Sergio A. Martins

Lawsuits

Named in 6 known lawsuits, $115,000 total settlements.

Forsythe, Jamar vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 528379/2025, Supreme Court - Kings, October 23, 2025

Romulus, Eric & Chaban, Ibrahim vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 533986/2025, Supreme Court - Kings, October 23, 2025

Sutherland, Chelsee vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 505802/2025, Supreme Court - Kings, February 19, 2025

Aspormonte, Frank vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 503730/2022, Supreme Court - Kings, February 17, 2022, ended April 29, 2026
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 4, 2021, Frank Aspromonte (Plaintiff) was approached and as falsely arrested by PO Sergio Martins and John Does (Defendants). Plaintiff was handcuffed and was taken to the 63rd Precinct, where he was strip searched and held for several hours until he was transported to central booking. On the next day, plaintiff was held until his release out of a back door without seeing a judge and without being charged with a crime.

Lindsey, Terrance vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV04021, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 19, 2021, ended April 19, 2022
$18,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 18, 2021, P.O. Sergio Martins and John Doe stopped Plaintiff because he was driving a vehicle with a temporary tag. The vehicle was recently purchased and there was nothing illegal or improper about the temporary tag; the traffic stop was illegal and a classic case of racial profiling. P.O. Martins aggressively removed Plaintiff from his vehicle and began manhandling him and demanded that he put his hands behind his back to be handcuffed. When Plaintiff protested and questioned why he was being handcuffed Martins assaulted him with a Taser. After being brutalized by the officers, Plaintiff was brought to a local hospital for treatment and removal of the taser projectile from his body. Defendant officer...

Grant, Khamir, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 509814/2021, Supreme Court - Kings, April 8, 2021, ended March 7, 2023
$77,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 31, 2021, while the plaintiff was lawfully driving a rental car with the proper paperwork to prove it, he was suddenly stopped by NYPD officers. The defendant officers broke the passenger side window where the plaintiff was seated, attempted to pull his arm through the broken glass, discharged a taser into him, pulled him out of the car, handcuffed him, and searched his person. The taser prongs penetrated the plaintiff's jacket and shirt, lodged into his skin, and required the use of a scalpel for removal. Although the plaintiff was arrested for driving a stolen car, this allegation was not true.