Named in 5 known lawsuits, $100,000 total settlements.
Barkley, Damaris A. vs The City of Ny, et al.
Case # 516769/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, July 2, 2024
Complaint
Description: On July 9, 2023, Plaintiff was approached by Defendant Police Officers, including Defendant Officer Nicholas Angello, and was assaulted and battered. Plaintiff was tackled off his motorcycle, causing him to suffer burns to his body. He was also beaten until he was unconscious and was placed in tight handcuffs by police officers. The plaintiff was placed in a police vehicle and was brought to the 75th precinct, where he was placed in a holding cell for a period of time. At around 12AM, on July 10, 2023, he was taken to central booking where he was arraigned and released at around 5PM.
Gibbs, Trumane Anthony vs The City of Ny, et al.
Case # 509702/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, April 5, 2024, ended July 18, 2024
$35,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about September 3, 2023, Plaintiff was a passenger in the rear seat of a care when Defendant POs in an unmarked NYPD vehicle, without its lights or sirens on, crashed into the vehicle wherein Plaintiff was passenger. Plaintiff was injured in the crash and exited the car. When Plaintiff noticed that the drivers of the other car were Defendant POs, Plaintiff placed his hands on his head. Defendant POs then accosted, seized, assaulted, and handcuffed Plaintiff. Defendant Paulino punched Plaintiff in the face 4-5 times. Defendant POs did not have probable cause to search or arrest Plaintiff. However, Plaintiff was transported to a precinct and then Central Booking, where he requested medical care. His request...
Gonzalez, Jesus vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 518046/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 21, 2023
Complaint
Description: On February 17, 2021 at approximately 12:30 a.m., in the vicinity of 362 Kingsland Avenue in Brooklyn, Plaintiff Jesus Gonzalez was illegally stopped, seized, searched, battered, assaulted, detained and arrested by or at the direction of Defendant John Doe-Police Officers, including Officer Nicholas Angello by violently pulling and dragging Plaintiff out of his work vehicle as he waited for his employer. Defendant Police Officers placed tight handcuffs on Plaintiff, illegally searched his vehicle, transported him to an NYPD Precinct, and failed to read him Miranda rights. Plaintiff was illegally detained for 15 hours before being released from custody.
Plaintiff brings claims of: free speech retaliation, unlaw...
Lantigua, Lorenzo vs City of Ny et al.
Case # 22CV06165,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, December 13, 2022, ended October 6, 2023
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 20, 2021, Plaintiff was driving his vehicle when he was pulled over by Defendant PO Nicholas Angello and a John Doe defendant officer, who were in an unmarked police vehicle. Defendant Angello falsely accused Plaintiff of driving a stolen vehicle with a forged license plate and ordered him out of his vehicle before handcuffing and arresting Plaintiff. Two additional John Doe defendant officers arrived and Plaintiff was placed in the back of a marked police vehicle. Defendant Angello entered Plaintiff's vehicle, and both cars drove to the precinct, with Angello driving Plaintiff's car in an unsafe & erratic manner (hitting the undercarriage against the ground, driving through red lights & stop signs), wh...
Hernandez, Rafael vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 22CV04706,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 10, 2022, ended February 10, 2023
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 7, 2022, the Plaintiff was illegally stopped by Office Nicholas Angello, Officer Daniel Watson, and Lieutenant Henry Daverin in Brooklyn. The NYPD officers had no basis for the stop and used the pretext that Plaintiff did not have a valid license and that his windows were illegally tinted to search the vehicle at the precinct, both of which were demonstrably untrue at the time of the stop. Plaintiff was then taken to the precinct, where an unknown officer told the Plaintiff that the arrest was "bullshit" but they had to take him in and that they would likely issue a Desk Appearance Ticket.
On January 8, 2022, the Plaintiff was in custody and the arresting officers conducted an illegal search of his ...
