Named in 15 known lawsuits, $436,500 total settlements.
Simms, Michael vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 535675/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, December 14, 2023
Paltoo, Ian vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 516607/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, August 22, 2023
Medina, Michael vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 515214/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 1, 2023, ended October 16, 2023
$50,000 Settlement
Montanez, Ethan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 511669/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, April 25, 2023
Perry, Cherise vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 511184/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, April 18, 2023
Vargas, Gilberto vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 502734/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, January 31, 2023
Batista, Raul vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 524720/2018,
Supreme Court - Kings, January 30, 2019, ended September 19, 2019
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 23, 2017, plaintiff was stopped by defendant police officers who ordered plaintiff out of the vehicle and searched it without permission. Plaintiff was falsely arrested and taken to the precinct and later Central Booking. Whilst in detention, plaintiff was denied access to water and the bathroom. He was subsequently falsely charged with possession of a controlled substance. All charges were dismissed.
Hedges, Charlotte, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 516043/2018,
Supreme Court - Kings, August 7, 2018, ended June 23, 2020
$150,000 Settlement
Doe, Anna vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV00670,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 9, 2018
Complaint
Description: The Plaintiff was on the street when Defendant Officers Hall and Martins without any cause unlawfully searched and forced the Plaintiff to expose her chest, assaulted, battered, handcuffed, interrogated and falsely arrested. Defendant Officers Hall and Martins drove to Bay Ridge and other parts of Brooklyn where they continued the sexual assault and rape of the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff was taken to the 60th Precinct without any charges. Later that night, the Plaintiff sought medical attention at Maimonides Hospital ER were she was intimidated and bullied by Defendant Officer Markov and other John Does.
Falchetti, Maria vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV04694,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 29, 2016, ended September 7, 2017
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On July 22, 2015, at 6:10 AM inside 150 Corbin Place Apt. 1P in Brooklyn, Plaintiff Maria Falchetti was asleep in her living room when Defendant Captain Jean-Marie Finnerty broke down her front door using a no knock warrant, carrying machine guns. Defendant Finnerty, Captain Andrey Smirnov, Sargent Frances DePalama f/n/a Sargent Frances Collado, Detective Mike Civilm Detective David Marconi, Detective Eddie Martins, Detective John Rivera, and Detective Teresa Jablonski, forcibly removed Plaintiff from her bed, participated in throwing her to the floor, pointed a machine gun at her head, and held her in her apartment for 1.5 hours, then seached her, assaulted ehr, and lightly rear-handcuffed her wrists. Later o...
Alonso, Francisco, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV01237,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 17, 2016, ended January 25, 2017
$27,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 9, 2015, when plaintiffs were sleeping at home, police officers dressed in riot gear forcibly entered and refused to show the purported search warrant. Defendants handcuffed plaintiffs and ransacked their home. Plaintiffs were then forcibly removed from their residence and taken to a police van. One officer removed the label from some magnesium pills found in the medicine cabinet and claimed that a controlled substance had been found. Plaintiffs were transported to a precinct and placed in cells. Defendants continued to search plaintiffs' residence and no contraband was found. All charges against plaintiffs were dismissed. Since the incident, plaintiff Bedoya has suffered from panic attacks.
Vargas, Gilberto vs Det. Martins, Eddie, et al.
Case # 15CV05040,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 20, 2015, ended June 19, 2017
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 24, 2015, Gilberto Vargas was arrested by several NYPD officers, including
Detectives Eddie Martin, Paul Marconi, Mike Civil, and John Rivera. At the time of the arrest, Vargas told the police officers he was a Type I Diabetic and needed his medication. In response, Rivera confiscated his medication and put them in an envelope, and when Vargas requested his medication after being placed in the police van, Rivera responded that he would receive it at the precinct. At the precinct, Vargas told the desk sergeant John Doe 1 that he needed his medication, and the sergeant responded that he would get it later. Vargas was held inside the precinct for 5 hours and 40 minutes without access to insulin and became...
Litzsey, Hezekiah vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV04487,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, September 2, 2015, ended July 11, 2017
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 18, 2013, plaintiff had just dropped off some friends and was sitting inside a parked car when defendant P.O.s Andy Cruz, Eddie Martins, and Armando Saitta approached with guns drawn, demanding to know the location of "the gun" and demanding to know where his friend had gone. Plaintiff was roughly and forcibly removed from the car, assaulted, searched, and placed in handcuffs. The officers searched his car and found no contraband or weapons. Plaintiff was transported to the 88th precinct. He was strip-searched and assaulted by P.O. Andy Cruz. Plaintiff was charged with multiple vehicle and traffic violations, evidence tampering, and resisting arrest. All charges against plaintiff were later dismissed.
Baskerville, Evan vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV05572,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 14, 2014, ended February 4, 2016
$29,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Defendant Officer stopped Plaintiff on the street, asked for his ID, and then Officer Dasilva punched him in the face. All Defendant Officers then assaulted Plaintiff, tightly handcuffed him, took him to PSA 3, denied him medical attention. Charged with open container and resisting arrest, which were ACD'd at arraignments.
Bryant, Corey and Windley, Robert vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 006218/2014,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 12, 2014, ended January 18, 2018
$100,000 Settlement
