Named in 10 known lawsuits, $715,000 total settlements.
Ferguson, Norman W. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 158293/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, August 28, 2019, ended March 2, 2023
$150,000 Settlement
Mccray, Aaron, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 025171/2019,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 3, 2019, ended August 11, 2020
$32,500 Settlement
Brown, Scott vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 151058/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, February 6, 2019, ended May 30, 2019
$10,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 5, 2016, plaintiff was stopped on the street and unlawfully searched without probable cause. Despite the search yielding no contraband, plaintiff was arrested and brought to the precinct. Plaintiff was falsely charged with committing crimes including the sale of narcotics. All charges were ultimately dismissed.
Mcilwain, Tarell vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV03133,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, May 4, 2016, ended January 14, 2020
$260,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff and his brother were stopped on the street and arrested by Defendant officers. Plaintiff was taken to a local precinct, strip-searched, and charged with Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, of which he was later acquitted.
Almanzar, Abraham vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV03090,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, May 5, 2014, ended October 31, 2014
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint,
Order of Discontinuance
Description: On March 4, 2013, Plaintiff was in his car after dropping his child off from school, waiting for a parking spot to open, when an undercover police officer approached. The undercover officer, along with Defendant Detective Hamu Hiller, Arlene Conway, Leonid Pysin and Darrel O’Neill, threw Plaintiff to the ground, cuffed him and illegally searched him and his car. Plaintiff was held in a police van for six hours while unrelated arrests were made, then taken to the 25th Precinct where he was strip searched. After sleeping on the concrete floor of a holding cell, Plaintiff was arraigned the following day on misdemeanor drug possession charges, despite no drugs being found on him or in his car. After making mult...
Griffin, Anthony vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV02773,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, May 7, 2013, ended March 10, 2014
$130,000 Settlement
Complaint,
First Amended Complaint
Description: On December 20, 2011, Anthony Griffin was arrested under allegations of drug sales in Manhattan, leading to a series of legal and procedural missteps by law enforcement. Despite the claim that Griffin sold drugs to Ruth Bennette, evidence and timelines provided in court documents and surveillance footage contradicted these allegations. Griffin underwent a humiliating strip search, including a humiliating and degrading strip and visual body cavity search, in which he was forced against his will to take all his clothes off, squat, spread his buttocks and cough. Griffin was brought before a judged and arraigned on a felony complaint which charged him with Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in Third Degree, an...
Cappola v. City of New York et al
Case # 10CV05165,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$40,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint
Manrique v. The City of New York et al
Case # 11CV03984,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$17,500 Settlement
Complaint
Miyares v. The City of New York et al
Case # 11CV04297,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$25,000 Settlement
First Amended Complaint
Description: On March 25, 2010, at and in the vicinity of 562 Academy Street, Apartment H24, New York, New York 10034 ("the apartment"), the 25th and 34th Precincts, located in New York, New York and Manhattan Central Booking, several police officers operating from the Manhattan North Narcotics Bureau, including upon information and belief, defendants Det. Garcia, and P.O. John and Jane Does # 1-5, at times acting in concert and at times acting independently, committed the following illegal acts against the plaintiff. On March 25, 2010, at approximately 6:00 a.m., at and in the vicinity of 562 Academy Street, Apartment H24, New York, New York, plaintiff was an overnight guest in the apartment when, without consent, an arres...
Jones v. The City of New York et al
Case # 11CV05742,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$35,000 Settlement
Complaint