Named in 3 known lawsuits, $14,757,500 total settlements.
Peets, Norberto vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 23CV06962,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 14, 2023, ended March 26, 2024
$14,750,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 6, 1996, Plaintiff Norberto Peets was arrested and then falsely identified as having played a role in a shooting that had previously occurred in the Bronx. Peets was then victimized by Police officers who fabricated evidence, destroyed exonerating evidence, and gave false statements which lead to Mr. Peets conviction and sentence to 26 years in prison. Plaintiff names twenty three people in his lawsuit and the city of New York. Roles of the plaintiffs include police officers, and evidence analysts. Plaintiff alleges Malicious Prosecution, abuse of process, Intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and failure to intervene, among other claims.
King-Knight, Markus vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 23CV04648,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, May 2, 2023
Complaint
Description: On April 30, 2009, plaintiff was arrested by NYPD detective and officer defendants regarding a shooting incident which had occurred on August 30, 2008. The shooting occurred at 5 AM following a party after an argument between the shooting victim and an individual later identified as possibly a gang member over a taxi cab. Detectives Geary and Bencosme and other NYPD defendants manufactured a story about an unidentified witness who stated during a canvass that the shooting had been done by someone named Marcus whose last name she thought was "King". The detectives/officers created evidence to document this phony canvass and spread word in the neighborhood that they had identified the suspect in the shooting. ...
Rivera-Williams, Anna vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 021676/2011,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 12, 2011, ended September 8, 2014
$7,500 Settlement