Named in 4 known lawsuits, $100,000 total settlements.
Rivera, Christian vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 804155/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 25, 2021, ended May 8, 2023
$70,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 3, 2020, in the vicinity of Lafayette Avenue and Hunts Point Avenue, Defendants, including PO Aine Reynolds and Abel Dupres, absent an arrest warrant, probable cause, reasonable cause or any legal justification, approached
Plaintiff for no reason, and based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations, and summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained him aggressively and excessively. Defendants knew or had reason to know that their actions lacked any legal justification in approaching, searching, seizing and
arresting Plaintiff and the actions were based on fraud, perjury and misrepresentations. Plaintiff was arraigned after his arrest and thereafter falsely and maliciously prose...
Conyers, James vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 032842/2020,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 17, 2020
Conyers, James vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 033785/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 17, 2020
Complaint
Description: On September 8, 2019, the plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, seized, searched, assaulted and arrested by the defendant PO including PO Aine Reynolds without any reasonable suspicion of unlawful behaviour. The defendants falsely accused the plaintiff of crimes and illegally searched the plaintiff. The plaintiff's hands were then contorted behind his back and then handcuffed in an excessively tight fashion. The plaintiff was then taken to the 41st Precinct where the plaintiff was fingerprinted, photographed and strip-searched and then later taken to Central Booking. All charges were ultimately dropped on November 20, 2020.
Holguin-Perez, Mariela vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 030293/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, September 15, 2020, ended May 31, 2022
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 23, 2020, plaintiff was lawfully riding as a passenger in a vehicle driven by his friend in the vicinity of 887 Bryant Avenue, Bronx, when defendant police officers, with no probable cause or legal justification, stopped the vehicle and approached plaintiff, asking whose car it was. Plaintiff answered that it was his friend's car, and then defendants ordered plaintiff out of the car and immediately handcuffed him for no reason, putting him under arrest. Plaintiff did nothing illegal or criminal, and he did not possess any contraband. When plaintiff asked why he was put under arrest, the officers gave no explanation. Plaintiff was then transported to the 41st precinct, where he was processed and detaine...
