Named in 6 known lawsuits.
Aragon, Andy vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 155639/2025,
Supreme Court - New York, May 2, 2025
Delacruz, Alexis vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 161143/2021,
Supreme Court - New York, December 15, 2021
Complaint
Description: On or about April 24, 2019, NYPD officers Stephen Guiney, Mark Ruppert and others unlawfully stopped Plaintiff's vehicle and searched Plaintiff and the vehicle. The officers placed Plaintiff into handcuffs and under arrest, using excessive force. They touched and grabbed Plaintiff's private parts, shoving their hands in Plaintiff's pants and cutting Plaintiff's underwear, exposing him in public view. Plaintiff was transported to the police precinct, then Manhattan Central Booking, where he was subsequently arraigned. The officers recovered no contraband from the vehicle, and they falsely informed the DA's office that they had observed Plaintiff commit crimes. On or about June 2021, Plaintiff's criminal case was...
Dula, Bryant vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 804667/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 8, 2021
Dula, Bryant vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 453300/2021,
Supreme Court - New York, April 8, 2021, ended October 3, 2023
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On July 8, 2017, while lawfully a passenger in a vehicle near 227 West 140th Street in New York, NY, the plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, approached, searched, assaulted, battered, arrested, and detained by the defendants, including Mark Ruppert, Anderson Ortiz, Fredy Cruz, Danny Guzman, and John Does 1-10, in an excessive manner without legal justification, and solely due to his race and national origin. The defendants forcibly removed the plaintiff from the vehicle without any legal basis and conducted an illegal search. They alleged an illegal firearm was found on another occupant but falsely attributed its possession to the plaintiff. Despite knowing he was not in possession of any firearm, the defendants ...
Billings, Lamont, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 152398/2021,
Supreme Court - New York, March 10, 2021
Complaint
Description: On July 8, 2017, the plaintiff was without just cause, probable cause, or provocation, and with reckless, negligent, and callous disregard for the truth, and without investigation, touched, grabbed, handcuffed, seized, and arrested in an excessive manner and with excessive force by defendant NYPD officers including, Mark Ruppert, John Doe, and John Roe. The plaintiff was maliciously, intentionally, and falsely accused of having committed a crime. The defendant officers also applied harmful and offensive contact to the plaintiff during the arrest.
Garcia, Juan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 160166/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, March 9, 2018, ended March 29, 2021
Administrative Closing
Complaint
Description: On August 24, 2016, Police Officer Mark Ruppert, Sergeant Anderson Ortiz and other police officers stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, arrested and detained the plaintiff in an aggressive and excessive manner without a warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification. Defendants' conducts were solely on the basis of his age and/or race. Because of the defendants conduct, the plaintiff suffered great and permanent bodily injury in and about his head, neck, back, body and limbs and was rendered sick, sore, lame and disabled, and suffered conscious pain. The plaintiff was falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime, but the criminal action against him was terminated ...
