Named in 3 known lawsuits, $58,500 total settlements.
Braxton, Keith vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV05516,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 1, 2013, ended August 27, 2014
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint
Description: On July 6, 2012, Plaintiff was lawfully inside a commercial business building when several NYPD Officers including Officers Terrell Anderson, Forrest Hirsch, Jason Filoramo, Frank Muzikar, Peter McCarthy, Joseph Fichter, and Michael Espinosa entered the building and searched its locked basement and found contraband. Plaintiff was not the owner of the business and did not possess a key to the basement, but was nonetheless arrested by Officer Anderson. Officer Hirsch prepared paperwork in support of false charges against Plaintiff and conveyed such information to the District Attorney's Office. Plaintiff was eventually released after approximately 17 hours in custody and was not charged with any crimes.
Adeyeye, Markeith, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV03649,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 15, 2013, ended January 21, 2014
$38,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 12, 2012, at approximately 6:00 a.m., at an apartment in Brooklyn, Plaintiffs Markeith Adeyeye and Christopher Adeyeye were asleep when Defendants NYPD Officers, including Officers Fichter, Guadagno, Filorama and Espinosa, knocked down the front door, entered the apartment with their guns drawn, and eventually entered the Plaintiffs room, waking the two in the process and thereafter arresting them without probable cause. Despite the officers finding drugs elsewhere in the apartment, the two Plaintiffs were not found to be in possession or constructive possession of any drugs. Nevertheless, officers lied to prosecutors telling the latter that plaintiffs were in fact in possession of contraband and fa...
Elikwu v. City of New York et al
Case # 11CV02167,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
Settlement
First Amended Complaint