Named in 4 known lawsuits, $368,001 total settlements.
Barnes, Latisha vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV09305,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 7, 2015, ended March 27, 2017
$130,001 Settlement
Complaint,
First Amended Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was issued a summons for unreasonable noise, ordering her to appear in Bronx Criminal Court on April 6, 2011. Plaintiff was late to court, but when she did appear, the summons was dismissed and the matter should have been closed. Despite resolution of the summons, however, a bench warrant was issued for hers arrest. Between July 29, 2011 and June 4, 2015, Plaintiff was arrested at least eleven times based on the phantom warrant.
Henderson, Samuel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV00396,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 10, 2015, ended July 15, 2015
$28,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 27, 2014, NYPD Defendants P.O. Vicviggers and an unnamed officer (John Doe #1) stopped, ID'd, questioned and issued a jay-walking ticket to the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff was not jay-walking. The following day (January 28, 2014), the Plaintiff was in a car accident while driving his son to school, he called an ambulance and police and was transported to hosptial. At the hospital, NYPD Defendants P.O. Diodonet and an unnamed officer (John Doe #2) arrested and placed excessively tight handcuffs on the Plaintiff while he was on a gurney. He was taken to Bronx Criminal Court and informed it was because of outstanding warrants. The Plaintiff was then handcuffed to a bench in the basement of the Court for fo...
Rhoden, Sydell as Mng of Vasquez, Elijah vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 350171/2013,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 11, 2013, ended March 18, 2016
$125,000 Settlement
Wakefield, Reginald vs City of New York
Case # 260424/2011,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 10, 2011, ended November 18, 2013
$85,000 Settlement