Named in 9 known lawsuits, $1,991,500 total settlements.
Hardy, Aaron vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 22CV01334,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 22, 2022, ended August 12, 2022
$4,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 16, 2019, plaintiff was walking when he was stopped by Lt. Eric Dym and Sgt. Natalie Bautista who demanded to search plaintiff. They took him to the precinct and searched him there, revealing nothing illicit. They issued plaintiff with a summons ticket alleging he'd engaged in disorderly conduct. The summons ticket was dismissed on June 10, 2019.
On April 27, 2019, plaintiff observe Lt. Dym, Sgt. Bautista, Officer Jose Tejada, and Officer Lorvin Fernandez stop another individual. Plaintiff began filming the officers but was not interfering with them. Lt. Dym and Sgt. Bautista approached plaintiff and threatened to arrest him for filming them. Lt. Dym ordered plaintiff to put the phone down. Dym and B...
Parris, James vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 20CV10847,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 29, 2020, ended July 8, 2021
$75,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 14, 2019, Plaintiff was stopped by two plainclothes police officers while two other officers observed. These officers were some subset of: NYPD Officer Carlos Gomez, Officer Kelvis Rodriguez (resigned), Officer James Weck, Officer Jose Tejada, Lieutenant Eric Dym, and Police Sergeant Natalie Bautista. The officers unlawfully searched him. Plaintiff became nervous and spit on the ground, and he was then tightly handcuffed and arrested by the officers. Officers also unlawfully accessed Plaintiff's sealed arrest history. At the precinct, an officer took Plaintiff's candy. Plaintiff was also strip-searched in a cell. Plaintiff was ultimately charged with littering and with spitting on the sidewalk; the...
Calderon, Edwardo vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 027731/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 22, 2020, ended July 15, 2022
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 2, 2020 at approximately 1:00 p.m. Plaintiff was lawfully in the area of 737 Melrose Avenue when he was approached by POs Jiekai Ding, Luiggi Feliz, Sgt. Bautista, and POs John Doe and John Roe, who--without legal justification--approached Plaintiff, falsely accused him of having committed a crime then searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered and detained him. Plaintiff sustained injuries to his head, neck, back, body, and limbs. Plaintiff was then taken to the police station and various other locations where he was processed as an arrestee, including a strip search. Plaintiff was incarcerated for over 24 hours, during which time the listed POs caused a false criminal action to be initiated against Pla...
Jones, Kushana vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 032675/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 29, 2019, ended May 28, 2020
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 2, 2019, plaintiff was lawfully present in the street when defendant POs McNamara, Bautista, Doe and Roe, without a warrant, probable cause or reasonable suspicion, stopped, searched, assaulted, battered and ultimately arrested plaintiff using excessive force.
Jones, Christian vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 029516/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 15, 2019, ended May 15, 2020
$62,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 2, 2019, Plaintiff was stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained in an aggressive and excessive manner by officers McNamara, Bautista, and certain unnamed officers. While in custody, Plaintiff was strip searched for no reason. Plaintiff remained incarcerated for over 24 hours and was required to make multiple court appearance over an extended period of time until all charges against him were terminated favorably.
Torres-Formey, Charlene, et Al vs City of New York
Case # 025155/2016,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 11, 2016, ended August 31, 2022
$1,400,000 Settlement
Oyola, Jose vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 302294/2016,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 12, 2016, ended July 14, 2017
$175,000 Settlement
Guerrero, Emmanuel vs Bautista, Natilie, et al.
Case # 023868/2016,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 30, 2016, ended July 7, 2020
$150,000 Settlement
Velasquez, Neysa, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 303160/2015,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 31, 2015, ended March 16, 2017
$65,000 Settlement