Named in 5 known lawsuits, $807,500 total settlements.
Bispham, Royale vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 503411/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 2, 2024
Complaint
Description: On February 18, 2023, Plaintiff Royale Bispham was stopped, searched, and arrested without probable cause by Detective Nozdrovicky and other unnamed officers in Brooklyn, following false accusations of assault, burglary, and robbery by a non-party individual. The officers allegedly ignored exculpatory evidence and falsely accused Bispham of the crimes, arresting him and subjecting him to excessive force, including tight handcuffs. Despite no evidence of wrongdoing, Bispham was detained for nine days, during which he was interrogated without legal counsel and held in unsanitary conditions at Rikers Island. The charges were dismissed and sealed in September 2023, as they were based on fabricated information. Bisp...
Weeks, Antoine vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 714964/2021,
Supreme Court - Queens, September 3, 2021, ended April 17, 2023
$750,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 26, 2016, plaintiff went to the NYDP's 113th Precinct to recover the belongings of an arrested friend who was there. Plaintiff parked lawfully in a public, visitor's parking spot. When plaintiff entered to precinct to pick up his friend's property, police officer Kyle Young began interacting with plaintiff and asked for his ID, which plaintiff provided. Police officer Mark Lewis then searched plaintiff's name in a police database and discovered an open bench warrant that he believed was associated with plaintiff. The open bench warrant was for an unsigned "declaration of delinquency" arising from a 3 year old misdemeanor matter that was on for compliance, which would have been dismissed immediately...
Hines, Stanley vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 032079/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 6, 2019
Hines, Stanley vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 703100/2020,
Supreme Court - Queens, November 6, 2019, ended April 12, 2023
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 27, 2016, Stanley Hines was unlawfully detained by NYPD officers, including Alicia Commisso and Patrick Nozdrovicky, at 167-02 Baisley Boulevard in Queens. The officers were executing a search warrant at a different location but wrongfully accused Hines of possessing illegal firearms. Officer Commisso allegedly fabricated evidence, claiming she had seen Hines leaving the site of the warrant and that he admitted to living there. As a result, Hines was held in custody for nearly two weeks at the Veronica C. Bain Correctional Center before all charges against him were dismissed on January 15, 2019. His lawsuit asserts multiple civil rights violations, including unlawful search and seizure, false arrest,...
Negron, Nichole vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 002909/2015,
Supreme Court - Queens, March 19, 2015, ended May 18, 2017
$32,500 Settlement