Named in 18 known lawsuits, $706,500 total settlements.
Nesgi, Jeffrey vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 25CV05214,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 16, 2025, ended April 15, 2026
$120,000 Settlement
Wrenn, Roy et Al vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 23CV08968,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, February 8, 2024
Complaint
Description: In 2006, a black man in a hoody entered the Plaintiff 1's apartment lobby and brandished a firearm at Plaintiff 1. Plaintiff 1 ran in fear of his life and the man began chasing Plaintiff, never identifying himself as a police officer. As Plaintiff was running, someone identified themselves as police and Plaintiff 1 laid down on the floor, and an officer hit Plaintiff in the back of his head with a firearm. No contraband was found in a strip search but Plaintiff 1 was placed under arrest anyway without probable cause. In the police van, Defendant Police Officer Jerry Bowens planted drugs in Plaintiff 1's vicinity and used this as evidence to falsely arrest and charge Plaintiff 1.
In 2006, Plaintiff 2 was stand...
Simms, Michael vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 535675/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, December 14, 2023, ended July 1, 2025
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff's complaint is against defendants officers Jason Arbeeny, Michael Arenella, Michael Bergman, Jerry Bowens, Richard Danese, Sasha Diaz, Michael Foder, Richard Hall, Sean Johnstone, Admir Kacamakovic, Eddie Martins, Oscar Sandino, and Henry Tavarez. P (together the "defendants"). Plaintiff pleaded guilty to drug charges without being told that his accusers were tainted and incredible. This resulted in unjust convictions which negatively impacted the plaintiff including the denial of housing, benefits, employment opportunitites and family reunion.
A 2022 investigation revealed serious misconduct by the defendants. As a result of this investigation writs of error coram novis convicting 378 people were v...
Lowe, Lawrence vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 535685/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, December 14, 2023
Complaint
Description: In 2022, an investigation by the Kings County District Attorney's Office, now under a reform-driven District Attorney, publicly exposed serious misconduct by a group of 13 NYPD officers. The officers involved included Jason Arbeeny, Michael Arenella, Michael Bergman, Jerry Bowens, Richard Danese, Sasha Diaz, Michael Foder, Richard Hall, Sean Johnstone, Admir Kacamakovie, Eddie Martins, Oscar Sandino, and Henry Tavarez. As a result of the investigation, courts granted, writs of error coram nobis, vacating the convictions of 378 individuals. Among the exonerated one was the Plaintiff. These convictions were based on the testimony of one or more of the disgraced NYPD officers involved in the misconduct. Plaintiffs...
Paltoo, Ian vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 516607/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, August 22, 2023, ended December 10, 2024
$35,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 25, 2017, plaintiff was lawfully present on a public sidewalk. Without any lawful basis to stop Plaintiff, defendant-Officer Eddie Martins (Shield No. 5731) stopped, began a pat-down, handcuffed, and arrested plaintiff. Defendant officers were present and failed to intervene when witnesses the violation of plaintiff's rights, including when excessive force was unlawfully used against plaintiff. While plaintiff was in custody, Defendant-Officer Martins falsely stated to the Kings County District Attorney's Office that plaintiff was in possession of a controlled substance at the time of arrest. Plaintiff was held in unlawful custody for approximately 15 hours. On September 16, 2022, charges against pla...
Medina, Michael vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 515214/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 1, 2023, ended October 16, 2023
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 1, 2015, Plaintiff was unlawfully arrested without probable cause or legal justification in Kings County. At the corner of 5th avenue and 48th street, approximately eight Defendant Officers ran up to the vehicle that Plaintiff was a passenger in, drew their weapons, and dragged Plaintiff out of the vehicle. Defendant Officers brought Plaintiff to the ground, put their feet on his back, handcuffed him, and illegally searched him.
Defendant Officers then transported Plaintiff to Kings County Central Booking. Defendant Officers knowingly transmitted false information to the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office, while Plaintiff was sent to Rikers Island Correctional Facility as he could not make bail. In 2...
Montanez, Ethan vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 511669/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, April 25, 2023, ended May 24, 2024
$70,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 8, 2013, Plaintiff was walking from his mother's home to a friend's house when an unmarked car pulled up next to him. An unknown PO exited the car and approached Plaintiff, asking what Plaintiff was doing in the neighborhood. When Plaintiff explained, the PO arrested Plaintiff, patting him down and handcuffing his wrists behind his back, despite no reason to believe Plaintiff was engaged in criminal activity. The PO's search of Plaintiff did not yield any drugs, weapons, or contraband, nor did Plaintiff resist arrest, yet the PO placed Plaintiff in the back of the vehicle and transported him to the precinct, where his ankles were shackled. In the precinct holding cell, 1-10 unknown POs shoved and sla...
Perry, Cherise vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 511184/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, April 18, 2023, ended June 14, 2024
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 17, 2015, Plaintiff was walking, heading to a nearby store, when she encountered a man formerly known to her as a stepfather. Plaintiff and her former stepfather hugged, and he handed her a small amount of cash as a gift, which he often did when they saw one another. At this time two unmarked NYPD vehicles arrived and four officers exited said vehicles, descended upon the pair, and instructed plaintiff to put her hands up. A male officer began to subject Plaintiff to a pat-down search, during which he inappropriately groped Plaintiff’s breasts. Defendant Officers ignored Plaintiff’s complaints and request for a female officer to perform the search. Defendant Officers then unlawfully arrested and handc...
Vargas, Gilberto vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 502734/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, January 31, 2023, ended October 11, 2024
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 24, 2015, plaintiff Gilberto Vargas was exiting a corner store after purchasing a sandwich and soda when without warning, he was grabbed by unidentified police officers, among which, police officer Eddie Martins. Plaintiff was arrested, handcuffed and led to the precinct. During the drive, he was refused insulin in spite of the long distance that took six hours and the repeated requests to obtain insulin. In the precinct, the plaintiff was refused medical attention, even if his situation turned critical. Next day, he was finally transported to a hospital, where it was determined that his blood sugar was dangerously low. Furthermore, police officers provided District Attorney with false, misleading and/...
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
Complaint
Description: Plaintiffs residence was unlawfully searched. Defendants woke up Plaintiffs by entering their residence without a warrant. Defendants pointed guns at both Plaintiffs and handcuffed them while their residence was illegally searched. Plaintiffs were assaulted and battered, suffering serious injuries.
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
Amended Complaint,
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
