Named in 6 known lawsuits, $96,000 total settlements.
Torres, Jesus, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 800583/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 14, 2021, ended December 9, 2021
$77,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: This complaint is for Plaintiffs Jesus Torres, Richard Campbell and Dwayne Smith. All are stop-and-frisk complaints from the same date and general vicinity in the Bronx. The complaint document does not include any details beyond the date and location of the offence and bare allegations of the torts claimed.
On November 7, 2020, the TORRES, CAMPBELL and SMITH were lawfully present on a Bronx street when they were eachsummarily stopped, frisked, grabbed, assaulted, battered, strip searched and detained in an aggressive and excessive manner without probable cause or warrant. The Plaintiffs was incarcerated for over 24 hours and required to make numerous court appearances before charges against him were terminated ...
Hesse, Brandon vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 035849E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 30, 2020
Hesse, Brandon vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 035849/2020,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 30, 2020
Complaint
Description: On 1 1/7/20, at 10:00 p.m. at East 176th Street and Jerome Avenue, County of Bronx, State of New York, Defendants Podlovits, Roe and Doe, illegally searched grabbed, assaulted and detailed Plaintiff Brandon Hesse without probable cause or suspicion. Plaintiff was targeted based on his race. Defendants knew that their action lacked legal justification and said actions were based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations. Defendants used excessive force without any justification. Post arrest plaintiff was transported to the precinct where he was fingerprinted, photographed and subject to a strip without any legal reason or justification. Plaintiff was held on various criminal charges at various police stations, co...
Moore, Noel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 030234/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 14, 2020, ended March 2, 2021
$8,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 15, 2019, at around 12:20 a.m., Plaintiff was walking with his brother after leaving their sister's home on morris Avenue, heading towards a store around 151st Street and Morris Avenue. As they approached the corner of 153rd Street and Morris Avenue (outside the store), Plaintiff noticed an unmarked police car, from which NYPD Officers Austin Hieronymi, Richard Podlovits, and John Doe emerged in plain clothes. The officers ordered Plaintiff and his brother to stop, and baselessly asked if they possessed weapons, which they denied. Plaintiff was then pressed against the glass of the store so officers could search him, which produced no evidence of weapons or any illegal items. When the officers walke...
Padilla, Francisco vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 030923/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 25, 2018, ended October 31, 2019
$10,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 14, 2017 at approximately 6:00 p.m. in the vicinity of East 198th Street and Grand Concourse in the Bronx, Plaintiff Francisco Padilla was unlawfully searched, seized with excessive force, assaulted, and detained without just cause or probable cause. Subsequently, the defendants, the City of New York, the New York City Police Department, NYPD Officer Richard Podlovits, and unnamed NYPD Officer John Doe and John Roe, transported him to a police station and kept him in custody for over 24 hours. The defendants stopped and questioned the plaintiff solely on his race and/or age.
The defendants commenced a criminal action against Padilla without any reasonable or probable cause of criminal activity. While ...
Johnson, Stephanie vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV09561,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 17, 2017, ended January 31, 2020
Order/Judgment (Verdict)
Complaint
Description: On February 5, 2016, Plaintiff Johnson met with her psychiatrist. Her psychiatrist reported that Plaintiff Johnson was a danger to herself, and officer Defendants Pacheo, Gutierrez, and Podlovits responded to Plaintiff's residence. Plaintiff Johnson partially opened the door, told Officers that she didn't wish to leave her home. Officers forced open the door, tackled Plaintiff Johnson to the floor. Plaintiff Johnson was brought to a hospital to receive treatment to the facial lacerations she suffered, and was released after hospital professionals confirmed that Plaintiff was not a suicide risk.