Named in 12 known lawsuits, $360,000 total settlements.
Ufret, Andrew vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 022723/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 4, 2020, ended April 4, 2025
$57,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 25, 2017, plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of East 180th Street and Valentine Avenue, Bronx, when defendant police officers, without any probable cause and legal justification, approached plaintiff and restrained him with excessive force. Plaintiff was not engaging in any illegal or criminal conduct. Defendants violently contorted plaintiff's arms behind his back and handcuffed him tightly, causing substantial pain. Plaintiff was then transported to a police precinct, where he was strip-searched and detained. Defendants then employed illegal interrogation tactics, threatening plaintiff with criminal prosecution and lengthy imprisonment. Upon plaintiff's refusal to give in, defendants retaliate...
Sostre, Daniel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 020052/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 7, 2019, ended September 28, 2021
$7,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 16, 2018 at 8:30 PM, at 304 Echo Place, Bronx Plaintiff Daniel was walking towards the store to get something to eat when Defendant undercover police officer Doe and another individual approached Plaintiff and requested Plaintiff to walk down the street with him and UC Doe. Plaintiff declined and continued towards the store. Then after Defendant Cruz, Sheikh and Does stopped, handcuffed and arrested Plaintiff even though plaintiff did not engage in any criminal act. Plaintiff did not possess or attempt to sell any controlled substance. Post the arrest plaintiff was transported to the 46 precinct, where he was strip searched and nothing illegal was found. Thenafter, Plaintiff was taken to the Central B...
Gary, Wallace vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV01230,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 26, 2019, ended December 5, 2019
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On February 18, 2016, plaintiff was in his apartment when someone rang plaintiff's doorbell saying he was from the post office and had a delivery for plaintiff. It was not plaintiff's regular mail man. The man placed the package in plaintiff's hands, and plaintiff noticed that his name was spelled backward on the package. Plaintiff tried to return the package but the man refused to take it back. Plaintiff saw his regular mailman in his building and had the package in his physical possession for less than one minute before he handed it to his regular mailman. A few seconds later, plaintiff saw people with guns come straight toward him and started choking him. Plaintiff was unarmed and placed under arrest b...
Vargas, Kenny vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 032760/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 15, 2018, ended April 17, 2019
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On November 3, 2017, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Plaintiff was lawfully present near Buchanan Place and Grand Avenue in the Bronx, engaged in no illegal or suspicious activity, when approached by Detective Asim Sheikh and other officers, including John Doe and John Roe. The officers, without probable cause or any legal justification, aggressively detained Plaintiff, based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations, and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner.
Following the arrest, Plaintiff was taken to a police station and subjected to a strip search. He remained in custody for over 24 hours before being arraigned. Plaintiff was required ...
Ramirez, Pedro vs City of New York
Case # 027618/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, July 2, 2018, ended August 31, 2020
$45,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 14, 2017, at around 2:00 p.m., Pedro Ramirez was stopped by Detective Ariel Marte and Officers John Doe and John Roe near Rogers Place and East 163rd Street in the Bronx. The officers approached Ramirez without a warrant or clear legal cause. They forcibly detained him, searched him aggressively, and conducted a strip search while in custody. Ramirez was arrested, taken to a Bronx police station, and processed with fingerprints and photos. He was charged with a crime and held for over 24 hours before his release. Ramirez faced multiple court appearances before all charges were eventually dismissed. He suffered physical injuries during the arrest and emotional stress from the legal ordeal. The officers’ ...
Rivera, Luis vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026497/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 8, 2018, ended June 18, 2019
$175,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November, 3, 2017, at approximately 5:30 p.m., in the vicinity of Buchanan Place and Grand Avenue in the Bronx, the plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, searched, assaulted, and detained in an excessive manner. The defendants, the City of New York, New York City Police Department, Detective Asim Sheikh, and unnamed NYPD Officers John Doe and John Roe, lacked a warrant, reasonable cause, or probable cause to stop and arrest the plaintiff. Rather, the defendants stopped and detained the plaintiff based solely on his age and/or race for the purposes of meeting department quotas. At the aforementioned date and time, the plaintiff was not committing any crime. However, the defendants proceeded to touch, grab, and ha...
Cruz-Mejias, Miguel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 029332/2017E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 17, 2017, ended October 16, 2019
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about October 26, 2016, several unknown defendant NYPD officers wrongfully touched, grabbed, handcuffed, and seized the Plaintiff in an excessive manner which caused him physical pain and suffering without legal cause. Plaintiff was unlawfully arrested and taken into custody. Plaintiff later learned that he was arrested because he was accused of being involved in a drug transaction. Plaintiff was then held in custody at central booking for approximately 29 hours until the district attorney declined to prosecute the matter.
Woods, James vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 020535/2017,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 3, 2017, ended October 19, 2017
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 18, 2016, Plaintiff was assaulted and battered by Defendants. As a result, Plaintiff suffered severe and serious injuries, great pain, distress, mental shock, mental anguish, and psychological trauma.
Delacruz, Vizandri, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV07374,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, September 23, 2015, ended February 28, 2017
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: Plaintiffs were violently arrested by Officers based on observations by Officer Pichardo. Plaintiffs were brought to the 34th Precinct where Plaintiff 1 was released with a DAT and Plaintiff 2 was strip-searched and charged with crim sale and possession of marijuana, which were later dismissed. Plaintiff 3 was arrested in the same vicinity on a separate occasion, brought to the 34th Precinct, strip searched, and charged with false allegations that were later dismissed.
Javier-Salcedo, Waleska vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 156396/2015,
Supreme Court - New York, June 29, 2015, ended August 14, 2015
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 18, 2014 Plaintiff was lawfully at an intersection when PO Asim Sheikh, PO Vanessa Tejada, PO John Doe, and PO John Roe summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, detained, and arrested Plaintiff without legal justification and motivated by racial bias. Plaintiff was wrongfully imprisoned, subjected to a strip search, and maliciously prosecuted. Plaintiff was incarcerated for over 24 hours and required to make numerous court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges against her were terminated favorably. Plaintiff suffered severe and permanent bodily injuries about his head neck, back, body, and limbs, pain and suffering, emotional distress, reputational injury, loss...
Mabrouk, Tamer vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 400544/2012,
Supreme Court - New York, August 31, 2011, ended April 30, 2013
$10,000 Settlement
Delacruz et al v. the City of New York
Case # 16CV02570,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
Amended Complaint
Description: On October 25, 2014, two out of the three plaintiff's were arrested. Delacruz (a minor at the time) she was yanked from the sidewalk and thrown against the ground and was tightly handcuffed. Delacruz was held for 7 hours until being released with a desk appearance ticket. On the same day, DeLeon was arrested on the same street for possession of marijuana and was falsely charged with criminal sale and possession of marijuana. He was taken to the 34th precinct where he was subjected to a strip search which included the anal cavity. On July 27, 2014, plaintiff Parra was on Arden Street when arrested and was transported to the 34th precinct where he was also subjected to a strip-search which included the anal cav...