Named in 5 known lawsuits, $70,000 total settlements.
Williams, Ronald vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV08930,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 6, 2017, ended March 20, 2018
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On July 6, 2013, plaintiff was exiting a motor vehicle when he was approached by defendants and informed that he had committed a traffic violation. Plaintiff informed defendants that he was not the driver of the vehicle and that he was waiting for his girlfriend. Defendant Foy ordered plaintiff back into the vehicle. Defendants then searched the vehicle and found a small quantity of marijuana. Plaintiff was arrested and transported to a nearby precinct and released after 3 hours in custody. The charges brought against plaintiff were ultimately dismissed.
Mciver-Cole, Joyce vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 160932/2016,
Supreme Court - New York, April 6, 2017
Complaint
Description: On or about October 1, 2015, defendant NYPD officers Frederic Disla (Shield No. 10123), Marcus Colon (Shield No. 14439), Ricky Ransom (Shield No. 7214), along with unnamed defendant NYPD officers, arrested plaintiff at a Manhattan precinct as plaintiff was reporting that she had been assaulted by an ex-boyfriend, among others. Plaintiff was falsely charged with assaulting a member of her ex-boyfriend's family. Plaintiff was later arrested once more, on October 14, 2015, for purportedly making threatening calls and sending threatening text messages to her ex-boyfriend. Defendant NYPD officers had reason to know the allegations against plaintiff by her ex-boyfriend were without merit. Plaintiff suffered emotiona...
William, Ronald vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV05208,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, September 30, 2016, ended October 24, 2016
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On July 6, 2013, plaintiff Ronald William was exiting the back seat of a motor vehicle to wait for his fiancée to return from the grocery store. He reached into the back seat to retrieve his cane when NYPD Officers Foy and John Doe 1, who told him that he had committed a moving violation. William told the officers that his girlfriend was the driver and she had gone to the grocery store a few minutes prior. Foy told the plaintiff that a kid was shot a few days prior by someone driving a rental vehicle and ordered the plaintiff to produce the vehicle's papers. However, plaintiff informed that plaintiff that his fiancée was the renter of the vehicle and had the papers. His fiancee returned with the papers, and Joh...
Williams, Ronald vs Police Department, Nyc, et al.
Case # 159980/2015,
Supreme Court - New York, January 13, 2016, ended October 18, 2016
Zero Disposition
Brown, John M. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 12CV01218,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 16, 2012, ended September 12, 2012
$70,000 Settlement