Named in 7 known lawsuits, $165,000 total settlements.
Gonzalez, Cristy et Al vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 25CV05244,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 3, 2026
Gomez, Hector vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 816035/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 30, 2025, ended May 22, 2026
$45,000 Settlement
Galloway, Elijah, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 813531/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 27, 2024
Complaint
Description: On April 26, 2024 Plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of an intersection when PO Anthony Alvino, PO Mike Suarez, PO Jayther Liriano, PO John Doe, and PO John Roe approached Plaintiff in part based on his race and summarily assaulted, battered, searched, and arrested him in an aggressive manner. Plaintiff was wrongfully incarcerated for over 24 hours and was maliciously prosecuted, compelling Plaintiff to make multiple court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges were ultimately terminated. Plaintiff suffered physical and emotional pain and injuries as a result of this incident.
Huggin, Johnny vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 810499/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 11, 2023, ended August 7, 2024
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 16, 2023, at approximately 10:00 p.m., PO LIRIANO, WECK, DOE and ROE without probable cause and/or justification, arrested the plaintiff in the vicinity of Morris Avenue and Park Avenue, Bronx, New York, where Plaintiff was lawfully and doing nothing illegal, improper or acting suspicious in anyway. Despite the absence of any evidence of wrongdoing by the Plaintiff, Plaintiff was grabbed, handcuffed, seized, and arrested in an excessive manner and force by the PO defendants and was transported to a local precinct. While Plaintiff was in the custody of the defendants, PO defendants intentionally touched, pushed, assaulted, battered, violated, searched, humiliated, photographed and handcuffed Plaintif...
Knight, Tahje vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 810019/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 29, 2023
Complaint
Description: For years, NYPD officers of the 40th Precinct and Public Service Area unlawfully targeted Plaintiff and attempted to prosecute Plaintiff without probable cause.
On, March 12, 2021, plaintiff Tahje Knight was lawfully in the vicinity of East 125th Street in the Bronx when he was unlawfully approached, frisked, arrested and detained by defendant officers James Weck, Eric Dym, Michael Visintin, Jayther Liriano, Michael Kontorovich, Jose Tejada, and Nestor Amarantepolanco. When defendant officers stopped and frisked plaintiff and obtained no contraband, instead of releasing plaintiff, plaintiff was cuffed and detained to search for evidence of a crime.
Plaintiff was then falsely charged by defendant officer We...
Martinez, Reynaldo, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 806015/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 18, 2023
Complaint
Description: On or about February 11, 2022, plaintiff Reyon Sylvester was lawfully in front or near an avenue in Brooklyn, when he was assaulted, battered and detained by unidentified police officers. After being detained for hours, plaintiff was released without charges.
Daniels, Dante vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 808766/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 5, 2022, ended December 3, 2025
$100,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 13, 2021, at approximately 11:30 p.m., the plaintiff, was lawfully in the vicinity of the Forest Housing Project, when defendant PO Miglaccio, Amarantepolanco and Liriano and others were conducting an arrest of a person by the name of "Shawn" where many of the individuals present at the location were objecting to the excessive use of force by the defendants on Shawn , which resulted in the use of pepper spray/mace on a number of individuals present.
The defendant officers violently grabbed the plaintiff, threw him to the ground and jumped on him by several defendants. The officers then struck plaintiff in the head, body and limbs, causing injury. Officers placed their knees on the plaintiff's body a...
