Named in 5 known lawsuits, $78,000 total settlements.
Cogdellenenmo, Sharde vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 801707/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 28, 2025
Fizzignolia, James vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 23CV06283,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 1, 2023, ended February 19, 2025
$22,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 15, 2022, PO CASSELLS falsely accused Plaintiff based on the landlord’s false accusation that Plaintiff cut the landlord’s tire. In fact, Plaintiff was more than 50 miles away in Danbury, Connecticut, at the accused time. PO CASSELLS falsely arrested and held him in a cell for five hours. The Plaintiff was further unlawfully denied food, medical attention, and access to counsel. As a result, the dismissal is anticipated due to the lack of evidence.
Briscoe, Susan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 034384/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 1, 2020, ended August 15, 2023
$17,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 2, 2019, police officer Dean Cassells and John or Jane Doe 1-10
unlawfully stopped, searched, arrested and detained Susan Briscoe near a precinct of Bronx who was there legally. Briscoe was improperly targeted based on her race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or other improper characteristics. Briscoe specifically agreed with the police to meet there to discuss a prior matter - a motor vehicle accident. Briscoe, once there, was improperly subject to questioning and searches by the officers even though the evidence were not fully analyzed by the officers. Briscoe was subject to tight handcuff which gave her severe physical pain. The officers then fabricated evidence to prosecute Briscoe to get ov...
Custodio, Reilly vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 031029/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 29, 2020, ended February 9, 2024
$35,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 9, 2019, Plaintiff Reilly Custodio was lawfully at his place of employment, Gamestop, when Defendant Officer Griesinger presented Plaintiff with a used gaming console and asked to exchange it for cash or store credit. Plaintiff accepted the console and several NYPD officer's then swarmed Plaintiffs Gamestop and falsely accused him of accepting and possessing stolen goods.
Plaintiff was then arrested by the Defendant Officers Cassells and Griesinger
without probable cause and detained at the 45th Precinct, for approximately 24 hours.
The Plaintiff suffered extraordinary emotional pain and suffering, loss of liberty, injuries to his person, invasion of privacy, psychological pain,
emotional distress,...
Richards, Sanjay vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV00408,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 11, 2014, ended December 12, 2014
$3,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 27, 2012, Plaintiff noticed NYPD Police Officer Dean Cassells arresting an unknown person on the hood of Plaintiff's vehicle. He inquired if he could move his vehicle. For no reason, another NYPD Police Officer charged at him, and slammed him into a police vehicle. He was then taken to the precinct and falsely charged with disorderly conduct.
