Named in 3 known lawsuits, $212,500 total settlements.
Betances, Enny, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 033089/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 4, 2020, ended October 18, 2021
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 7, 2020, Defendant POs unlawfully stopped, searched, and use excessive force to arrest Plaintiffs without just cause or provocation. Defendant POs then strip searched, incarcerated, and maliciously prosecuted Plaintiffs. As a result of Defendants POs' actions, Plaintiffs suffered severe mental anguish, emotional distress, infliction of physical illness, humiliation, indignities, embarrassment, degradation, injury to reputation and standing in the community both professionally and personally, restrictions on all forms of personal freedom, deprivation of liberty, fear and scorn.
The claims against Plaintiffs terminated favorably by dismissal.
Rosario, Javier vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 029582/2020,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 28, 2020, ended January 13, 2022
$67,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about May 7, 2020, at approximately 5:00pm, Plaintiff was near 967 Kelly Street in Bronx County when NYPD Officers Andre Feliz, John Doe, and John Roe summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained Plaintiff using excessive force without an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification and based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations. Plaintiff was pushed and beaten on his head, neck, back and body, strip searched, humiliated, photographed and handcuffed by NYPD Officers Feliz, Doe, and Roe. After Plaintiff's unlawful arrest, he was falsely and maliciously prosecuted and remained incarcerated for over 24 hours. Eventually, all charges were terminate...
Read, Christopher vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 027725/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 22, 2020, ended February 8, 2022
$95,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On 8/23/19, at approximately 6:30 p.m., Plaintiff Christopher Read was lawfully at 957 Kelly Street, Bronx, doing nothing illegal, improper or acting suspicious. Defendants including officer Jaffrey, Does and Roe approached Plaintiff for no reason, and stopped and searched the Plaintiff absent an arrest warrant. Defendants used excessive force and grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained the Plaintiff. Defendants knew that their actions lacked legal justification in searching, seizing and arresting Plaintiff and the said actions were based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations. After the arrest Plaintiff was subjected to a strip search, was fingerprinted, photographed and held at the precinct first and the...
