Named in 21 known lawsuits, $577,501 total settlements.
Strachan, Oma vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 808083/2026E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 29, 2026
Maisonet, Francisco vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 805734/2026E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 27, 2026
Franks, Leonard vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 805487/2026E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 24, 2026
Tracey, Desmond vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 031232/2017,
Supreme Court - Bronx
Administrative Closing
Vasquez, Marco vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 816402/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 7, 2025
Dash, Devron vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 805946/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 14, 2025, ended September 12, 2025
$45,000 Settlement
Vasquez, Jay vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 820220/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 11, 2024, ended March 9, 2026
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 15, 2024, Plaintiff was lawfully on the street doing nothing illegal or improper, when Defendant NYPD officers Mede, Adams, and Hijazi, as well as several other unknown Defendant NYPD officers, stopped Plaintiff for no reason. The Defendants accused Plaintiff of having committed a crime. The Defendants searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained Plaintiff in any excessive manner without any legal justification. Plaintiff was arrested and subjected to a strip search while in police custody and without any legal reason or justification. Several charges were brought against Plaintiff, all of which were terminated favorably.
Rogers, Krishaun vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 813211/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 21, 2024, ended December 19, 2024
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 12, 2023, on a street in the Bronx, NYPD Defendants, including but not limited to Officers MARKVUKAJ, GIBSON,CINTRON, MEDE, DOE and ROE, absent an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification, approached Plaintiff KRISHAUN ROGERS for no reason, and based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations, and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff KRISHAUN ROGERS was arraigned after his arrest and thereafter falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime and was required to make numerous court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges against him were terminated ...
Grandy, Shabazz vs City of Ny
Case # 804550/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 19, 2024, ended May 28, 2025
$55,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about July 12, 2023, Plaintiff was grabbed, handcuffed, seized, and arrested in an excessive manner and with excessive force by Detective Claude Mede, Detective Kyle Floor, Detective Konti Markvukaj, Police Officer John Doe. and Police Officer John Roe. All these acts took place absent an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification. Plaintiff remained incarcerated for over 24 hours. The criminal action against Plaintiff was terminated favorably.
Colon, Juan vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 818397/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 8, 2022, ended December 19, 2023
$82,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 21st, 2022, Detectives Luis Angeles, Claude Mede, and POs John Doe and John Roe stopped, searched, assaulted, battered and detained Plaintiff in an aggressive and excessive manner, due to racial profiling. After his arrest, Plaintiff was falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime. As a result of the incident, Plaintiff sustianed severe and permanent bodily injuries.
Colon, Juan vs City of Ny
Case # 816542/2022,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 8, 2022, ended April 12, 2023
Administrative Closing
Cherry, Charles vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 034074/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 20, 2020, ended July 28, 2022
$90,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 19, 2019 at approximately 12:30 p.m. Plaintiff was lawfully in the area of 49 West 225th Street when Dets. Jason Vasquez, Claude Mede, Robert Jaquez ad POs John Doe and John Roe approached without legal justification ad summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained Plaintiff in a excessive manner. These actions were based on fraud, perjury, and misrepresentations. While in PO custody Plaintiff was subject to a strip search, arraigned, the maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime. The malicious prosecution compelled Plaintiff to make multiple court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges against him were terminated favorably on August 16, 2021.
Gadsden, Sean vs P.O. Lizardo, Jose, et al.
Case # 034166/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 4, 2019
Complaint
Description: The plaintiffs were inside a house when the certain police officers including POs Jose Lizardo, Peter Schulz, Tashida Wilson, Sean Destefano, Joseph Burckhard, Terence Blumenberg, Claude Mede and Detectives James Simpson, William Miller and Javier Aponte, entered the house unlawfully despite the fact that the plaintiffs informed the POs that it was not their apartment. The defendants then illegally strip-searched the plaintiff and both plaintiffs were then unlawfully handcuffed, arrested and transported against their will to the 47th Precinct where they were searched, photographed, fingerprinted and detained in a filthy holding cell for many hours. The plaintiffs were then taken to Bronx Central Booking. All ch...
Aybar, Anthony vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 021479/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 7, 2019, ended May 15, 2020
$27,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 25, 2018, police officers Claude Mede, Jodi M. Brown, John Doe, and John Roe falsely arrested Anthony Aybar based on his race. Aybar was properly near 985 Simpson St. of Bronx when the officers, without a warrant or a justifiable cause, approached, stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained Aybar in an excessive manner, including beating him on his head. The officers then falsely and maliciously prosecuted Aybar, but after being detaned for over 24 hours, all charges against him terminated favorably for Aybar. As a result, Aybar was subject to conscious pain and injury, scorn, ridicule, embarrassment, reputational harm, loss of enjoyment of life, and fear for his safety.
Garcia, Alfonso vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 021481/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 7, 2019, ended April 2, 2020
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about May 10, 2017, Alfonso Garcia was lawfully present near 1872 Monroe Avenue in the Bronx when he was approached by several NYPD officers, including Officer Claude Mede and Detective Jodi M. Brown. Without probable cause, legal justification, or an arrest warrant, the officers allegedly stopped, searched, and detained Garcia in a forceful and aggressive manner. The lawsuit claims that Garcia was subjected to an illegal strip search and was falsely arrested and charged with a crime. He remained incarcerated for over 24 hours and was required to attend numerous court appearances until all charges were dismissed on September 26, 2018.
Garcia asserts that the officers involved in his arrest knew or should...
Caldwell, Katherine vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 307877/2016,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 26, 2016, ended April 29, 2019
$75,000 Settlement
Fowler, Princeton vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 304900/2015,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 8, 2015, ended June 24, 2016
$27,500 Settlement
Beard, Pablo vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 300622/2015,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 9, 2015
Mallette, Gary vs City of New York
Case # 025449/2015E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 20, 2015, ended June 22, 2017
$12,500 Settlement
Complaint
Smith, Jaquan By Fng Smith, Fred vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 350167/2014,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 22, 2014, ended June 30, 2015
$37,500 Settlement
Robles, Danny, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV02167,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, April 1, 2014, ended December 8, 2014
$25,001 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Complaint
Description: On November 13, 2013, Plaintiffs called a cab service and were driving through the Bronx. Two Defendant Officers in street clothes approached the vehicle, presented weapons, and tapped on the windows telling the driver to pull over. The driver, against the will of Plaintiff passengers drove away. The cab was then blocked by an NYPD vehicle. The Defendant Officers then forcefully pulled all of the occupants out of the vehicle and place them in handcuffs before being searched. The search yielded one of the Plaintiffs prescription pain medication. That same Plaintiff needed a cane to walk, but said cane was taken from him and Defendant Officers refused to return it upon request. Plaintiff was then shoved to the gr...