Named in 7 known lawsuits, $1,484,001 total settlements.
Hairston, Richard vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 812116/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 1, 2024
Complaint
Description: On June 27, 2023 Plaintiff was near his vehicle which was lawfully parked on the street. PO Michael Vasquez, PO Pierre Senat, and PO Francesco Monastra were in an unmarked police vehicle pursuing an individual in an ATV when their negligence caused the ATV to collide with Plaintiff's vehicle. Plaintiff lawfully filmed the scene and did not interfere with police activity. Regardless, POs attempted to stop Plaintiff from filming. When Plaintiff refused unlawful orders to leave PO Vazquez ordered Plaintiff to put his hands behind his back for "standing in the street" and suddenly violently propelled Plaintiff's head, neck, and upper body into the street in a "suplex" move. PO Vasquez then sat on Plaintiff while be...
Carter, Donell vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 816210/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 19, 2023
Complaint
Description: On July 19, 2022, at approximately 10:30 p.m. plaintiff was lawfully present in the vicinity of the intersection of Hunts Point Avenue and Oak Point Avenue in the Bronx, New York, driving from a memorial for a deceased friend. Defendants violently pulled plaintiff from his vehicle, threw him to the ground face first, causing plaintiff to bleed and sustain injuries including injuries to his neck, back and shoulders, as well as a broken toe. PO Louis Guglielmo, Sandor Burgos and others had no probable cause or reasonable suspicion that the plaintiff was engaged in an illegal activity. Despite the absence of any evidence of wrongdoing by the plaintiff, the defendants applied excessively tight handcuffs, formally a...
Sakamoto, Rafael vs Guglielmo, Louis, et al.
Case # 151069/2020,
Supreme Court - New York, February 5, 2020
Complaint
Description: On December 6, 2018, Louis Guglielmo, a member of the New York City Police Department, struck the plaintiff with his vehicle while in an impaired state and unfit to operate a motor vehicle. Before the accident, Guglielmo had attended a holiday party hosted by the City of New York, where he was served and consumed excessive amounts of alcohol. The City of New York had both actual and constructive notice of Guglielmo's impaired state but still allowed him to operate his vehicle.
Delacruz, Nemencio vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 154151/2015,
Supreme Court - New York, May 11, 2015, ended December 2, 2015
$16,000 Settlement
Santana, Ramona vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 303324/2013,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 24, 2013, ended April 16, 2020
$1,150,000 Settlement
Bowen, Isaac vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 022089/2012,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 25, 2012, ended January 11, 2017
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint and Exhibits,
Settlement
Fuller, Donald vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 12CV05460,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, July 16, 2012, ended May 14, 2013
$268,001 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Judgment