Named in 17 known lawsuits, $324,001 total settlements.
Steinbergin, Troy vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 159315/2021,
Supreme Court - New York, October 25, 2021, ended April 12, 2023
Zero Disposition
Spruill, Jeremiah vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 21CV00181,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 26, 2021
Complaint
Priveterre, Stephen vs Charlson, Sean, et al.
Case # 14CV08841,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, July 15, 2015, ended August 5, 2016
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Tucker, Theodore vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 161282/2014,
Supreme Court - New York, March 12, 2015, ended February 16, 2016
$60,000 Settlement
Vasquez, David vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV03333,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, June 18, 2014, ended November 21, 2014
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Stipulation
Description: Defendant Officers stopped Plaintiff on the street, threw him against a wall and handcuffed him excessively tight, took him to the 25th Precinct and strip-searched him. Plaintiff charged with unspecified charges which were later dismissed.
Ruiz, Christopher vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 161394/2013,
Supreme Court - New York, December 17, 2013, ended November 22, 2017
$25,000 Settlement
Abraham, Cucuta vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV00558,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 30, 2013, ended May 9, 2014
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Garnett, Kwame vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV07083,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 16, 2013, ended November 21, 2014
$20,001 Order/Judgment (Verdict)
Complaint,
Order
Description: Defendant Neftali Betances arrested plaintiff while he was playing games in an electronics store in connection with a buy-and-bust drug transaction that allegedly occurred across the street 10 minutes earlier in the presence of defendant Undercover Officer C0039. Plaintiff had no involvement in the alleged buy-and-bust drug transaction. Jury found plaintiff not guilty of the only charge against him--criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. Following his acquittal, plaintiff was release from custody, after being incarcerated for nearly eight months at Rikers.
Williams, Enid, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV05599,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 14, 2013, ended June 9, 2014
$45,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 8, 2012, at approximately 6:00 a.m., in the County of New York, City and State of New York, plaintiffs were lawfully present inside of 345 East 101st Street, Apartment 8M (the "scene of the arrest"), when defendant Ortiz and the Doe defendants kicked in or otherwise loudly and forcibly entered through the front door of the apartment. Plaintiff James Sasser was a guest lawfully present in the apartment and the other plaintiffs live at the apartment. Although there was no legal basis to do so, the defendants began searching the premises. The search yielded no evidence of guns, drugs, or contraband. Inside of apartment, the defendants subjected plaintiff Enid Williams to excessive force by pushing her le...
Vargas, Jamel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV00361,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 17, 2013, ended September 11, 2013
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Stipulation
Description: On February 23, 2012, Plaintiff was sleeping in his father’s apartment when NYPD officers executed a warrant by knocking down the front door. Defendant officer Erick Ortiz and others pushed Plaintiff to the ground, applied excessively tight handcuffs, and questioned him. Despite being a visitor with no knowledge of any criminal activity, Plaintiff was taken down to police van where he was thrown in, striking his face on the floor. Plaintiff was taken to the 25th Precinct where he was illegally strip searched and medical care denied. Defendant Officer Ortiz prepared false criminal charges involving narcotics as an amount was found in a bedroom, but Plaintiff was visiting from Pennsylvania and sleeping in the...
Rivera v. The City of New York
Case # 10CV04221,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Pinks v. New York City et al
Case # 10CV08384,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$4,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Stipulation
Amiker v. The City of New York et al
Case # 11CV02446,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$17,500 Settlement
Amended Complaint
Velasquez v. City of New York et al
Case # 12CV03047,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$50,000 Settlement
ID-2064, VELASQUEZ V. CITY OF NEW YORK, 12 CV 3047 PKC.PDF
Description: On August 20, 2010, plaintiff exited a store across the street from his home on East 102st. in Manhattan and was accosted by a young Hispanic female, later identified as defendant undercover officer. The undercover officer, dressed in very short shorts and other indicia of street prostitution, clutched his arm and begged him to sell her drugs. Plaintiff shook her off and walked on. She grabbed his arm again, pleading she was sick and needed the drugs. He shook himself free of her once more, yelling at her to stop bothering him; she was a mess; she should get into a program. He started across the street to get away from her. She screamed expletives at him, threatened him, called out that he didn't know who he wa...
Cucuta v. New York City Police Department et al
Case # 12CV05684,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
Dismissed without Prejudice
Civil Judgment
Cucuta v. New York City Police Department et al
Case # 13CV01378,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
Dismissed without Prejudice
Complaint
Amiker v. The City of New York et al
Case # 07CV03554,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$22,500 Settlement
Complaint,
Stipulation