Named in 3 known lawsuits, $26,000 total settlements.
Jones, Shakima vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV00332,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, February 24, 2015, ended August 7, 2015
$3,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: The plaintiff was walking out of the residence when the defendant officers asked him for identification, which he refused to give since he had not been committing any crime. The officers arrested the plaintiff and took him to the nearby precinct where he was charged with unspecified charges that were later dismissed and sealed.
Ward, Kiasheen vs P.O. Baksh, Aron, et al.
Case # 14CV04030,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 2, 2015, ended June 11, 2015
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 19, 2012, the plaintiff, Kiasheen Ward, was driving his car with his his fiancee and his dog in the car when he was stopped by defendant police officers (including defendants Officers Aron Baksh and Michael Kalish and Sergeant Nigel Fenton and John and Jane Doe 4-10). The defendants ordered him to pull over, and when he exited his car, they harshly slammed him against the car, handcuffed him, and brought him to a prisoner van. At the van, one defendant officer intentionally slammed the door into Mr. Ward's face, and when the defendants forced him into the van, his head slammed against one of the seats and his lip was sliced by a metal object protruding from the seat. Inside the van, the defendants ...
Mentore, Bryan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV03575,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, June 25, 2013, ended March 7, 2014
$7,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 19, 2012, at approximately 12:30 a.m., Plaintiff was unlawfully stopped and searched by NYPD officers, including officers David Comens, Luis Perez, and Nigel Fenton, at the Saratoga Avenue Subway station in Brooklyn.
Plaintiff had swiped his Metrocard, and was running to catch the train when the officers stopped plaintiff with no reasonable suspicion, aggressively and repeatedly searched him, which yielded no contraband. They falsely arrested him, and took him to the 73rd Precinct. The officers prepared false paperwork, including an
arrest report, and forwarded it to prosecutors. All charges were eventually dismissed.