Named in 19 known lawsuits, $718,861 total settlements.
Nolasco, Willy vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 811224/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 2, 2022, ended April 5, 2023
$125,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 9, 2022 at approximately 10:30pm, several police officers, including but not limited to defendant police officers James Simpson, Camhi David, Lully Vargas, John Doe, and John Roe, approached Plaintiff in the vicinity of Grant Avenue and East 167th St, Bronx, NY. Defendant officers, absent an arrest warrant or probable cause, approached Plaintiff for no reason and stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive manner.
Plaintiff was incarcerated for over 24 hours and was required to make numerous court appearances. Plaintiff sustained physical and emotional pain and injuries as a result of this incident, specifically in and about his head, neck, back, body, and lim...
Jimenez, Eduardo vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 808566/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 8, 2022, ended March 12, 2025
$27,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about July 12, 2021, plaintiff Eduardo Jimenez was on his way to a friend's home when he was stopped, arrested and handcuffed by police officers Vargas, Higgins and Simpson. Nevertheless, plaintiff was not involved in any criminal activity. Plaintiff was placed in a precinct, before proceeding to numerous court proceedings. All the charges against the plaintiff were eventually dismissed.
Mercado, Samuel et al. vs City of Ny et al.
Case # 814604/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 29, 2021
Complaint
Description: On January 24, 2018, at approximately 1:00 a.m., inside the residential premises of 1715 Longfellow Avenue, The Bronx, New York, Plaintiffs, Mr. SAMUEL MERCADO and Ms. MARIBEL RIVERA, were illegally stopped, searched, seized, arrested and detained by defendants, police officers, detectives, sergeants, lieutenants, inspectors or other supervisory officers, employed by the NYPD. Plaintiff, Mr. Samuel Mercado (“Mr. Mercado”), is a Black, African American, Hispanic or Latino male, and Plaintiff, Ms. Maribel Rivera (“Ms. Rivera”), is an African American, Black, Latina or Hispanic female. The defendants did not possess a judicially authorized warrant to arrest Plaintiffs and did not possess a lawfully obtained searc...
Padilla, Joeal vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 804217/2021,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 26, 2021
Complaint
Description: On July 5, 2018 Plaintiff was in the vicinity of Morris Ave. and East 190th St. in the Bronx, having a conversation with his friend, when Defendant Officers, including Officers Vargas and Cruz, aggressively approached Plaintiff and unlawfully questioned Plaintiff regarding illegal activity. Defendant Officers violently grabbed and contorted Plaintiff's arms behind his back and applied metal handcuffs to his wrists in an excessively tight fashion without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. Defendant Officers falsely accused Plaintiff of illegally possessing narcotic drugs despite the absence of any probable cause to support their allegations, and despite having no legal right to go through Plaintiff's pocket...
Fernandez, Christian, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 034036/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 14, 2018, ended July 11, 2019
$80,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 12, 2018, Detective Edward French, Manuel Cruz, Luilly Vargas, William Rojas, Luis Sanchez, and other police officers stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, arrested and detained the plaintiff Christian Fernandez and Joalfred Luciano in an aggressive and excessive manner without a warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification. Because of the defendants conduct, the plaintiffs suffered great and permanent bodily injury in and about his head, neck, back, body and limbs and was rendered sick, sore, lame and disabled, and suffered conscious pain. The plaintiffs were falsely and maliciously prosecuted with committing a crime, but the criminal actions against them were term...
Padilla, Francisco vs City of New York
Case # 033400/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 30, 2018, ended January 23, 2020
$33,750 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 15, 2017, at approximately 5:00 p.m., Plaintiff was lawfully present near 2860 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York when he was approached by Police Officers Luilly Vargas and Thomas Demkiw, along with other unnamed officers (John Doe and John Roe). Plaintiff was not engaged in any suspicious or illegal behavior at the time.
The officers approached and detained Plaintiff based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations. They allegedly “stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner.” Plaintiff sustained physical and emotional pain and injuries as a result of this incident. Plaintiff was then taken into custody, where he was subjected to a strip sea...
