Named in 11 known lawsuits, $5,783,000 total settlements.
Padin, Ryan vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 801157/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 22, 2024
Complaint
Description: On or about February 13th, 2020, at approximately 7:00 p.m., Plaintiff Ryan Padin was lawfully in the vicinity of 2711 Decatur Avenue, Bronx, NY when Defendants—NYPD Police Officers John Doe, John Roe, and Detectives Bernard Solomon and Michael Fahey—aggressively and excessively stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, and battered him in a hostile and offensive manner. Plaintiff was not committing/attempting any crime, but Defendants still targeted Plaintiff nevertheless. Defendants took Plaintiff to a police station in the Bronx, NY, and entered him onto the records as under arrest. The Plaintiff got his fingerprints and photographs taken without his consent. Defendants then held Plaintiff held him on various c...
Kinsey, Maurice vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 811488/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 1, 2023
Complaint
Description: On May 11, 2022, Mr. Kinsey was unlawfully stopped, detained, battered and assaulted, seized and searched, and falsely arrested by Defendant officers in the vicinity of inside 2120 Ryer Avenue in the Bronx. Prior to this date, Defendants conducted a police investigation where they falsely accused Plaintiff of a criminal offense of assault on a police officer. Thereafter, the Defendants communicated to Mr. Kinsey there was a warrant for his arrest and that he would be taken into custody if he did not voluntarily surrender himself. Defendants illegally seized and searched Mr. Kinsey's person with their outstretched hands aggressively grabbing about his body and rifling through his clothing, without probable cause...
Ephram, Terry vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 801871/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 7, 2023
Complaint
Description: On May 19, 2020, Plaintiff was lawfully present inside a friend's apartment when Defendant officer Bernard A. Solomon and Officers John and Jane Does knocked aggressively on the door. Plaintiff asked who it was and opened the door. Defendant officers then grabbed Plaintiff and handcuffed him. Defendant officers searched the apartment and did not recover any illegal contraband. Nevertheless, Plaintiff was placed in an NYPD vehicle and transported to the 46th Precinct against his will. At the 46th Precinct, Plaintiff was unlawfully searched and interrogated for 40 minutes about an incident that happened a few blocks away from the apartment Plaintiff had been at. Defendant officers also falsely informed the Bronx ...
Rodriguez, Giovanni A/k/a Karrot, King vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV04805,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, June 18, 2018, ended November 16, 2021
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: After hearing gunshots and proceeding to run down the street, Plaintiff was shot in the back. The bullets were meant for members of the "Dub City" gang, which Plaintiff was not. When Plaintiff could not help Defendant Officers identify the shooter, he was categorized as a gang member. NYPD then began to reach out to clubs about the dangers of having Plaintiff perform, hurting Plaintiff's rap career.
Jackson, Dytrel, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV04987,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 11, 2015, ended June 30, 2017
$85,500 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Complaint
Description: Defendant Police Officers entered residence where plaintiffs' were visiting each other at the home of a plaintiff. Defendant Police Officers verbally assaulted and handcuffed plaintiffs. Defendant officers then searched the residence, causing damage to the residence and its contents. Defendant Police Officers then transported plaintiffs to the 46th precinct. Several of the plaintiffs were physically assaulted at the precinct (physical/taser/chokehold) and several of the plaintiffs were subjugated to strip searches. Plaintiffs were accused with being involved in a shooting. Plaintiffs were transported to Bronx Central Booking where they were questioned. The Bronx County District Attorney's Office declined to pro...
Woodards, Keith A. Jr. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 021602/2014E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 2, 2014
Bowen, Jamir vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV07059,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 15, 2013, ended June 3, 2014
$37,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 15, 2012, Plaintiff was walking when NYPD Defendant Officers, including Officer Solomon, approached him with guns drawn. They violently grabbed, choked and punched him, and then threw him to the ground, causing Plaintiff's head to be slammed against the pavement. The Defendant Officers yelled "Shut up you stupid black n***a" repeatedly and did not inform Plaintiff why he was being arrested. They then conducted an invasive search of Plaintiff's body including his anus. Plaintiff was then arrested without a warrant or probable cause and later was charged with criminal sale of controlled substance in the third degree. The following day, Plaintiff was treated at the hospital for facial contusion and bac...
Derieux, Reynaldo vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV06379,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, September 16, 2013, ended March 21, 2014
$75,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 9, 2011, Plaintiff was lawfully reading his emails in a computer store when Defendants, who are NYPD Detectives assigned to Narcotics Borough Manhattan North, falsely arrested Plaintiff for an alleged sale of a controlled substance. Plaintiff did not sell illegal drugs at all. Plaintiff was taken to the 33rd Precinct, where Defendants interrogated him about neighborhood drug dealers. Defendants agreed to illegally strip-search Plaintiff and misrepresent that they recovered drugs from him during the search, although they did not recover anything illegal from him. In the precinct, Defendant McNulty falsely charged Plaintiff with the sale and possession of a controlled substance. Plaintiff was taken to...
Collado, Amarilis as Adm of Collado, John Sr. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 11CV09041,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 21, 2011, ended October 21, 2019
$5,500,000 Settlement
Dismissal of Defendants
Cardoza, Janice vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 106174/2010,
Supreme Court - New York, May 11, 2010, ended February 16, 2016
$40,000 Settlement
Taveras et al v. Daliz et al
Case # 13CV03038,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$45,000 Settlement
Second Amended Complaint