Named in 9 known lawsuits, $395,000 total settlements.
Brown-Allen, Jeremye vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 25CV01116,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 10, 2025
Complaint
Sumlin, Darnell vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 802523/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 31, 2025, ended October 3, 2025
$60,000 Settlement
Jenkins, Marc vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 24CV08071,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 24, 2024, ended December 4, 2025
$150,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 2, 2022, Plaintiff was arrested by Defendant NYPD officers under the direction of Defendant Detective Sean Degnan. Plaintiff was handcuffed and transported to the 23rd Police Precinct, where he was detained for several hours, questioned, and charged with felony crimes related to a shooting on May 7, 2022. Defendant Detective Degnan arrested Plaintiff without probable cause and disregarded exculpatory evidence, including proof that Plaintiff was in the Meatpacking District shortly after the shooting and that his clothing did not match the description of the shooter. Despite the exculpatory evidence, Defendant Detective Degnan focused solely on faulty video surveillance footage, which did not link Plainti...
Naquwan, Tyson vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 804088/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 13, 2024
Naquwan, Tyson vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 809230/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 13, 2024
Complaint
Description: On or about November 26, 2023, Tyson Naquwan, ("Plaintiff" or "Naquwan") was wrongfully and falsely arrested, detained and imprisoned without any right or grounds to do so by Sergeant Sean Degnan and P.O. Jonathan Rodriguez (collectively "Defendants"). Defendant Snipes USA, the owner and operator of the shoe store, Jimmy Jazz, where the Plaintiff was a patron, attempting to return some products. The store manager at Jimmy Jazz unreasonably disallowed Plaintiff to do so. Said manager called the defendants police officers to the scene, causing the arrest to occur. The Defendants falsely, publicly, wickedly and maliciously held Plaintiff in custody by members of the NYC Police Department until the accusations wer...
Baker, Russell vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 158822/2022,
Supreme Court - New York, November 10, 2022
Complaint
Description: On or about December 8, 2019, Plaintiff Russell Baker was a passenger in a vehicle when several New York City Police Officers, including Defendant Police Officers Gallante, Laborde, Natal, Degnan, and Sergeant Ghibaudi, and NYPD Defendants John & Jane Doe 1 through 10 (“DOE Defendants”), stopped the vehicle without any legal justification. Defendants ordered all occupants out of the vehicle and proceeded to search them and the vehicle. Defendants recovered no contraband from Plaintiff. Despite having no probable cause to believe that Plaintiff had committed any crimes or offenses, Defendants placed Plaintiff into handcuffs and under arrest. Defendants used excessive force in effectuating the arrest, namely by p...
Cavender, Shawn vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV07290,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 28, 2021, ended November 2, 2022
$60,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 2, 2020, plaintiff was lawfully and peacefully attending a protest of police misconduct in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. An unidentified uniformed police officer shoved a protestor without provocation, causing a stampede of protestors and NYPD members in riot gear in plaintiff's direction. Plaintiff ran to try to escape the oncoming rush but stopped to help a person that had fallen on the ground. As plaintiff was helping this person, plaintiff encountered P.O. Michael Laborde in riot gear so plaintiff extended his arms over his head with his hands open in a "hands up" gesture. P.O. Laborde nevertheless proceeded to violently throw plaintiff to the ground and began punching, kicking and hi...
Torrence, Uranius vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 153392/2020,
Supreme Court - New York, October 1, 2020
Torrence, Uranius vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 153932/2020,
Supreme Court - New York, October 1, 2020, ended February 26, 2025
$125,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 8, 2019, Plaintiff was in his grandmother's apartment when officers, including NYPD Officer Sean Degnan, NYPD Lieutenant Lawrence Wang, and NYPD Sergeant Jahe Gjidija entered and arrested him for possession of a firearm, despite the fact that Plaintiff was not in possession of any weapon or marijuana. Plaintiff was then brought to the 23rd precinct where he voluntarily submitted a DNA sample, proving that he never had contact with the weapon allegedly found in the apartment. Still, Plaintiff was charged with possession of the weapon and marijuana. As a result of the arrest, Plaintiff was charged with violating his parole, charges later dismissed. Plaintiff was incarcerated for almost 5 months. Charges we...
