Named in 4 known lawsuits, $5,700 total settlements.
Dawes, Durven vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV01303,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, March 17, 2016, ended April 16, 2019
$5,700 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was stopped by defendant officers and asked for drugs. Plaintiff said he didn't have any but was still searched, assaulted, and brought into custody where he was strip-searched. Defendant officers also confiscated Plaintiff's asthma medication resulting in him being hospitalized. Plaintiff was charged with (unspecified) crimes that were later dismissed by DA's motion.
Young, Charles vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 159309/2014,
Supreme Court - New York, January 20, 2015, ended April 17, 2017
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On November 23, 2012 at approximately 3:00am, Plaintiff was lawfully walking towards the Number 1 Train on Christopher St., when Officer Douglas Lee and other unidentified officers grabbed Plaintiff, threw him against a wall and began to search him without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. The officers had received a complaint that a cellphone and wallet was stolen, but they did not recover such items after searching Plaintiff. Officer Lee and the other officers told Plaintiff he was free to go, but a few minutes later, the officers again approached Plaintiff and detained him. The alleged victim of the stolen cellphone and wallet arrived at the scene and told the officers that Plaintiff was not the person...
Rivera, Daniel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 155174/2013,
Supreme Court - New York, June 13, 2013
Complaint
Description: On August 20, 2012, Plaintiff was assaulted by Defendant Officer Douglas Lee and other Defendant Officers. The assault against Plaintiff was done without probable cause and was not the result of a proper arrest. Plaintiff suffered following the assault from pain, distress, mental shock and anguish, and psychological trauma. Plaintiff was falsely arrested without probable cause.
Bristol, Marcel C. vs Queens County, et al.
Case # 09CV05544,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 19, 2010, ended March 29, 2021
Zero Disposition