Named in 5 known lawsuits, $65,000 total settlements.
Bare, Ramon vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 157426/2021,
Supreme Court - New York, September 9, 2021
Complaint
Description: On June 4, 2018, the plaintiff was a lawful passenger in his friend’s vehicle when they arrived at a location, where a man had asked to be dropped off. When the vehicle pulled into the parking lot, the individually named defendant police officers suddenly surrounded the vehicle, broke several of its windows, forcefully and aggressively opened the doors, and physically removed the plaintiff and the other occupants. The defendant police officers assaulted and battered the plaintiff, subjecting him to excessive force by dragging him across the ground, causing bruises and cuts all over his body. Thereafter, the defendants unlawfully searched the plaintiff and the vehicle without probable cause or legal justificatio...
Martinez, Edickson vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 157427/2021,
Supreme Court - New York, September 9, 2021
Complaint
Description: On or about June 4, 2018 at approximately 3:00 p.m., at which time plaintiff was a lawful passenger in a vehicle driven by a friend in the vicinity of
13-39 College Point Blvd, Queens, New York, when officers Kathy Martinez, Bilal Ates, Scott Berger, Robert Smith, Laurance Laverty, Emrah Ates, Soltan Dobrossy, John Denora, John Salmieri, Washington Mosquera and undercover officer UC#C0249 (together the "defendants") suddenly surrounded the vehicle, broke several of the windows of the vehicle, forcefully
and aggressively opened the doors of the vehicle, physically removed plaintiff from the vehicle, assaulted and battered plaintiff and subjected plaintiff to the use of excessive force and dragged plaintiff acro...
May-Shaw, Christopher Peyton vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV03416,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 5, 2019, ended September 3, 2020
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: Around 3:30 pm on August 10, 2016, Mr. May-Shaw was exiting the Holiday Inn with his female companion, Ms. Morris, and walking towards her rental car so he could retrieve his ID card. After getting his ID, they began walking down the street when 3-4 police officers jumped out of a vehicle with tinted windows and told them to stop walking. The officers proceeded to search Mr. May-Shaw and Ms. Morris but discovered nothing. The officers placed both individuals in handcuffs and placed them in separate unmarked cars. The officers then went to search the rental car.
Mr. May-Shaw was brought to the precinct, where officers interrogated him and claimed they found narcotics in the rental car. The officers coerced Mr....
Amica Mutual Ins Co A/s/o Winnick, David vs Police Department, Nyc, et al.
Case # 523122/2017,
Supreme Court - Kings, December 21, 2017, ended June 1, 2018
Zero Disposition
Hogan, Robert Aka May-Shaw, Christopher Peyton vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV05591,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 1, 2017, ended February 26, 2021
$65,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 15, 2016, NYPD officers pulled over the plaintiff, falsely alleging that the vehicle he was in (not his own car, but a Porsche he was transporting from Michigan to its new owner in NY) had a forged license plate and illegally tinted windows. Officers arrested plaintiff immediately, searched him, then impounded and searched the vehicle. The one arresting officer, searching the vehicle alone, claimed to have found handgun under the driver seat in front of where plaintiff was sitting, though she had earlier made inconsistent statements about the gun's location. Plaintiff denies having any connection to or knowledge of the gun. NYPD seized plaintiff's personal property, which included electronics, accessori...
