Named in 10 known lawsuits, $346,750 total settlements.
Valentine, Rayne vs Police Department, Nyc.
Case # 21CV04867,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, September 9, 2021
Complaint
Washington, James vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 21CV00156,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 19, 2021, ended March 16, 2022
$8,250 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 22, 2018, an undercover officer falsely identified plaintiff in photo array as an individual who had been involved in a sale of narcotics. That undercover officer, in concert with other officers, deliberately misidentified plaintiff. Videotaped evidence showed that plaintiff was not the person who participated in the drug sale. The undercover officers falsely testified before a Grand Jury on August 22, 2018. Plaintiff was arrested after indictment and was held for about 48 hours before being arraigned, and Sgt. Claudio Ramirez was involved in the false arrest. The charges against plaintiff were dismissed after the DA's office and the court viewed plaintiff's photo and the video of the drug transa...
Miranda, Erica vs Bourne, Sekou A., et al.
Case # 521075/2016,
Supreme Court - Kings, September 18, 2017, ended December 20, 2018
$33,000 Settlement
Campbell, Thomas vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 522191/2016,
Supreme Court - Kings, December 28, 2016, ended May 16, 2017
$25,000 Settlement
Drayton, Godborn, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV04951,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, September 3, 2015, ended April 3, 2017
$28,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers forcibly entered Plaintiff's apartment arrested them, and took them to the 84th Precinct. Excessive force was used to execute the arrest. Plaintiffs were charged criminally (charges not specified in complaint)
Leach, Avone vs Detective Gordon, Raymond, et al.
Case # 13CV03573,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, December 3, 2013, ended December 24, 2013
$11,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 15, 2011, at approximately 11:00 a.m., plaintiff was in a bodega in Brooklyn, New York. NYPD officers, including Detective Raymond Gordon and Edward Fackler, enetered the store and without reasonable suspicision or probable cause, unlawfully arrested plaintiff. They took him to the 79th Precinct, where they unlawfully strip-searched him. The officers prepared false police reports and falsely claimed to have observed plaintiff in a drug transaction. Plaintiff spent approximately 14 hours in custody before being released without seeing a judge.
The District Attorney declined to prosecute.
Brabham, Wayne vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 017839/2013,
Supreme Court - Kings, November 1, 2013, ended May 5, 2017
$10,000 Settlement
Pringle, Kyon vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 014445/2013,
Supreme Court - Kings, August 12, 2013
Simmons, Christopher, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV04062,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 24, 2013, ended June 13, 2014
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 10, 2013, plaintiffs were lawfully present inside an apartment on Cumberland Walk, Brooklyn, NY. That night, multiple officers physically forced their way into the premises. The defendants seized plaintiffs at gunpoint, then handcuffed and arrested them. The plaintiffs were detained at the premises for a period of time, then transported to a local precinct. Later plaintiffs were transported to New York Central Booking. While plaintiffs were in defendants' custody, defendant Gordon drafted arrest paperwork which was based on materially false statements of fact, and communicated with the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor, causing the OSNP to commence criminal prosecutions against the plaintiff...
Brooks et al v. City of New York et al
Case # 12CV2160,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$181,500 Settlement
First Amended Complaint