Named in 4 known lawsuits, $120,000 total settlements.
Muhammad, Habiyb vs City of New Yokr, et al.
Case # 802315/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 8, 2024
Complaint
Description: ON July 5, 2023, NYPD Officers Singh, Peralta and others stopped, searched, pushed, assaulted, battered, violated and detained Plaintiff. The officers approached and arrested Plaintiff without an arrest warrant, probable cause or legal justification. Officers Singh, Peralta, and others then initiated a malicious prosecution against Plaintiff, causing him humiliation.
As a result of the excessive force used to search and detain Plaintiff, he sustained injuries to his head, neck, back, body and limbs. Plaintiff remain incarcerated for over 24 hours and was required to appear in court over an extended period of time until all charges against him were terminated. Plaintiff also had to seek medical aid for his ex...
Srdanovic, Jasmin vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 033176/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 5, 2020, ended July 19, 2021
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about November 30, 2019 police officers Harmanjot Singh, Darren Sukennikoff, John Doe, and John Roe approached Jasmin Srdanovic and stopped, strip searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him. Srdanovic was properly near Crosby Ave and Merry Ave of Bronx, and at no time did the officers have a warrant or a justifiable reason to harass Srdanovic in such an excessive manner. Srdanovic was then detained for more than 24 hours without his consent and made multiple court proceedings which terminated favorably for him. From this incident, Srdanovic suffered physical injury on multiple parts of his body, emotional pain including fear for his safety, reputational damage in his social and professional ...
S., J. J., A Minor By M/n/g Morales, Stephanie vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 025362/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 9, 2020, ended December 15, 2021
$100,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 6, 2020, Plaintiff J.J.S, a minor, was lawfully on the street in Bronx County when a police officer purposely shoved his body into him and knocked him backwards. After JJS objected, he tried to walk away, and three officers, Defendants Officer Kenneth Caufield (Shield No. 21338), Officer Harmanjot Singh (Shield No. 16466), and Officer Juan Trinidad (Shield No. 19418), surrounded him. One of the officers grabbed JJS, pushed him up against a fence, and pinned him to it. JJS had his head forced into the fence with great pressure, his foot stepped on, and his arms jerked back and up, which caused JSS' body to violently fold in half. JJS felt like he was punched in his face and he felt a knee in his stom...
G., C. an Infant By F/n/g Gutierrez, Sixto vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 022637/2020,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 28, 2020
Complaint
Description: On September 20, 2019, plaintiff C.G., a minor, (by his father Sixto Gutierrez) was sitting in the passenger seat of a friend's car when defendant Officer Harmanjo Singh (Shield No. 16466) and another unidentified officer approached the car. They demanded CG's identification, which he explained that he did not have because he was only 16 years old. Defendant Singh then pulled CG out of the car, searched and grabbed him aggressively, and then slammed his body on its right side against the concrete. This caused CG to dislocate his right hip and suffer emotional distress.