Named in 2 known lawsuits, $60,000 total settlements.
Rivera, Adrian vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 806788/2024,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 30, 2024
Complaint
Description: On April 27, 2021, PO Gomez and/or John Does without probable cause or reason to believe an infraction had been committed, stopped Plaintiff Rivera. PO Gomez proceeded to detained Rivera without reasonable suspicion and issued six tickets for offenses PO Gomez and/or John Does knew Rivera did not commit.
Williams, Rodney vs Police Officer Pinto, Vincent, et al.
Case # 158173/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, October 22, 2018, ended October 17, 2019
$60,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 1, 2015 at around 8PM, Plaintiff Rodney Williams was sitting on his motorcycle at a red light on the Upper East Side when the motorcycle stalled. Plaintiff adjusted his face shield to wipe sweat from his face while attempting to restart his motorbike and in that moment was stopped and seized by Defendant Officers Vincent Pinto, Christopher Ayau, Brian Magoolaghan, Officers Gomez, Medina, and Sanchez, and unnamed officers, who were stopped next to Plaintiff at the light. The officers claimed Plaintiff was not wearing his face shield correctly. Defendants told Plaintiff to move his bike to the side of the road and, while he was complying, accused him of trying to flee the scene. After falsely accusi...