Named in 14 known lawsuits, $162,000 total settlements.
Green, Kenton vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 806962/2026E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 29, 2026
Rojas, Elvin vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 808068/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 10, 2025
Caldwell, Kirk & Villega, Dashawan vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 801483/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 20, 2025
Braimah, Inuwa vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 819614/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 3, 2024
Complaint
Description: On or about April 13, 2023, Plaintiff parked his vehicle, exited, and began walking on the street when Defendant NYPD officers Hennessy, Fitzgerald, and Crain aggressively approached Plaintiff. They called out to him by name, ordered him to stop walking, and requested Plaintiff's identification. Plaintiff complied with all their orders. Despite this, the Defendants assaulted, questioned, searched, and detained Plaintiff, all without legal cause or justification. The Defendants accused Plaintiff of numerous criminal offenses without any probable cause. They then took the Plaintiff's car keys from his person, entered his car without permission, and removed the car from its legal parking spot to be hold in police ...
Barry, Mamadou T. vs The City of Ny, et al.
Case # 809289/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 11, 2024
Complaint
Description: On or about March 17th, 2023, PO Juan Martinezcabrera, PO Lamik Fitzgerald and PO Christopher Crain forcibly stopped, seized and searched Plaintiff on the street. After the search revealed that Plaintiff was not in possession of any contraband or evidence of a crime, he was released. Plaintiff then took out his cell phone to record the PO's and asked them to identify themselves. PO Martinezcabrera then punched Plaintiff in the face. The PO's then violently forced Plaintiff to the ground, kicking and punching him, and then handcuffing him. Plaintiff was then taken to the Precinct for booking.
On that same night, PO's initiated legal proceedings against Plaintiff, falsely alleging that Plaintiff had resisted ar...
Benjamin, Dushawn V. City of Ny, et al.
Case # 805489/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 3, 2024, ended March 18, 2025
$40,000 Settlement
Surgeon, Dante, et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 807031/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 11, 2021
Complaint
Description: On or about July 27, 2019 at approximately 1:45 a.m. Plaintiffs Surgeon and Fenner were lawfully inside a motor vehicle when POs Luke Brennan, Robert Cabrera, Christopher Crain, and John or Jane Does 1-10 approached and unlawfully questioned Plaintiffs regarding illegal activity. POs then threw Plaintiff Surgeon against a wall, causing scrapes and bruises on his face, eye, knees, arms, and punched him in his eye. POs also threw Plaintiff Fenner headfirst into the car then the ground. Both Plaintiffs had handcuffs placed on them that were too tight. POs constructed a false narrative wherein Plaintiffs allegedly resisted arrest, among other crimes. Plaintiffs were taken to the 44th Precinct where they were crimin...
Surgeon, Dante, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 808031/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 11, 2021, ended June 27, 2025
$45,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about July 27, 2019, at approximately 1:45 A.M., Plaintiff was in the vicinity of the intersection of Townsend Avenue and East 1713t Street within County of the Bronx, State of New York, lawfully sitting inside a motor vehicle when the
Defendants, including NYPD Police Officer Luke Brennan (shield #1019), Robert Cabrera (shield #21253), Christopher Crain (shield #1266) and John or Jane Doe #s 1-10, approached to them. The Defendants, including Brennan, Cabrera, Crain and John or Jane Doe #s 1-10, unlawfully questioned the Plaintiffs regarding illegal activity, despite possessing no valid reason to inquire, as no criminal activity was present or even reasonably suspected. The Defendants, including Brennan,...
Jarvis, Roland vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 20CV08341,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 17, 2020, ended June 16, 2021
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On May 4, 2018, plaintiff was meeting with friends to leave for a party when four unidentified plainsclothes police officers, Anthony Cassase, Daniel Maria, Robert Cabrera, and Sergeant Crane, approached. Plaintiff began to walk away when an officer tackled him to the ground and searched him, finding a handgun. Plaintiff was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Plaintiff was held in jail for over a year after his indictment; the case was dismissed on July 2, 2019 on grounds that it was an illegal search.
Watson, Tyler, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 029398/2020,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 31, 2020
Complaint
Description: On or about July 27, 2019, in the Bronx NY, Plaintiffs were all walking home for a local eatery, towards their respective homes, when they stopped, handcuffed and arrested by Defendants NYPD Officers Cabera, Crain, and Brennan. At no time did Plaintiff engage in any illegal or unlawful activity. After being falsely arrested, while inside of Central Booking, Plaintiffs were forced to
remain inside of a holding cell for hours with numerous other people who harassed them, a holding cell without a working toilet. Each were charged with Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Arrest, charges which were eventually dropped.
Perez, Thomas vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV02351,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, March 26, 2019, ended August 25, 2022
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On October 17, 2017, at approximately 12:05 AM, the plaintiff, a Hispanic male, while walking home on the street, was arrested by defendant police officers in front of 1139 Clay Avenue near the intersection with 167th St. in the Bronx. While plaintiff was walking home, the three defendant police officers were in an unmarked black car and began following the plaintiff in their car. When the plaintiff was just a few blocks from his house, the three defendant police officers pulled up behind the plaintiff and got out of their car. One of the officers yelled at the plaintiff to slow down, without making the plaintiff aware that he was a police officer. Two of the officers walked up to the plaintiff and violentl...
Blige, Jacob vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 022740/2018E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 5, 2018, ended December 20, 2018
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On 01/14/2017, plaintiff Jacob Blige was falsely arrested and unjustly imprisoned by NYPD officers. He was brutally detained and falsely imprisoned. He was stopped and interrogated without probable cause, and then imprisoned.
Lindo, Jammal and Edwards, Norman vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 300765/2014,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 21, 2014
Collier, Michael vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV00256,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 23, 2013, ended June 18, 2013
$47,000 Settlement