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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...