Named in 14 known lawsuits, $352,501 total settlements.
Brown, Christopher vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 25CV06603,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, February 3, 2026
Burgess, Laquasia, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 512920/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 9, 2023
Complaint
Description: On or about February 19, 2022, when plaintiffs were siding inside their family’s car police officers pulled into the parking lot within a few minutes of the plaintiffs’ arrival and immediately approached the plaintiffs asking for identification. When plaintiffs asked for the reason why officers were asking for identification, police officers proceeded to forcibly remove the plaintiffs from the vehicle. The officers tightly handcuffed the plaintiffs and searched the car. Nothing illegal as found. The officers found an unopened Bombay Gin in the backseat that belongs to a backseat seated member. Nonetheless, the officers transported the plaintiffs to the precinct and seized the vehicle. Police accused the plainti...
Marrast, Sherrard vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 23CV01443,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, April 18, 2023, ended August 8, 2023
$77,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 26, 2020, Defendants (collectively, the "Police Defendants") unlawfully assaulted and seriously injured the plaintiff and arrested the plaintiff, all without any justification or due cause.
On February 26, 2020, at approximately 10pm Plaintiff was present, with a friend, in the area of Prospect Place and Troy Ave in Brooklyn, New York, when they were approached by defendant officers Trimarshi and Hirsh. After defendants performed a search of plaintiff and his friend, plaintiff objected to how defendant Hirsh had been aggressively manhandling his friend. At that point, Defendant Trimarshi knocked Plaintiff to the ground and punched Plaintiff in the face a number of times, resulting in a bilateral na...
Stewart, Kamar vs Weekes, Ronaldo, et al.
Case # 516577/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 17, 2022, ended December 20, 2024
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 17, 2019, at approximately 12:30 A.M., Plaintiff Kamar Stewart was walking in the vicinity of Livonia Avenue and Warwick Street in Kings County, when Defendants NYPD Officers Ronaldo Weekes, Bryan Scheblein, Forrest Hirsch, and other unidentified NYPD Officers grabbed Plaintiff, assaulted him, and placed him under false arrest. Defendants did not have probable cause or reasonable suspicion to detain or arrest Plaintiff. Plaintiff was transported to the precinct where he was subjected to embarrassing and intrusive search of his body. Defendant Officers falsely stated to the Kings County District Attorney's Office that Plaintiff had committed a crime.
Plaintiff brings claims of: excessive force, unlawfu...
Cochran, Stefan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 507544/2020,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 28, 2020, ended January 31, 2023
$45,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 26, 2020, Plaintiff was walking a few feet ahead of his friend while on the phone with his brother through his AirPods. Officers pulled up next to Plaintiff in a car and asked if Plaintiff had a gun because there had been a robbery in a nearby park. Plaintiff responded he did not but officers grabbed Plaintiff and started to illegally search him. Plaintiff pulled away and asked if he met the description of the robber. The officers got visibly angry and grabbed Plaintiff again. Plaintiff attempted to walk away again but officers tackled him to the ground, punched him in the stomach, kneed him in the neck, and twisted his legs. Officers kept their knee on Plaintiff's neck while they handcuffed him, m...
Fulcher, Shawn vs P. O. Rodriguez, Eduardo, et al.
Case # 513297/2019,
Supreme Court - Kings, July 25, 2019
Complaint
Description: On February 18, 2017, at around 6:15a.m., plaintiff was sleeping inside of his apartment when defendant officers unlawfully forced their way into plaintiff’s apartment, as well as 6 other apartment units. They did not have valid search warrant or any legal justification to enter plaintiff’s apartment—they searched the apartment complex based on information provided by a Confidential Informant.
Defendant officers intentionally obtained an overly broad search warrant to search the entire apartment building at 482 Monroe St. and did not inform the judge that the search warrant was not for a private one family home. Defendant officer’s woke plaintiff out his sleep by pointing their guns at plaintiff’s head and shi...
Fulcher, Shawn Jr. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 506406/2019,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 17, 2019
Complaint
Description: On or about August 28, 2016 Shawn Fulcher Jr ("Plaintiff") was lawfully
sleeping in his apartment when Police Officer Romando Julien, sergeant Forrest Hirsch, Police Officers John Does 1-10 ("Defendants") unlawfully, and forcefully, entered without a validly obtained search warrant or any other legal justification.
The Defendants shouted obscenities and pointed their guns at the Plaintiff’s head when they entered his apartment but did not recover
any illegal drugs, weapons, or contraband from during their unlawful search. Defendants stole $13,000 from the safe located in plaintiff’s apartment. The
defendants only vouchered $4,820 of the $13,000 they removed from the safe and to date none of the money has been ...
Baines, Ramsey vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV01472,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 23, 2015, ended February 3, 2016
$12,501 Settlement
Complaint,
Second Amended Complaint
Description: Plaintiff stopped to say hello to a friend when two undercover police officers jumped out of their car, grabbed the friend, and put him in handcuffs. Plaintiff tried to record with his phone and once he was walking away was grabbed by an officer, assaulted, and arrested. Plaintiff was strip searched and called a monkey. False charges were levied against him which were ACD'd
Davis, Kent vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV01699,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 20, 2014, ended June 24, 2014
$17,500 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Complaint,
Stipulation
Description: On September 23, 2013, Kent Davis was unlawfully detained, searched, arrested, and prosecuted on the false charge of attempted tampering with physical evidence. Mr. Davis regularly played chess in Fulton Park and had recently completed a game of chess when the defendants entered the park. After one of the officers falsely claimed Mr. Davis had marijuana, he was detained, questioned, searched and arrested, on the false claim that he had destroyed marijuana. At the 81st Precinct Stationhouse, defendant Hirsch, prepared or allowed to be prepared false police reports accusing Mr. Davis of attempted tampering with evidence. While at the Stationhouse, one or more of the defendants caused Mr. Davis to be strip-searche...
Braxton, Keith vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV05516,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 1, 2013, ended August 27, 2014
$20,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Complaint
Description: On July 6, 2012, Plaintiff was lawfully inside a commercial business building when several NYPD Officers including Officers Terrell Anderson, Forrest Hirsch, Jason Filoramo, Frank Muzikar, Peter McCarthy, Joseph Fichter, and Michael Espinosa entered the building and searched its locked basement and found contraband. Plaintiff was not the owner of the business and did not possess a key to the basement, but was nonetheless arrested by Officer Anderson. Officer Hirsch prepared paperwork in support of false charges against Plaintiff and conveyed such information to the District Attorney's Office. Plaintiff was eventually released after approximately 17 hours in custody and was not charged with any crimes.
Mcvorran, Michelle, et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 12CV04151,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 27, 2012, ended April 2, 2013
$15,000 Settlement
Anderson V. City of New York et al
Case # 13CV02546,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$90,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint
Villafana et al v. City of New York et al
Case # 13CV03591,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$50,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint
Littles v. The City of New York et al
Case # 14CV05002,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
Amended Complaint,
Amended Complaint,
Complaint
