (January 16, 2019). Based on a suggestive photo array on February 9, 2019, an individual identified Plaintiff as the perpetrator. Plaintiff was detained until April 8, 2019. Then, the prosecutors investigated the...
Holley, Tony vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV04682,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 31, 2021, ended May 31, 2022
$21,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 24, 2019, Plaintiff went to the precinct to pick up his properties that were seized from a previous BOLO traffic stop, as he was told that they were available for pick up by the defendant officers. When he arrived though, Instead of releasing his properties to him, defendant officers arrested Plaintiff and interrogated him asking him questions about other people and
incidents. Plaintiff duly informed defendant officers that he was at the precinct to pick up his properties as agreed and Defendant officers in response assaulted Plaintiff forcibly grabbing, punching, pushing, pulling, kicking, and shoving him. Plaintiff sustained serious injuries from the assault and was transported to the hospital whe...
Williams, Randolph vs City of New York et al.
Case # 505068/2017,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 22, 2017
Complaint
Description: On February 27, 2007, at approximately 2:00am, a shooting occurred in the basketball courts located in the Williamsburg Housing Projects in Brooklyn, NY that resulted in the death of a man named Vincent Hill. Due to the alleged misconduct of multiple named NYPD officers including: NYPD Detectives THOMAS HANDLEY, JAMES BODNAR, MARK BROWN, DINO ANSELMO, BRIAN ELZ, CHRIS FLORIO, KIM CARILLO, "JOHN" SULLIVAN, ANDREW TORLINCASI, "BILLIE", LUIS FONTANEZ, LUIS BATISTA, and officers JASON REEVES, MULERO, JASMINE VALEZ, KARL KRIKELIS, ANDREW TORLIONCAS, and ABRAHAM CRUZ, as well as members of the Kings County District Attorney's office including HOWARD JACKSON, ESQ., AL DEINGENIIS, ESQ., and LARRY FREDELLA, ESQ., Plaint...