Named in 5 known lawsuits, $261,500 total settlements.
Smith, Kenneth, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV05030,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, June 30, 2015, ended June 1, 2016
$2,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 23, 2015, Plaintiffs Kenneth Smith and Rylawn Walker, African American men, were behaving lawfully and not acting in a suspicious manner when they were approached, accosted, falsely arrested, and falsely imprisoned by the Defendant NYPD Officers. Each Plaintiff was imprisoned approximately 24 hours after his unlawful arrest and compelled to make numerous court appearances until June 11, 2015, when the criminal charges were dismissed. While the Plaintiffs were being held, Defendant NYPD Officer Robert Woodhouse, with the acquiescence of the other defendants, misrepresented facts in the police reports and other documents to falsely state the Plaintiffs had committed offenses including possessing mari...
Deus, Rubenz vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV03706,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 8, 2013, ended January 8, 2015
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 3, 2012, at approximately 1:00 a.m., Plaintiff was in the backyard behind a building located on Church Avenue, between East 34th Street and New York Avenue in Kings County, New York. Plaintiff was in the backyard, along with several other people, when multiple police officers entered the backyard with guns drawn. The officers placed Plaintiff and several others against a wall, searched them, and handcuffed them. Plaintiff was not in possession of any contraband, but the officers put him in a police car and took him to a local area station house. Plaintiff repeatedly asked why he was being arrested, but no answer was given. While in custody at the station house, Plaintiff spoke with Defendant Ortiz...
Ryan et al v. City of New York
Case # 10CV05819,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$229,000 Settlement
Third Amended Complaint,
Stipulation
Elikwu v. City of New York et al
Case # 11CV02167,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
Settlement
First Amended Complaint
Smith et al v. The City Of New York , et al
Case # 16CV00845,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
Amended Complaint,
Original Complaint
Description: Plaintiffs were approached and arrested by defendant officers, taken into custody, and charged with 220.03 and 221.05. Charges were later dismissed.