Named in 5 known lawsuits, $125,001 total settlements.
French, Harvey, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV06440,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 21, 2013, ended March 15, 2014
$37,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 8, 2012m Plaintiff was standing in front of a restaurant after finishing dinner in Brooklyn. Suddenly, Defendant Officers MICHAEL ESPINOSA, JASON FILORAMO and CAPTAIN ANTHONY GUADAGNO, along with other Officers John Doe 1-5, arrived in an unmarked police vehicle and asked who are you. Plaintiff replied, who are you. This is when Defendant pushed Plaintiff HARVEY FRENCH to the floor, put a knee into his neck, punched and handcuffed him tightly. Defendants went over to Plaintiff LEONARD LONDON and did the same. Plaintiffs were taken to 70th Precinct without informing of the charges.
Officers falsely charged FRENCH and LONDON with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Defendants EPSINOSA AND FILORA...
Olivier, Gamaliel vs United States, et al.
Case # 13CV05497,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 29, 2013, ended August 20, 2014
$4,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 12, 2012, Plaintiff was driving a car rented by his girlfriend when he was unlawfully stopped on a roadway in Kings County, NY by NYPD Officers Edward Thompson and Aleksandr Pasnykov. The officers unlawfully arrested Plaintiff for driving a stolen vehicle without attempting to contact the rental company or Plaintiff's girlfriend to determine if the car was stolen. After approximately 18 hours in custody of the NYPD, Plaintiff was released.
Adeyeye, Markeith, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV03649,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 15, 2013, ended January 21, 2014
$38,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 12, 2012, at approximately 6:00 a.m., at an apartment in Brooklyn, Plaintiffs Markeith Adeyeye and Christopher Adeyeye were asleep when Defendants NYPD Officers, including Officers Fichter, Guadagno, Filorama and Espinosa, knocked down the front door, entered the apartment with their guns drawn, and eventually entered the Plaintiffs room, waking the two in the process and thereafter arresting them without probable cause. Despite the officers finding drugs elsewhere in the apartment, the two Plaintiffs were not found to be in possession or constructive possession of any drugs. Nevertheless, officers lied to prosecutors telling the latter that plaintiffs were in fact in possession of contraband and fa...
Ellis, Montague, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV02702,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 6, 2013, ended March 27, 2014
$7,001 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 29, 2012, Plaintiff, who was sixteen years old at the time, was stopped, searched, and arrested by Defendants SOUFFRIN and GUADAGNO in the vicinity of Brooklyn. Plaintiff was transported to a police precinct. Plaintiff complied with all instructions and did not resist arrest in any way. At the precinct, Defendants SOUFFRIN and GUADAGNO placed Plaintiff in an interrogation room and questioned him about various crimes. Plaintiff had no information concerning these crimes. At the precinct, the officers falsely informed employees of the Kings County District Attorney’s Office that they had observed Plaintiff committing a crime. From the police precinct, Plaintiff was taken to Brooklyn Central Booking. P...
Belle v. City of New York et al
Case # 10CV03531,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$38,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Stipulation
Description: Defendant Officers attacked, searched, and assaulted Plaintiff while he was standing with a group of other individuals. Plaintiff was taken to the 60th Precinct, strip searched, and charged him with criminal possession of a weapon in the second and fourth degrees, which were later dismissed on a motion by the DA.
