Named in 3 known lawsuits, $271,250 total settlements.
Bellony, Bernard vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV05127,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, September 20, 2018, ended June 18, 2019
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On June 13, 2016, a shooting took place at a playground in Brooklyn. Plaintiff had nothing to do with this. Nonetheless, defendant police officers manufactured evidence and altered witness testimony causing plaintiff to be falsely arrested and incarcerated for one year, two months and 23 days. Additionally, plaintiff was libeled and defamed in newspapers citywide. All charges against plaintiff were dismissed on January 8, 2018.
Lee et al v. The City of New York et al
Case # 11CV04839,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$56,250 Settlement
Stipulation
Description: On one occasion, approximately seven police officers, including Smith, Daughtry, Mehmood, and Guthrie jumped from their respective police cars, approached, handcuffed, and arrested Plaintiff #1 while he was lawfully driving. On a second incident, approximately seven police officers, including Hardman, DeGennaro, Cundari, and Kalil, arrested Plaintiff #2 at his place of work. Plaintiffs were arrested as suspects in a car robbery. Both plaintiffs were arrested and indicted for Robbery in the First Degree (P.L.160.15), Robbery in the Second Degree (P.L. Section 160.10), Robbery in theThird Degree (P.L. Section 160.05), Burglary in the First Degree (P.L. 140.30),Burglary in the Second Degree (P.L. Section 140.25), ...
Ainsley v. City of New York
Case # 04CV07744,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$215,000 Settlement
First Amended Complaint,
Stipulation
Description: On May 17, 2004, plaintiff was detained in the 67th Precinct at 2820 Snyder Ave., Brooklyn, NY. At approximately 1:15 p.m., one of the individual defendants, an NYPD detective or police officer, acting in concert with his fellow NYPD employees, assaulted and battered plaintiff, causing injuries. Plaintiff did not act in any way to justify the police officers' actions. The individual defendants then refused Plaintiff's request for medical treatment. At all times during the events described above, the individual defendants were engaged in a joint venture. They assisted each other in performing the various actions described and lent their physical presence and support and the authority of their office to each othe...