Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - The conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
Further details on conclusions.
Jones, Shamel vs City of New York
Case # 030145/2017E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 8, 2017, ended June 3, 2025
$75,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 18, 2016, plaintiff was wrongfully and falsely arrested, detained, and imprisoned without any rights or grounds. Plaintiff was wrongfully and falsely accursed of 1st degree crimes among other charges. Lt. Rodriguez, and P.O. Cruz, Santana, Allen, Smith, and Silva, deliberately and maliciously prosecuted plaintiff without any probable cause and without legal process. On November 23, 2016, P.O. Cruz, Santana, Allen, Smith, and Silva, assaulted, battered, and shot plaintiff with negligence, carelessness, and recklessness at an apartment in Bronx. On or about November 23, 2017 at approximately 11:28pm P.O. Cruz, without just cause or provocation willfully and maliciously shot plaintiff causing plaintiff to s...