Named in 5 known lawsuits, $57,500 total settlements.
Faux, Jahmal vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 158550/2022,
Supreme Court - New York, October 13, 2022
Complaint
Description: On October 8, 2019, the Plaintiff was falsely arrested and charged
with a crime he did not commit and brought to the 32nd Precinct. At the Precinct, he was interrogated by Detectives, including Defendant Detective Tiffany Jeffries, about an evidence tampering incident that happened about a month earlier. Although there was no evidence, Defendant charged him with felony tampering with physical evidence. He was then incarcerated until June 12, 2020. Plaintiff was incarcerated for a total of 248 days, or a little more than eight months.
The charge against Mr. Faux was dismissed and terminated in his favor. It can be noted that Defendant Jeffries has been a named Defendant in mutiple lawsuits in State
Gordon, Craig vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 153810/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, April 25, 2018, ended June 15, 2020
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 14, 2017, Plaintiff was inside a deli located at 585 Lenox Avenue in New York when plainclothes police officers approached him without showing badges and forcibly dragged Plaintiff outside. Plaintiff was searched and handcuffed, and Plaintiff's cell phone was confiscated, all without probable cause or explanation. Plaintiff was transported to the 32nd precinct, held in a cell for an unreasonable amount of time, and eventually transferred to Central Booking where Plaintiff was fingerprinted. Despite no valid charges, Plaintiff was forced to appear in court multiple times until all charges were dismissed on September 27, 2017.
Bristole, Lewis vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 152894/2013,
Supreme Court - New York, January 24, 2013, ended June 27, 2014
$17,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On Jan 24, 2012, Lewis Bristole (plaintiff) was lawfully travelling as a passenger in a vehicle when Police Officer Tiffany Jeffries and other unidentified police officers (defendants) were instructed the car to pull over and all occupants to exit, prior to being unlawfully searched, handcuffed, arrested and detained without probably cause.
Defendants misrepresented and falsified evidence to maliciously prosecute the plaintiff, despite lack of probable cause. Proceedings were ultimately terminated.
There was racial profiling to make arrest quotas present.
The City of NY and NYPD are responsible for the negligent hiring, training and supervision of defendants.
Simpson, Rallyford vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 152504/2012,
Supreme Court - New York, May 10, 2012, ended May 21, 2015
$25,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint
Alvarez v. City of New York et al.
Case # 11CV05464,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
First Amended Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was attending a block party when Plaintiff became engaged in an altercation. His opponent pulled out a firearm and shot him. Defendant Officers Brightman, Cozart, Kerrigan, and Tedeschi pointed their guns at plaintiff and fired 46 rounds into him and others present at the party. Plaintiff had sustained 27 bullet wounds. Defendant officer Terpos then handcuffed plaintiff and transported him to Harlem Hospital. In a second incident, on August 9, 2010, Police searched the residence of the plaintiff's family. Officers Hull and Gibbons alongside others seized $87,000 from the residence. After hospitalization, plaintiff was charged with attempted murder of a police officer. Plaintiff was sent to the 33rd pr...