Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - The conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
Further details on conclusions.
Named in 2 known lawsuits, $56,500 total settlements.
Hines, Thomas, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 708436/2020,
Supreme Court - Queens, June 26, 2020, ended June 10, 2025
$45,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about December 6, 2017, police officers Stephen Giustino, Joseph Morgante, John/Jane Doe 1-10 improperly arrested Thomas Hines and Jarrell Wynn based on improper biased based profiling. The officers approached Wynn and pointed guns at him when he was walking towards his vehicle. The officers then grabbed and slammed Wynn to the ground. Wynn was subject to tight handcuff, causing severe physical pain. The officers at no time had a justifiable cause of doing so. Wynn was not read his Miranda rights nor had access to his lawyer, but was subject to intense interrogations by the officers. Several hours later, on the same day, Hines was stopped, searched, grabbed and violently slammed against a wall by the offi...
Roberson, Jesse vs Giustino, Stephen, et al.
Case # 14CV07139,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, December 11, 2014, ended April 2, 2015
$11,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 11th, 2014, Plaintiff was driving and stopped at a police checkpoint. He was asked for his license and registration, which he produced. He was asked to step out of the vehicle. He was told by NYPD officers "we think your license is suspended but the system isn't telling us why". As Plaintiff started to walk back to the car to get proof of his license, NYPD P.O. Stephen Giustino and others grabbed his arm and threw him to the ground. Other officers then handcuffed him extremely tightly. Plaintiff suffered head and eye injuries. The officers then caused Plaintiff to be falsely charged.