Named in 6 known lawsuits, $135,000 total settlements.
Cooke, Donald vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV01371,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 23, 2021, ended December 14, 2021
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On July 26, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., inside 1035 Longwood Avenue, The Bronx, Mr. Donald Cooke was approached by Officers Sganga, McGrisken, Korabel, and Reardon. The officers physically restrained Mr. Cooke, grabbing his body and shoulders while violently handcuffing him behind his back. The handcuffs were excessively tight. The officers arrested and processed Mr. Cooke, including various searches and seizures of his person and property, such as fingerprinting, despite a lack of probable cause or reasonable suspicion. The Bronx County District Attorney's Office correctly concluded there was no probable cause or reasonable suspicion to support Mr. Cooke's search, seizure, arrest, detention, or any related criminal p...
Hernandez, Ramon vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV02397,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 17, 2021, ended June 7, 2022
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On February 5, 2015, at approximately 3:15 AM, Plaintiff Ramon Hernandez was walking near Burnside and Andrews Avenues in the Bronx when Officers McGrisken, Oktrova, S. Lopez, Barnett, Gonzalez, Delio, Collins, To, M. Lopez, and C. Lopez ordered Plaintiff to stop moving as they approached him. Defendant Officers McGrisken, Oktrova, S. Lopez, Barnett, Gonzalez, Delio, Collins, To, M. Lopez, and C. Lopez then placed Plaintiff under arrest, without explanation, by violently grabbing and contorting plaintiff's arms behind his back to apply metal handcuffs with excessive force. Officers McGrisken, Oktrova, S. Lopez, Barnett, Gonzalez, Delio, Collins, To, M. Lopez, and C. Lopez took Plaintiff to the NYPD 46th Preci...
Bennett, Robert, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 025174/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 4, 2020, ended December 27, 2023
$135,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 7, 2019, plaintiffs were in a vehicle in the vicinity of River Avenue and East 161st Street, Bronx, when defendant police officers, without any probable cause or suspicion, stopped and questioned plaintiffs. Defendants then proceeded to remove plaintiffs from their vehicle and restrained them with tight handcuffs, causing severe pain to their wrists. Plaintiffs were not engaging in any illegal or criminal activities. Plaintiffs were arrested and transported to the police station where they were searched and detained. After arresting plaintiffs, defendants falsely informed prosecutors that plaintiffs were making an illegal right turn and that they observed marihuana and firearm in the vehicle. Charges aga...
Hernandez, Ramon vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 020756/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 7, 2018, ended March 12, 2020
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On or about February 5, 2015, in the Bronx, Defendants NYPD Officers unlawfully touched, grabbed, handcuffed and seized Plaintiff Ramon Hernandez in an excessive manner, causing him physical pain and mental suffering. The Plaintiff was thereafter held in custody over the course of twenty (20) months until he was released. The Defendants failed to take reasonable steps to stop the prosecution of the Plaintiff and instead maliciously and deliberately provided false and/or incomplete information to the District Attorney's office to induce prosecution of the Plaintiff.
Rogers, Simone vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 300318/2017,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 28, 2017
Nwadike, Remigus vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 305260/2015,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 23, 2015
Complaint
Description: On or about August 2, 2015, Plaintiff was lawfully at an intersection when POs Christophe McGrisken and John Does assaulted, battered, traumatized, pushed, shoved, tackled, and falsely arrested Plaintiff without legal justification. Thereafter Plaintiff was wrongfully imprisoned and subject to a malicious prosecution. Plaintiff sustained permanent personal, emotional, and psychological injuries, pecuniary damages for medical treatment, emotional agony, and mental anguish as a result of this incident.