Named in 2 known lawsuits.
Bailey, Rachael as Legal Guardian of B.,n., et al. vs Sulivan, Kevin, et al.
Case # 17CV05320,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, December 21, 2017, ended January 10, 2019
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: Ms. Bailey, her husband, and their minor daughter live in a home they own in Brooklyn, starting in 2006. They did not have any issues with neighbors except for Kevin Sullivan, the boyfriend of their next door neighbor, who moved there a year or so after they did. Mr. Sullivan would harass and harangue them (including by threatening to call the police), with the main contention being the shared driveway between the properties, which the plaintiffs lawfully had access to. Mr. Sullivan eventually called the police in 2008 and, without listening to plaintiffs or inspecting property records, the police told plaintiffs they could not park their vehicle in the driveway. Going forward, the plaintiffs did not use the dr...
Calamia, Barry vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV06140,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, September 21, 2016, ended January 15, 2019
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On August 5, 2015, a police officer lured plaintiff back to his home by making a fraudulent phone call. Once there, plaintiff was falsely arrested on assault charges despite the purported victim, his partner, having fully recanted. At the time of the arrest, plaintiff was not told what he was being arrested for and was handcuffed too tightly. Officers Ardito, Kontorovich and Smith ignored these complaints.
The officers Officer Pasiecnzik and Sergeant McCormack never got a signed statement from the injured person, Ms. Drapinski. Detective Vadim Kontorovich nonetheless signed an affidavit affirming that Ms Drapinski stated plaintiff had pushed her. Plaintiff spent more than 24 hours in custody and had to appea...