Named in 5 known lawsuits, $18,500 total settlements.
Phipps, Gabriel vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 807373/2025,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 29, 2025
Bryant, Ashaun vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 813008/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 28, 2023, ended September 23, 2024
$18,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 2, 2020, Ashaun Bryant was unlawfully stopped, detained, battered and assaulted, seized and searched, and falsely arrested by or at the direction of Defendants officers, including Gonzalez, Maloney, Verendia, and John or Jane Doe 1-10, in the area of 2594 Valentine Avenue in Bronx County. Mr. Bryant was in the vicinity where other non-party individuals were engaged in a physical altercation that Mr. Bryant did not take part in. Without a warrant, probable cause, or any legal justification Defendant officers appeared and detained Mr. Bryant. Ashaun Bryant explained to Defendants that he did not engage in any physical altercation but said defendants refused to listen and then ilegallys earched his per...
Isom, Brandee vs P.o Verendia, Martin, et al.
Case # 816072/2021,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 30, 2021
Complaint
Description: On April 7, 2020, at approximately 5:00 pm, Plaintiff Brandee Isom was lawfully at present Davidson Avenue and West 183rd Street in Bronx, New York. Plaintiff was returning from work when she stopped to speak to her friend when an unmarked vehicle stopped, and defendant officers approached them with taser and tased the plaintiff on the back of her head and spine causing her to fall unconscious to the ground. The plaintiff ran to her friends side and asked the officers to call an ambulance. However, the defendants proceeded to punch her in the face, tackle her to the ground and arrest her. Defendants unlawfully stopped, questioned, assaulted, battered, frisked and searched for contrabands, and falsely arrested P...
Ortiz, Joel vs City of New York
Case # 802029/2021,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 16, 2021
Complaint
Description: On May 21, 2019 in the vicinity of 85 West Fordham Road in the Bronx, Plaintiff was illegally targeted by Defendant Officers based on his race. Defendant Officers, including Officer Segovia, Verendia, and Brathwaite, forcibly threw Plaintiff off his bicycle, slammed him into the pavement, and punched him in his ribs and arms. Plaintiff was placed in handcuffs that were too tight. Defendant Officers fabricating a false narrative, in which they claimed Plaintiff committed criminal activities including Resisting Arrest and Disorderly Conduct in order to place him under arrest. Defendant Officers ignored all of Plaintiff’s pleas to loosen the handcuffs, causing substantial pain to Plaintiff’s wrists and hands and f...
Luna, Elvys vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV03383,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, May 12, 2017
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff's motorbike was parked in the driveway when four police officers in a marked car asked to see the bike and said they were responding to a call about a stolen bike. Plaintiff said he would get the title for the bike. Plaintiff's wife was also recording this with her phone, to which the police officers said "we don't need the title and stop recording". Shortly after this, a police SUV arrived and an officer directed the other police officers to arrest the plaintiff.