Konrad J. Zakiewicz

Lawsuits

Named in 5 known lawsuits, $58,500 total settlements.

Alexander, Elijah vs P.O. Cash, Gerard, et al.
Case # 511919/2018, Supreme Court - Kings, August 6, 2018, ended January 31, 2022
Administrative Closing
Complaint
Description: On June 13, 2015, plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of 672 Williams Avenue, Brooklyn, when defendant officers stopped, questioned, and subsequently searched and arrested plaintiff without any probable cause or reasonable suspicion that plaintiff was committing a crime. Plaintiff was not carrying illegal drugs, weapons, or contraband of any kind. Plaintiff was then transported to the 75th precinct and placed in a holding cell. Based on false information provided to the DA's office by defendant officers that plaintiff was carrying a weapon, plaintiff was then charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon. All charges against plaintiff were eventually dismissed a few days after arraignment. The defendants' act...

Jaime, Luis Jimmy, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV08575, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 13, 2017, ended November 8, 2018
$21,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 24, 2017, ten NYPD officers entered plaintiffs' apartment at 285 Throop Avenue in Brooklyn with guns drawn. The unidentified officers thew plaintiff Luis Jimmy Jaime on his head, face down, handcuffed him, and picked him up by both arms. The officers ignored plaintiffs' request to loosen his handcuffs, and his wrists swelled and bruised. The officers refused to show a warrant, and opened multiple safes in the department, taking plaintiff's life savings. An officer struck plaintiff Luis Jame on his back with a closed fist while plaintiff was walking away from a safe. Plaintiff's life savings, constituting $6,000, were taken by the arresting officers, along with $47,000 belonging to plaintiff Javier Ja...

Elliott-Owens, Denise as Adm of Owens, Na'im (deceased) vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV04751, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 18, 2015, ended April 17, 2019
Zero Disposition
Amended Complaint, Complaint
Description: After public outcry over his brother death in 2007 at the hands of police, Naim Owens was repeatedly harassed by NYPD officers. In 2014, Naim himself was shot at 18 times by police officers at hit in the torso. He died a week later because of the wound. Plaintiff alleges that not only did the police lie and say that Naim was armed when he was shot, but that they also interfered with his physical recovery.

Beckles, Shane vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 020418/2013, Supreme Court - Kings, December 5, 2013

O'Brien v. City of New York et al
Case # 12CV02831, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$37,500 Settlement
First Amended Complaint, Stipulation
Description: When Plaintiff noticed her friend in the back of a police car she asked defendant officers why she was being arrested. In response, officers threw her to the ground, tightly handcuffed her, and brought her to the 79th Precinct, where she was denied medical attention and charged with resisting arrest, which was ACD'd at arraignments.