Samuel, William vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 033178/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 29, 2018, ended April 5, 2022
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 17, 2017, Defendants Detective Paul Zaino, Police Officer Luilly Vargas, Detective Daniel Rivera, and Lieutenant David E. Camhi falsely claimed to have observed the Plaintiff in criminal possession of a controlled substance and ammunition. Their false statements were used to intentionally and maliciously prosecute or charge the Plaintiff. All charges were eventually dismissed. The Defendants’ actions caused several injuries to Plaintiff, including great humiliation and ridicule, an inability to handle necessary affairs and business, an inability to work, and damage to his character and reputation. In addition, the Plaintiff was forced to spend a large amount of money, incurred debt, and his credit was ...
Fernandez, Christian, et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 029750/2018,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 28, 2018, ended July 11, 2019
$80,000 Settlement
Moore, Sheniqua vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 021218/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 30, 2018
Moore, Tyreek vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 021215/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 30, 2018
Complaint
Description: On November 2, 2016, Plaintiff Tyreek Moore was in his apartment when Defendant Officer Luilly Vargas and Sergeant Brian Query and several unidentified police officers unlawfully entered and searched the apartment and individuals present, but did not recover any drugs, weapons or contraband. Defendants caused damage to Plaintiff's apartment and belongings and stole several articles of clothing. Plaintiff was handcuffed, arrested and taken to the precinct and detained in a holding cell for several hours, before being transported to Bronx Central Booking, searched and placed in another holding cell. On November 3, 2016, after 30 hours in custardy, Plaintiff was arraigned based on false information provided by Def...
Green, Joseph vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 025734/2018,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 25, 2018
Complaint
Description: On March 18, 2017, Plaintiff Joseph Green was walking towards the subway station when he was stopped by Defendant Officer Luilly Varga, and unidentified undercover officer and at least one unidentified police officer. Defendants handcuffed and arrested Plaintiff and the undercover officer wrongfully accused Plaintiff of having been involved in the sale of narcotics. Plaintiff was taken to the precinct, strip searched and held for several hours before being transferred to central booking and arraigned in criminal court. On October 26, all charges against Plaintiff were dismissed.
Francis, Damien vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 025386/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 10, 2018, ended October 1, 2020
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 20, 2017, in the vicinity of 183rd Street and Grand Concourse,
PO Luilly Vargas, an undercover PO, and other unnamed POs approached Plaintiff with loaded firearms, outstretched limbs, and other objects because PO Luilly Vargas was wrongly informed by the undercover PO that Plaintiff criminally involved in a drug transaction. The POs grabbed Plaintiff by his arm, tripped him, and threw him on the ground facing down and handcuffed him. The handcuffs were placed on Plaintiff's wrists so tight that Plaintiff's wrists turned red, and were swollen. Therefore, POs took Plaintiff to a local NYPD precinct in the County of Bronx, where Plaintiff was held in custody for approximately 39 hours.
In sum, the POs ...
Rodriguez, Jose vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 029601/2017E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 17, 2017, ended September 5, 2024
$16,000 Settlement
Montero, Christopher vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 300391/2017,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 28, 2017, ended August 10, 2018
$41,611 Order/Judgment (Verdict)
Owens, Derrick vs Det. Mustafa, Bahir, et al.
Case # 027184/2016,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 27, 2016, ended May 9, 2017
$50,000 Settlement
Sanchez, Luis vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 302711/2016,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 22, 2016, ended June 22, 2017
$20,000 Settlement
Morante, Anthony vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 022860/2015E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 28, 2015, ended October 23, 2017
$55,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about June 14, 2014 Plaintiff was wrongfully touched, grabbed, handcuffed, and arrested with excessive force by POs Christop Damico, Luilly Vargas, John Doe, and John Roe without legal justification. POs falsely accused Plaintiff of committing a crime, took him to a police precinct, and falsely imprisoned him. Plaintiff was subjected to a malicious prosecution that was terminated favorably on December 14, 2016. Plaintiff suffered deprivation of liberty, scorn, ridicule, embarrassment, reputational injury, and serious, severe, painful, and permanent bodily injuries as a result of this incident.
Eder, Julio, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 307085/2013,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 10, 2013, ended July 10, 2014
$90,000 Settlement
Gordon, Jonathan, et Al By Torrence-Brooks, Rhonda vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 350316/2012,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 30, 2012, ended May 31, 2013
$55,000 Settlement