Named in 6 known lawsuits, $170,000 total settlements.
Samuel, Clarence vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 530980/2025,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 26, 2026
Childress, Larry vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 522186/2025,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 23, 2025
Mccoy, Michael vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 522195/2025,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 23, 2025
Crispin, Shamel, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 511345/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 8, 2023, ended December 20, 2024
$31,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 20, 2021, the two Plaintiffs were at home when POs Mcguirewright, Dillon, Zweifler, Minardi, Priore, and unknown POs 1-10 entered their home. The POs had obtained a search warrant by providing false and incomplete information to the authorizing judge. The POs did not have any probable cause or reasonable suspicion to arrest Plaintiffs, nor did they tell Plaintiffs what they were being arrested for. The two Plaintiffs were unlawfully detained for 48 and 6 hours, respectively. Over the course of these events, the POs applied excessively tight handcuffs to Plaintiffs' wrists and otherwise caused emotional and physical injuries to Plaintiffs. All charges against Plaintiffs were dismissed.
Clemente, Jayshawn, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 23CV02702,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, June 1, 2023, ended November 16, 2023
$14,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 3, 2020, at approximately 9:30 p.m., near 390 Lexington Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, plaintiffs Jayshawn Clemente and Deonte Holley (cousins) were driving in Jayshawn's car, along with other with other friends and family members. When Jayshawn stopped the car to drop off one of its occupants, the defendant officers came up to the vehicle, then proceeded to forcibly remove plaintiffs from the vehicle, handcuffed them tightly, and subjected them to illegal searches of their persons and the vehicle. No contraband or evidence of a crime was found. Nevertheless, plaintiffs were taken to the NYPD-79th Precinct, processed for arrest, and further illegally searched, with no contraband found. The officer...
Hoover, Eddie vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV02484,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 20, 2021, ended April 5, 2023
$125,000 Settlement
Complaint
