Named in 10 known lawsuits, $561,200 total settlements.
Ortiz, Robert J. vs Police Department, Nyc, et al.
Case # 19CV03522,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, June 27, 2019, ended November 7, 2022
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 18, 2017, police officers arrested plaintiff. One officer used a chokehold while plaintiff was being attacked and thrown to the ground. Once plaintiff was handcuffed, the officers picked him up and conducted a pat frisk. One officer touched plaintiff's private parts in a public area. Plaintiff sustained laceration to his rib cage and face and has suffered mental issues since the incident.
Gordon, Craig vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 153747/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, April 24, 2018, ended June 15, 2020
$45,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 17, 2017 Plaintiff was in front of Subway Sandwich Shop, across from 560 Lenox Avenue in the City of NY and he went into the shop, Plaintiff then left the shop. Then Defendants police officers who did not display their badges told Plaintiff to sit and remain in silence and Plaintiff was taken to the 25th precinct without probable cause where Plaintiff was strip searched, photographed and had a retinal scan. Plaintiff ws placed in a cell and was there for a long and unreasonable period of time without being told the charges against him. Plaintiff was then taken to the Central Booking and put there with 20 other individuals and held for an unreasonable period of time. Plaintiff was forced to appear in cr...
Washington, Colon vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 153407/2018,
Supreme Court - New York, April 18, 2018, ended October 22, 2019
$60,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 18, 2017, plaintiff was watching his son play basketball when defendant POs Raymond Abreu, Gregory Carty and John/Jane Does 1-5 approached him in plain clothes, grabbed him and dragged him over the street accusing him to be the owner of a bag. When plaintiff denied ownership of the bag, defendant POs, without a warrant or probable cause, violently arrested plaintiff, including by jumping on, choking and assaulting plaintiff. Subsequently, plaintiff was held for 38 days at Manhattan Detention Center before all charges against him were dismissed.
Bates, Steven vs Fleming, Christopher, et al.
Case # 15CV09506,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 1, 2016, ended February 24, 2017
$6,700 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 8, 2015, multiple police officers, including police officer Sid Caesar, stopped and searched the plaintiff. The police did not find anything. Plaintiff asked officers why they stopped him, and police told him to stop talking and threw him against a wall, grabbed and twisted his arms, and handcuffed the plaintiff in tight handcuffs which created pain and left marks on his wrists. The officers then drove aggressively to the 25th precinct without restraining and protecting the plaintiff with a seatbelt, which caused the plaintiff to injure his head, neck, body, and limbs. The plaintiff waited for arraignment for 24 hours, and his charge of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree was ...
Armstrong, Joshua vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 158455/2016,
Supreme Court - New York, November 16, 2016, ended April 10, 2020
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 13, 2014, at approximately 5:00 PM, Plaintiff Joshua Armstrong, a Black man, was inside Prince Deli & Grocery on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan when members of the NYPD including Defendants Detective Sid Caesar, Detective Gregory Carty, Detective Manuel Cordova, Detective Jeff Harris, Sergeant Robert Kelly, and Detective Angus Mackenzie. Defendant Detective Caesar, without just cause or provocation, struck Plaintiff causing Plaintiff to sustain serious physical injuries. Each of the Defendants failed to intervene to stop the offense. The Defendants thereafter handcuffed Plaintiff and placed him under arrest for criminal sale of a controlled substance and initiated criminal proceedings against him, despit...
Henderson, Frederick vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 154889/2015,
Supreme Court - New York, September 11, 2015, ended May 10, 2016
$17,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 15, 2014, at approximately 10:30 a.m., plaintiff was lawfully walking in the vicinity of 124th Street and Madison Avenue when Defendants Carty, Uke, Narvaez, and Does, without cause or legal justification, approached plaintiff and proceeded to unlawfully stop, seize and detain plaintiff without his consent. and without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or any legal justification. At no time prior to stopping plaintiff did the defendant police officers have any objective factual basis to believe plaintiff had committed a crime, was about to commit a crime, or was in the process of committing a crime. Defendant police officers unlawfully handcuffed plaintiff and falsely arrested him without legal ...
Edwards, Glenn, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV02566,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, March 26, 2015, ended June 4, 2019
$200,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Complaint
Description: On May 8, 2014, P.O.s Jamal Hairston, Oscar Fernandez, Robert Kelly, Evaristus Uke, and Keith Carpenter forcibly entered plaintiffs' residence. They physically seized plaintiffs, pointed weapons at them, forced them to the ground, and forcibly applied handcuffs to them. The officers kept plaintiffs handcuffed for over three hours. One of the plaintiffs was naked when the officers entered the apartment and handcuffed her, and the officers compelled her to remain naked. The officers initiated false criminal charges against plaintiffs, and P.O. Hairston made false statements to the DA in support of those charges. The officers also initiated a civil action with Child Protective Services against plaintiffs, fal...
Siler, Omar vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV00189,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 13, 2015, ended June 29, 2015
$17,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 31, 2014, the Plaintiff, Mr. Omar Siler, was sitting outside his friend's apartment building, waiting to be buzzed into the building. A man leaving the building held the door open for Mr. Siler, and as Mr. Siler approached the door, a Defendant undercover NYPD officer in plain clothes, who did not identify himself, chased Mr. Siler into the building, up to the roof, and down the fire escape to the building's backyard. Once Mr. Siler reached the backyard, a group of individual defendant officers standing behind a gate shouted at him to get on the ground, while one pointed his gun at him. Mr. Siler lay on the ground. For a few minutes, the defendants tried to figure out how to get around the gate and into ...
Epps, Allen vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 158195/2014,
Supreme Court - New York, August 21, 2014, ended October 9, 2014
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 26, 2013, plaintiff Allen Epps was walking down the street when he was approached by defendant NYPD officers, including officers Jeff Harris and Gregory Catty. Without a warrant or any reason for stopping him, defendant officers threw the plaintiff against a car and punched, assaulted and battered the plaintiff for no apparent reason. He was then falsely arrested and taken to a precinct where he was further punched. Ultimately, he was required to be transported to a hospital as a result of these unjustified assaults and has permanent injuries due to such.
The defendant officers then maliciously and falsely prosecuted the plaintiff, all of with all charges ultimately being dismissed on April 21, 201...
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...