Jaime E. Santiago

Lawsuits

Named in 7 known lawsuits, $193,500 total settlements.

Vassell, Adiel Michael vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 541328/2025, Supreme Court - Kings, November 25, 2025

Caesar, Lloyd vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 24CV06433, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 3, 2024
Complaint
Description: On October 6, 2022, plaintiff was arrested on the northeast corner of Hegeman Street and Osborne Street in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. Defendant NYPD officers Blot and Turner initially informed plaintiff he was involved in an assault. Defendant Blot claimed plaintiff had been driving recklessly and harassing the another individual. After being taken to the 73rd precinct, plaintiff was aggressively slammed against the gate during processing, injuring his wrist. On June 15, 2023, defendant NYPD officers Diaz, Perez and Myrthil conducted a stop and frisk of plaintiff without any reasonable suspicion at the corner of New Lots Avenue and Watkins Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn. During these events defendan...

Weeks, Christopher vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV06301, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 15, 2013, ended June 4, 2014
$60,000 Settlement
Complaint, First Amended Complaint, Stipulation
Description: On August 31, 2012, defendants Jeanbaptiste, Adiniou, Santiago and a Doe defendant subjected plaintiff to excessive force by slamming him on the ground and striking him on his body, without any legal justification or excuse. Despite the absence of any evidence of wrongdoing, the defendants searched plaintiff, applied handcuffs to him and arrested him, after which they continued to subject him to excessive force by inter alia striking him on his face and body, as a result of which he sustained physical injuries. The defendants took him to the 67th precinct where the plaintiff was searched and held for several hours. Defendant Jeanbaptiste provided false allegations in support of the criminal complaint on which t...

Shorter, Troy vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV04566, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 20, 2013, ended February 3, 2014
$7,500 Settlement
Complaint, First Amended Complaint, Stipulation
Description: On January 11, 2012, Plaintiff was walking alone on the street to a nearby store. Several officers, including Defendants Lieutenant Timothy Edwards and Officer Jamie Santiago, jumped out of an unmarked police car, rushed to Plaintiff, and surrounded him. They demanded identification. They physically held him on the sidewalk while they searched him. They removed his wallet from his pocket and rifled through it. They went into his pockets. They searched inside his socks. No illegal contraband recovered. Mr. Shorter was stopped, detained, and searched without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or other lawful purpose. Defendant police officers failed to intervene in the obviously illegal actions of their fellow...

Neufville, Michael vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV03744, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 16, 2013, ended April 7, 2015
$90,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Santiago approached Plaintiffs' backyard, force his gate open, and Long forcefully handcuffed him and threw him to the ground. Logan and Warfield arrived and unlawfully imprisoned plaintiff charging him with false crimes.

Fleuriot, David vs Gaillard, Jean, et al.
Case # 023491/2012, Supreme Court - Kings, December 11, 2012, ended May 9, 2013
$25,000 Settlement

Williams v. City of New York et al
Case # 10CV05539, U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$11,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint, Stipulation