Named in 3 known lawsuits, $412,500 total settlements.
Byas, Aggrie Patrick vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 152683/2015,
Supreme Court - New York, March 26, 2015, ended April 29, 2016
$75,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about July 22, 2011 Plaintiff was driving his vehicle with passengers when he was stopped by POs Said Salim, Abraham Garcia, Ralph Sherlock, Timothy Garcia, Michael Ingram, and William Sommer at gunpoint. POs pulled Plaintiff out of his car, directed him to get on the ground, and arrested him without explanation. Plaintiff and his passengers were transported to the 30th Precinct where PO Salim showed Plaintiff a gun PO Salim said he had found in the car. In fact PO Salim had manufactured the discovery of the gun, and purportedly found it after arriving at the precinct while interrogations were well underway. PO Salim has a documented history of testifying falsely in judicial proceedings and New York City ...
Tonge, Charles vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV03934,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 14, 2014, ended June 26, 2015
$112,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 22, 2011, Charles Tonge was riding in a vehicle that was allegedly illegally stopped in Manhattan. Plaintiff Tonge was then arrested, and was allegedly kept at Riker's Island until April of 2013 when he alleges to have been released on his own recognizance. Plaintiff alleges that Detective Said Salim made false statemnets to prosecutors. Plaintiff makes two claims under federal law in his complaint, alleging facts of false arrest, malicious prosecution, and failure to intervene.
Whittaker, Brian, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV05388,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 6, 2014, ended July 29, 2015
$225,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 22, 2011, Plaintiffs, as passengers in a motor vehicle being driven by its owner, were stopped without any valid legal reason by defendant officers Salim, Garcia, Sherlock, Garcia, Ingram, and Sommer. Plaintiffs, the driver, and another passenger were handcuffed, arrested and transported to the 30th precinct stationhouse. At the precinct, they were strip searched and imprisoned. Defendant officer Salim conveyed false evidence to prosecutors, alleging that he had recovered a loaded firearm in the trunk of the vehicle, which was used in legal proceedings against the Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs were ultimately compelled to return to court over twenty times until the charges filed against them were dismissed.