Named in 6 known lawsuits, $209,000 total settlements.
Knight, Tahje vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 810019/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 29, 2023
Complaint
Description: For years, NYPD officers of the 40th Precinct and Public Service Area unlawfully targeted Plaintiff and attempted to prosecute Plaintiff without probable cause.
On, March 12, 2021, plaintiff Tahje Knight was lawfully in the vicinity of East 125th Street in the Bronx when he was unlawfully approached, frisked, arrested and detained by defendant officers James Weck, Eric Dym, Michael Visintin, Jayther Liriano, Michael Kontorovich, Jose Tejada, and Nestor Amarantepolanco. When defendant officers stopped and frisked plaintiff and obtained no contraband, instead of releasing plaintiff, plaintiff was cuffed and detained to search for evidence of a crime.
Plaintiff was then falsely charged by defendant officer We...
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...
Gonzalez, Joeharrison vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 802370/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 24, 2021, ended November 15, 2024
$35,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about November 23, 2019, Police Officer Jose Tejada and another officer stopped, handcuffed and arrested Plaintiff while he was walking down the street. Plaintiff was not involved in any criminal or unlawful activity and did not possess a weapon. All the matters were dismissed.
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...
Stewart, Zenji W. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 022343/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 7, 2019, ended November 9, 2020
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about December 27, 2017, Plaintiff Stewart was wrongfully and falsely arrested, detained, and imprisoned without any legal justification by NYPD Officers Jose Tejada and Fray Severinojimenez. The officers filed or caused a criminal court complaint to the filed for the purpose of falsely accusing the plaintiff of violations of the criminal laws of the State of New York. On December 28, 2017, the charges were dismissed in favor of the plaintiff.
L., C., M.E. an Infany By Mng Lozano, Maria vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 023361/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 13, 2018, ended November 7, 2018
$80,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 5, 2017, in front of 750 East 149th street, defendant police officers Tejada and other unnamed officers, without warrant or cause, improperly arrested the plaintiff (a minor) with excessive force. As a result, the plaintiff child was severely injured and was treated by medical professionals - incurring medical expenses.
