Named in 10 known lawsuits, $250,000 total settlements.
Dekattu, Akanilli vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV06216,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 18, 2017, ended July 10, 2017
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: The plaintiff was attending a Fourth of July bbq when the defendant officers approached and arrested multiple individuals in the vicinity including the plaintiff without probable cause. The plaintiff was transported to a nearby precinct and charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the second degree. The charge was later dismissed.
Giroux, John vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV01100,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 4, 2015, ended July 25, 2016
$22,500 Settlement
Complaint,
Second Amended Complaint
Description: While Plaintiff was attending a barbeque, defendant officers ran up, yelled "lock them up", and handcuffed, searched, and arrested Plaintiff. Plaintiff was charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second and Fourth Degrees and Possession of Pistol Ammunition and a grand jury voted to dismiss all charges.
Taitt, Shaquelle vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV00799,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, February 23, 2015, ended September 2, 2015
$12,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Defendant officers entered the store and accosted the plaintiff using a chokehold. Plaintiff was placed in handcuffs and taken to the 71st precinct. Plaintiff was charged with "on school grounds without permission" penal code 240.35 (05). The charge was dismissed.
Crevelle, Marcus vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV06569,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 12, 2014, ended February 26, 2016
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 22, 2013, Plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, detained and arrested by P.O.s Ronald Sanchez and John Doe. Plaintiff submitted to the officers with his hands up. While P.O. Sanchez held the glass doors of the premises closed, P.O. Doe grabbed plaintiff by the back of the head and repeatedly smashed plaintiff’s face into the glass door. Plaintiff was taken to the Precinct where he was held for approximately eleven hours before EMS arrived to take plaintiff to the Emergency Room. Plaintiff remained shackled at the wrists and ankles and was violently thrown by P.O. Sanchez and P.O. Doe into the ambulance. After five hours in the Emergency Room, Plaintiff was held for another twenty-one hours at the Precinct a...
Williams, Timmy vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 021677/2013,
Supreme Court - Kings, December 19, 2013, ended April 13, 2017
Administrative Closing
Williams, Timmy vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 011276/2013,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 28, 2013, ended March 8, 2017
$100,000 Settlement
Denis, Christian vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV01639,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, April 3, 2013, ended September 20, 2013
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 10, 2012, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Plaintiff left his apartment located at 388 Midwood Street, Brooklyn, New York, to speak to two neighbors and a neighbor's friend in the hallway of the apartment building. At approximately 4:20 p.m. at the same location, Defendant Officers Justin Smith and John Doe exited the elevator near the group of people that included the Plaintiff. Defendants were not in police uniforms. The Defendants requested identification from the Plaintiff, which he provided, and the Defendants searched him and found no contraband. One of the officers said "cuff him" and the other approached the Plaintiff with handcuffs. Plaintiff took a step back and one of the Defendants pulled him ...
Christon v. City of New York et al.
Case # 12CV05401,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$40,000 Settlement
Stipulation,
First Amended Complaint
Description: While leaving the residence, plaintiff confronted plain clothes defendant officers. Defendant officers searched plaintiff's backpack with his permission. Defendant officers failed to give plaintiff time to examine their ID and plaintiff began to walk away; defendant officers surrounded plaintiff who acted defensively by swinging his fist. Defendant officers continued to physically assault plaintiff causing injury. Defendant officers charged plaintiff with assault in the third degree, menacing in the third degree, obstructing governmental administration in the second degree, resisting arrest and harassment in the second degree. All charges were dismissed.
Nelson vs. Collado et al.
Case # 12CV05711,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
Settlement
First Amended Complaint,
Stipulation
Description: Defendant officers approached the plaintiff when plaintiff was on the street. Defendant officers searched the plaintiff and brought the plaintiff to the 71st precinct in handcuffs, where the plaintiff was held for many hours charged for possession of controlled substances. The charges were dismissed after 9 months.
Simpson v. City of New York et al.
Case # 12CV04581,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
05-cv-05080-RJS-JCF.pdf
Description: Defendant officers stopped and searched plaintiff, handcuffed him and transported him to the 71st precinct. Plaintiff was charged with possession of marijuana. Charges were adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.
