Named in 3 known lawsuits, $40,000 total settlements.
Pallet, Chestom vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 811386/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 23, 2021
Complaint
Description: On, or about, January 19, 2018, Plaintiff, an adult Black or African American male, was present at Detective Borough Bronx Special Unit after hearing that POs went to his residence to look for him when POs, including Warren Cordero, Arnold Torres, Alysha Johnson, Desmond Nichols, Jacqueline Marku, Sasa Maric and Matthew Caniglia, approached him. POs immediately physically restrained and handcuffed Plaintiff in an excessively tight fashion. Plaintiff was unlawfully questioned, searched, arrested with no probable cause and detained over the course of approximately two weeks. In the facility, Plaintiff was assaulted by some of his inmates, and correction officers did not intervene when they were present during the...
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...