Alicea, Eliezer vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 031810/2017E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 9, 2018
Complaint
Description: On September 12, 2016, at approximately 1:00 am, Plaintiff was lawfully sitting inside of a legally parked motor vehicle in front of 260 Brook Avenue when Defendant police officers unlawfully approached the vehicle, knocked on the driver's window, and told Plaintiff they needed to search the vehicle. Plaintiff told the officers he needed to call the owner of the vehicle, who was inside of 260 Brook Avenue to inform him of what was happening. Suddenly, without provocation or legal justification, Defendant Police Officer Vareika smashed the back passenger-side window of the vehicle, causing the glass to shatter and hit plaintiff, who suffered cuts all over his face and body. As a result of defendant police office...