Named in 4 known lawsuits, $130,000 total settlements.
Suares, Olivia vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV11327,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 21, 2020, ended September 9, 2022
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 23, 2018, P.O.s including Sergeant Flores, Officers Camiglia, Bupp, Veliz, Rubin, Escoto, Paulio, Burgos, and Lee Rubin, Lieutenant Sharbir, and Detectives Jason Baker, Andre Smith, Diskin, and Hennessy, visited Plaintiff’s residence at approximately 4:30 a.m., and rushed in without consent when the door was opened. Some of the defendants were in uniform, while others were not. The officers asked Plaintiff if any gunshots were heard from her home, and informed Plaintiff that someone had been shot in the apartment located under her apartment’s bedroom. Plaintiff responded she had not heard any gunshots. Officers rushed into Plaintiff’s bedroom without consent, where her daughter’s boyfriend and daughter...
Suares, Olivia vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV05832,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, September 10, 2019, ended September 9, 2022
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On March 23, 2018 plaintiff was asleep in her home at 4:30 AM. Police knocked on the door and plaintiff's daughter opened the door. Police barged in explaining someone had been shot the floor below them, although no one had heard any shots. Then NYPD officer Chabert brought plaintiff and her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend in for questioning to the police station. Plaintiff and her daughter were allowed to leave the police station after 2 hours but then the daughter's boyfriend was arrested for shooting a gun causing an injury to someone in the floor below it. Plaintiff was forced to sign a permission to search form before she could enter her apartment - she was forced under duress. Charges were later dro...
Melendez, Kevin vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 021160/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 15, 2019
Complaint
Description: On or about November 3, 2017, Kevin Melendez was allegedly falsely arrested, assaulted, and battered by several New York City police officers, including Officer John Espenberg, Officer Francisco Ferreira, and Sergeant Maria Veliz, along with other unidentified officers. The incident occurred at approximately 3:45 a.m. in front of 39 East 170th Street, Bronx, New York. Prior to his encounter with the officers, Melendez had been attacked and slashed in the face by an unknown assailant, leaving him bleeding and in need of medical assistance.
Instead of helping him, the officers allegedly used excessive force, beating him with nightsticks, kicking, stomping, and tasing him while he was already handcuffed and bleed...
Willis, Lamar vs Police Officer Bell, Ana, et al.
Case # 13CV00674,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, June 10, 2013, ended April 14, 2014
$90,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 27, 2010, at approximately 3:45 a.m., Plaintiff was present at a bar called "One and One" located at First Avenue and 1st Street in Manhattan, New York. Across the street, a fight broke out among a bunch of women in front of a bar called La Linea. The fight spilled over to the side of the street where One and One was located. Plaintiff worked as a bouncer at One and One, but was not working that night. He and the bouncer on duty attempted to break up the fight, but unbeknownst to him, two of the fight participants were plain clothed police officers. Plaintiff did not assault or strike any officers, but when several uniformed officers arrived, they threw Plaintiff to the ground and hit him, kicked him,...