Named in 4 known lawsuits, $263,325 total settlements.
Rosario, Esmelkin, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 817693/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 28, 2023, ended February 18, 2026
$115,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 16, 2022, Defendants Ricco and the other unnamed Police Defendants unlawfully arrested Plaintiff Gonzales while he was operating Plaintiff Gonzales's mobile convenience store. Plaintiff Perez was arrested near his home, and despite being 16 weeks pregnant Plaintiff Rosario was arrested while attempting to help her husband, Plaintiff Perez after he was arrested. Plaintiff Gonzales attempted to inform the Defendants of the pregnancy, but was then violently thrown into the air and tazed. All three Plaintiffs were subject to tight handcuffs during the arrest. Plaintiff Gonzales had to have the Tazer barbs surgically removed, and Plaintiff Rosario had to be transported to a hospital for medical treatment...
Guzman, Christopher, et Al vs City of Ny
Case # 805151/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 31, 2023, ended July 26, 2024
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 14, 2022, police officer Hilmee Kassim, Daniel Castro and other police officers, stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained the plaintiff without arrest warrant.
Wilson, Sequan vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 815834/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 26, 2022, ended April 5, 2023
$90,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 25, 2020, at about 9:45 p.m., Plaintiff Sequin Wilson was lawfully in the vicinity of East 184th Street and Walton Avenue, Bronx, NY and doing nothing illegal, improper or acting suspicious in anyway. Defendant Police Officer Ashley McCormack, Defendant Police Sergeant Elvin Pichardo, Defendant Police Officer Daniel Castro and several unnamed defendant officers of the NYPD, absent an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification, approached the Plaintiff for no reason, and based on fraud, perjury and perjury, stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him and excessive manner. Plaintiff was subjected to a strip search while in the custody of defendants wit...
Wright, Matthew vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV01397,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 29, 2016, ended December 5, 2017
$38,325 Settlement
Complaint,
First Amended Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers approached and stopped Plaintiff on the street, alleged that he threw "dope", and tightly handcuffed and searched him. More officers arrived and one tackled Plaintiff. Plaintiff was brought to the 46th Precinct, strip-searched, and charged with 220.16; 220.03; and 205.30. Charges were eventually dismissed
