Named in 12 known lawsuits, $288,000 total settlements.
Lopez, Hiram vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 027734/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 22, 2020, ended May 24, 2021
$27,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On 11/7/19, at 2:00 p.m. Plaintiff Hiram Lopez was lawfully present at 620 Manida Street, Bronx, City doing nothing illegal, improper or acting suspicious in anyway. Defendants Rodriguez, Ozuna, Cuccia, Acquino, Doe and Roe absent an arrest warrant, probable cause or any legal justification, approached Plaintiff for no reason, and based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations, and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained her in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff was subject to offensive bodily contact and was battered in her head, neck, back, body and limbs. Defendants knew their actions lacked any legal justification. After the arrest Plaintiff was subjected to a stri...
Ortiz-Silva, Miguel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026805/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 8, 2020, ended November 5, 2021
$18,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 5, 2020, at approximately, 3:00 p.m., in the vicinity of 848 Hunts Point Avenue, County of Bronx, NYPD Officer Geraldine Ozuna, along with other NYPD officers, approached plaintiff without legal justification and detained him by means of excessive force. The officers subjected plaintiff to a strip search before he was arraigned and falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime. As a result of the officers’ excessive force, plaintiff suffered severe physical and mental injury. Plaintiff also alleges that his arrest was a result of NYPD’s “Stop and Frisk” policy, which encourages racial profiling. All charges against the plaintiff were terminated favorably.
Jimenez, James vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026424/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 26, 2020, ended June 4, 2021
$22,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 12, 2019, Plaintiff was lawfully on the street when he was approached by officers. Officers then stopped, searched, grabbed, and arrested Plaintiff with excessive force and without justification. Plaintiff was transported to the precinct and charged. All charges against Plaintiff were subsequently dismissed.
Lopez, Hiram vs City of New York,et al.
Case # 025596/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 11, 2020, ended May 10, 2021
$27,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 23rd, 2019, while lawfully walking on the street in Bronx County, defendants Officer Danny Aquino (Shield No. 24051), Officer Geraldine Ozuna (Shield No. 2306), Officer Jonathan Chabrier (Shield No. 18690), and two John Doe officers stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained the plaintiff Hiram Lopez in an aggressive and excessive manner. Plaintiff was then arrested, detained, strip-searched, humiliated, photographed, and maliciously prosecuted for crimes (all later dismissed) based on false information given by the officers. This caused severe and permanent bodily injuries to the plaintiff and rendered him disabled. This stop was motivated by the city's negligent hiring and traini...
Paulino, Franklin, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 022365/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 20, 2020, ended November 20, 2020
$45,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 12, 2019, plaintiffs were lawfully in the vicinity of East 163rd Street and Kelly Street, when defendant police officers, without any probable cause or legal justification, summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained plaintiffs with excessive force. Plaintiffs were then handcuffed and arrested. Plaintiffs were strip-searched in custody, and during arraignment they were falsely prosecuted with committing a crime. All charges against plaintiffs were eventually terminated in their favor. As a result of the incident, plaintiffs sustained severe physical and emotional injuries.
Rosario, Ricky vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 020629/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 16, 2020, ended April 19, 2021
$27,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 23, 2019, plaintiff was in the vicinity of Hunts Point Avenue and Gilbert Place when defendant P.O.s Richard Ruiz, Danny Aquino, John Doe, and John Roe approached him and unlawfully stopped, searched, assaulted, beat, and detained him in an aggressive manner. Defendants handcuffed and arrested plaintiff and took him to a police station in the Bronx. At some point in defendants' custody, plaintiff was strip-searched. Defendants falsely accused plaintiff of having committed a crime and forwarded information to prosecutors that resulted in plaintiff having a criminal complaint issued against him. Plaintiff was arraigned and prosecuted on the basis of defendants' false claims. All charges against plainti...
Anthony, Moses vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 020063/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 13, 2020, ended January 11, 2021
$37,500 Settlement
Feliz, Esmeralda Santana vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 033976/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 12, 2018, ended October 31, 2019
$27,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 19, 2018, plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of 163rd St and Intervale Ave, Bronx, when, because of her race and/or age, she was racially profiled by defendant NYPD officers Payamps, Aquino, Browne, Doe and Roe. They proceeded to stop, question and search her without legal justification or probable cause. She was arrested based on false and perjurious charges and was incarcerated for over 24 hours, after which she was required to make numerous court appearance over an extended period of time until all charges against her were terminated.
During the course of her arrest she was pushed assaulted battered, violated and strip searched and threatened in a hostile and offensive manner. As a result, ...
Feliz, Esmeralda Santana vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 032096/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 1, 2018, ended August 8, 2019
$17,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 15, 2018, Plaintiff was approached by Defendant officers Aquino, Doe, and Roe and stopped, searched, assaulted, battered, and detained in an aggressive and excess manner. Plaintiff was taken to a precinct and subjected to strip search while in the custody of the Defendant officers without any legal reason or justification. Plaintiff was arraigned and falsely prosecuted, which charges were eventually terminated favorably. Plaintiff suffered bodily injury due to the aggressive and unnecessary actions of the Defendant officers.
Shields, Tyrone vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 029561/2018,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 4, 2018
Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 21, 2017, Tyrone Shields was allegedly assaulted, battered, falsely arrested, and detained without probable cause by City of New York employees near 957 Kelly Street. On July 23, 2018, the criminal charges against Mr. Shields were dismissed, prompting him to sue the City for false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, assault, battery, negligent hiring, supervision, and civil rights violations. He seeks court approval to file a Notice of Claim nunc pro tunc, citing delays caused by not being informed of his rights in time.
Shields, Tyrone vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 031357/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 4, 2018, ended October 24, 2019
$17,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 21, 2017, Plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of 957 Kelly St. Defendant officers Aquino, Doe, and Roe approached Plaintiff, stopped, searched, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner. There was no arrest warrant, probable cause, or other legal justification for this search. Plaintiff was then subjected to a strip search while in the custody of the Defendant officers. Plaintiff was then arraigned and incarcerated. After several hearings, all charges against Plaintiff were terminated favorably.
Feliz, Esmeralda Santana vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026844/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 13, 2018, ended April 23, 2019
$20,000 Settlement
