Named in 6 known lawsuits, $2,000,000 total settlements.
Capers, Shamel vs The City of Ny, et al.
Case # 24CV01219,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, February 21, 2024
Complaint
Description: On July 30, 2014, the Plaintiff was falsely arrested and thereafter convicted for a murder he did not commit. After spending 8 years in prison, he was exonerated by the Queen County DA's office. The defendants fabricated the claim, coerced a witness, and concealed Brady information.
Churaman, Prakash vs City of Ny
Case # 725555/2022,
Supreme Court - Queens, December 8, 2022
Complaint
Description: On December 9, 2014, plaintiff Prakash Churman was fourteen years old. He was present in the basement of his home, when defendant officers came into his home without a warrant. Police officers arrested him and subjected him to unlawful pat-down. Plaintiff was tightly restrained with metal handcuffs. Nevertheless, he has not committed any crime or any unlawful act. While plaintiff was in the precinct, police officers provided the district attorney with the false information that plaintiff was engaged in burglary and murder in the 2nd degree. While in custody, plaintiff received a permanent scar on his face after he was slashed by another inmate. Finally, his conviction was overturned due to process violations, ...
Campbell, Sharon vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 707330/2021,
Supreme Court - Queens, April 6, 2021
Complaint
Description: On or about May 27, 2020, plaintiff Sharon Campbell was in front of a street in the County of Queens when defendant NYPD officers, John Doe 1-10, improperly detained plaintiff and falsely accused her of a crime, despite their lack of a warrant or any reasonable or probable cause that the plaintiff was guilty of any crime. The plaintiff was then violently seized and compelled to go with defendant detective Gallagher, where she was detained and imprisoned at a NYPD precinct. Because of the false arrest, imprisonment and process of being prosecuted for various crimes that the plaintiff did not commit, the plaintiff was subject to great indignities, humiliation and ridicule, her credit was injured which hindered he...
Douglas, Julian and Green, Sahel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 709207/2019,
Supreme Court - Queens, May 31, 2019, ended April 20, 2021
$2,000,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 31, 2015, two people acting in concert killed a woman at her Jamaica, Queens home. On April 24, 2015, Plaintiff Douglas was charged with the woman's murder, and later, on October 6, 2015, Plaintiff Green was similarly charged with the woman's murder. The plaintiffs spent a combined 5.5 years incarcerated on Rikers Island. Meanwhile, the NYPD possessed exculpatory evidence for years. The plaintiffs were released on March 9, 2018. The exculpatory evidence showed that the plaintiffs were not at the victim's home when the murder occurred.
Moreover, the key evidence against the plaintiffs was the result of NYPD coercion. In particular, Detective Donnell Myers, Detective Stephen Lalchan, and Sergean...
Brown, Elijah vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 710688/2018,
Supreme Court - Queens, September 28, 2018, ended April 14, 2022
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On September 29, 2016 at 111-51 156th St, Queens, NY, it is alleged a person known to the NYPD and Queens DA was shot in the leg in front of the said location by an individual who exited a vehicle wearing an American flag bandana across his face. A person known to the NYPD and Queens DA informed Det Gallagher, NYPD and Queens DA that Plaintiff admitted to this third person Plaintiff and an apprehended other person shot the complainant. On December 5, 2016, plaintiff was arrested by the NYPD for Attempted Murder. Plaintiff was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court and charged with Attempted Murder charges. Bail was set in the amount of $150,000.00 Bond or $100,000 00 cash. Plaintiff could not post the excessive bon...
Edo, Enekan vs Detective Maritni, et al.
Case # 15CV00202,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, June 17, 2015, ended March 1, 2017
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On July 5, 2012 plaintiff Enekan Edo was in his residence when defendants, NYPD detectives Martini and Gallagher, entered and searched his property without a warrant. After dragging Edo out of his house, Martini and Gallagher punched the handcuffed Edo in his face and upper body. Furthermore, defendants searched and seized Edo’s car without a warrant. Edo was later taken to the 113th Precinct.
The detectives then transferred custody of Edo’s car to ADA Jacqueline Rizk of the Queens Criminal Court. Rizk later testified in court that the car was subsequently destroyed during Hurricane Sandy. On April 15, 2015 the indictment arising out of this incident was dismissed and all related charges against Edo were ...
