Named in 8 known lawsuits, $284,501 total settlements.
Simmons, Isaiah vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 812671/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 12, 2024, ended March 19, 2025
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 12, 2023, Plaintiff was standing with other people when he was stopped, handcuffed and arrested by Defendants-Police Officer Stephen Oswald, Lieutenant Christopher Crane, Police Officer Matthew Barlow, Police Officer Ernst Celestin, and unnamed John Doe police officers. Plaintiff asserts that he was wounded and suffered/continues to suffer great physical pain and great bodily injuries. Plaintiff was charged with obstructing governmental administration in the second degree, harassment in the second degree, resisting arrest and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree. On May 14, 2023, these charges against Plaintiff were dismissed.
Delgado, Jeremy vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 807965/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 15, 2024, ended May 14, 2025
$115,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about December 2, 2023, around 9:00 p.m., Jeremy Delgado was walking near East 140th Street and St. Ann's Avenue in the Bronx when he was approached by several police officers, including Sinaka Javorovac, Peter Delohery, and Stephen Oswald. Delgado was doing nothing wrong at the time, but the officers stopped him without any reason, searched him, and then physically grabbed and assaulted him. The officers had no legal justification for their actions, yet they still arrested Delgado, leading to him being falsely charged and held in jail for more than 24 hours. Delgado endured physical and emotional pain because of the incident and had to go to court multiple times before the charges were finally dropped.
Sanders, Ishmael vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 810624/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 12, 2023
Complaint
Description: On July 15, 2022, police officer Oswald (Shield No. 1696), Pichardo (Sheild No. 16188), Robinson (Shield No. 5144), Bowman targeted, chased, pursued, struck with a vehicle, tackled, stopped, held, detained, questioned, assaulted, battered, punched in the face, threatened, placed in fear of imminent physical injury, beat, handcuffed, arrested, imprisoned, transported, and searched plaintiff.
Jackson, Sylvio vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 800771/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 1, 2022
Complaint
Description: On August 27, 2018, the Mr. Sylvio Jackson (Plaintiff) was aggressively approached by Stephen Oswald, Diony Fernandez and John or Jane Doe 1-10 (Defendants) and unlawfully stopped the Plaintiff by grabbing his bodies and limbs despite possessing no legal basis to do so and without possessing any credible evidence regarding the commission of any crime or offense, including Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, or any related charges. The defendants proceeded to physically restrain Plaintiff while violently contorting his arms behind his back before finally affixing metal handcuffs to Plaintiff’s wrists in an excessively tight fashion, which caused Plaintiff to sustain substantial physical pain and injur...
Ramos, Frances vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 022339/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 19, 2020, ended February 14, 2022
$2,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 18, 2019, Plaintiff was walking on the street to go shopping when she was stopped by officers without cause. Plaintiff at no time was engaged in any criminal activities. Plaintiff was handcuffed, arrested, and taken to the precinct. Plaintiff was then charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance. All charges where subsequently dismissed.
Ramos, Frances vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 022345/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 18, 2020, ended February 14, 2022
$9,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 20, 2019, Plaintiff was walking on the street to go shopping when she was stopped by officers without cause. Plaintiff at no time was engaged in any criminal activities. Plaintiff was handcuffed, arrested, and taken to the precinct. Plaintiff was then charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance. All charges where subsequently dismissed.
Salas, Juan C. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 021595/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 12, 2018, ended June 6, 2022
$110,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 18, 2017, Plaintiff Juan Salas was at 513 Concord Avenue, Bronx, in the 2nd floor theater, when Defendant Officers Oswald, Fernandez, and John Does assaulted and battered Plaintiff. Defendant officers falsely arrested Plaintiff, as part of a policy that encourages unlawful stops, unlawful searches, false arrests, and the fabrication of evidence and perjury.
Doyle, Isiah vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV08021,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 9, 2017, ended May 10, 2018
$8,001 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 21, 2017, as plaintiff was leaving a nightclub, defendants arrived at the location and started detaining patrons. From across the street, plaintiff began to film the interactions using his cell phone. Defendant Officer Campbell, along with the other named defendants, approached
plaintiff, told him to stop filming, and tackled him to the ground.
Plaintiff was handcuffed and transported to the 40th precinct, where he was searched. Upon asking defendants for their badge numbers, defendants escorted plaintiff to the bathroom, where they proceeded to punch him in the face and smash his head against the bathroom wall. While plaintiff was released the following day, his cell phone was never returned to hi...
