Named in 10 known lawsuits, $431,500 total settlements.
Freeman, Shayna vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 021129/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 31, 2020, ended August 19, 2022
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 28, 2019, plaintiff was inside the vicinity of 735 East 163rd Street, Apt. 7C in Bronx, and defendant police officers, without search warrants or any other legal justification, entered, searched, and seized plaintiff with tight handcuffs at said location. Plaintiff was not in possession of any controlled substance and was not in violation of any law, yet defendant officers, who at no point observed plaintiff possessing controlled substance, falsely claimed that they found a controlled substance. Plaintiff was arrested and transported to a local precinct, where he was further questioned and strip searched. Plaintiff was later arraigned and charged with two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlle...
Rivera, Ramon vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 029417/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 15, 2019, ended March 7, 2022
$82,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 15, 2018, plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of 755 Coster Street, in Bronx, New York, doing nothing illegal, improper, or acting in a suspicious way. Defendant NYPD officers, without any probable cause, approached the plaintiff and summarily stopped, frisked, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner. The plaintiff was subjected to a strip search while in custody and was maliciously prosecuted. He suffered physical and emotional pain and injuries.
Torres, Joshua vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 027384/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 27, 2019, ended November 12, 2021
$115,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 20, 2017, in the Bronx, Defendants, NYPD Ofiicers VORONKOV, GASHI, PABON, DOE and ROE, absent an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification, approached Plaintiff JOSHUA TORRES for no reason, and based on fraud, perjury and misrepreseñtations, and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him in an aggressive and excessive manner. Thereafter, Plaintiff JOSHUA TORRES remained incarcerated for over 24 hours and was required to make numerous court appearances over an extended period of time until all charges against him were terminated favorably on 12/12/18.
Rodriguez, Jose vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 034302/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 21, 2018, ended July 10, 2020
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 12, 2017 at approximately 6:00 p.m., Plaintiff Jose Rodriguez was unlawfully searched, assaulted with excessive, and detained by the defendants, the City of New York, the New York City Police Department, Officer Tatiana Cruz, Detective Victor Voronkov, Officer Joe Bassat, and unnamed NYPD officers John Doe and John Roe. The plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of 1019 Simpson Street in the Bronx when the defendants touched, grabbed, and handcuffed him without probable or just cause. Rather, the defendants stopped and questioned the plaintiff based solely on his age and/or race. After unlawfully arresting the plaintiff, the defendants transported him to a police station in the Bronx where they comm...
Rodriguez, Miguel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 033047/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 27, 2018
Complaint
Description: On August 9, 2017, at approximately 6:00-6:30 a.m., Plaintiff was present at 882 Bryant Avenue, Basement Apartment, Bronx, New York. Plaintiff was not engaging in any suspicious or unlawful activity when he encountered Detective Victor Voronkov and Police Officer Tatiana Cruz from the NYPD’s Narcotics Unit, and other police officers whose names are unknow N/H/A JOHN/JANE DOE I-IV,.
The officers, without a warrant, probable cause, or legal justification, forcibly detained and handcuffed Plaintiff, causing physical pain and mental suffering. They placed Plaintiff “in imminent fear of physical contact by approaching [him] with their loaded firearms, outstretched limbs, and other objects” (p. 4). Plaintiff was the...
Mustafa, Ehab, et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 032098/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 1, 2018, ended October 10, 2019
$120,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 21, 2017, named Defendants Officer Tatiana Cruz and Detective Victor Voronkov, along with two unnamed Defendants, Officers John Doe and John Roe, stopped and seized the Plaintiffs Ehab Mustafa, Dennis Pena, Odai Hamadan, and Edmond Martinez without a warrant or cause. The Plaintiffs were arrested based on the claim that they had contraband on their persons and/or within the premises. However, no contraband was found on the Plaintiffs, they were not using contraband in plain view, they had no knowledge of any contraband within the premises, as they had no legal relation to any property on the street, and there was no contraband within the premises. The Defendants grabbed, pushed, assaulted, battered,...
Williams, Rahjeem vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV05676,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 18, 2017, ended August 23, 2018
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: The defendants entered the incident address with weapons drawn and demanded the plaintiff get down on the floor. Plaintiff was searched and cuffed and not allowed to clothe himself. The incident address was not the plaintiff's residence so he asked to be released. He was in an felony offender program at the time and was not able to attend for two days because of the arresting process and being arraigned.
Ramirez, Rene vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 303413/2016,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 27, 2016, ended June 29, 2020
$6,000 Settlement
Sandoval, Alexis vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 026852/2015E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 17, 2015, ended February 15, 2019
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 10, 2015 Plaintiff was lawfully in the vicinity of an intersection when PO James Brown, PO Victor Voronokov, PO John Doe, PO John Roe, PO James McBrown approached and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained Plaintiff in an aggressive and excessive manner without legal justification. Plaintiff was arrested and taken into custody where he was strip searched. Plaintiff remained unlawfully incarcerated for over 24 hours and was forced to make numerous court appearances to defend against a malicious prosecution until all charges against him were terminated favorably. Plaintiff sustained physical and emotional pain and injuries, reputational damages, ridicule, shame, distres...
Adom, Romeo vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 301322/2015,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 2, 2015, ended March 14, 2016
$3,000 Settlement