Named in 4 known lawsuits, $50,000 total settlements.
Moore, Devonte vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 820506/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 10, 2025
Mendez, Erick vs City of New York
Case # 027362/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 21, 2020
Complaint
Description: On June 30, 2019, the plaintiff was present at Devoe Park, Bronx, when the defendant POs including Eric Dipaolo and Ryan Lawrence were arresting another individual in Devoe Park. When the plaintiff attempted to film the POs arrest with improper force of the other individual, the defendants struck the plaintiff in the head/face area causing the plaintiff to fall to the ground. The plaintiff was then arrested and transported to the 52nd Precinct and then to the Bronx Central Booking. All charges were later dismissed.
Reyes, Vladimir vs City of New York
Case # 025767/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 3, 2019, ended April 23, 2020
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 8, 2018, the Defendants unlawfully stopped a late model car driven by the Plaintiff without any reasonable suspicion of a crime had been committed or was about to be committed, only because the Plaintiff was a young man of a minority population. The Defendants unlawfully searched the car. They found in the gloves box a substance that they claimed was a controlled one, despite it wasn’t. The defendants arrested, detained, imprisoned and searched and took Plaintiff’s property without any probable cause. During the arrest, Defendants assaulted and battered the Plaintiff with unwanted touching, causing him injuries both physical and emotional. Then Defendants knowingly and maliciously provided the prosecu...
Copes, Laquan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV08413,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 21, 2017, ended March 21, 2022
$30,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Complaint
Description: On October 27, 2017, Mr. Laquan Copes was riding his bike in the Bronx. At least 15 members of the NYPD grabbed him off his bike and began to question and manhandle him. They assaulted Mr. Copes using their fists, legs, batons, radio, and asp. Several supervisors on the scene failed to intervene, took part in the beating, and denied Mr. Copes medical care. The officers arrested Mr. Copes and charged him with various crimes. During the course of Mr. Copes' custody, the officers delayed medical treatment, though Mr. Copes was eventually transported to a hospital. The officers fabricated paperwork and falsified documents stating that Mr. Copes was in possession of a weapon and had resisted arrest along with commit...