Named in 4 known lawsuits, $13,000 total settlements.
Sorokin, Stanislov vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 509456/2015,
Supreme Court - Kings, August 4, 2015, ended January 27, 2016
$3,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 18, 2015 at approximately 3:30 a.m. Plaintiff was on his way home on a train platform and had missed his stop. He was waiting for the next train when two unnamed officers approached, falsely claimed Plaintiff was urinating in public, and arrested him. Plaintiff was illegally searched, taken into custody, and wrongfully incarcerated for approximately 15 hours. Plaintiff suffered great emotional injuries and was deprived of liberty as a result of this incident. POs Christopher Sigmon and Joseph Rusin are named Defendants in the complaint.
Codrington, Jerraine vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 12CV01650,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, April 9, 2012, ended September 27, 2015
$10,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint
Burke, Brian and Burke, Carolyn vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 022939/2011,
Supreme Court - Queens, October 7, 2011, ended August 28, 2013
Zero Disposition
Jeffers v. City of New York et al
Case # 18CV02731,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff and friend were leaving Prospect Park as it was closing. Defendant Officers stopped them, asked for identification, and told Plaintiff that there was a warrant for his arrest from 2010 (which Plaintiff said had been dismissed and sealed). Defendant Officer handcuffed and arrested Plaintiff without allowing him to move his car. Plaintiff was not given food or a phone call until arraignment, when the charges were dismissed. Plaintiff was fined $250 for leaving his car, missed a day of work, and took four separate trips to the precinct to retrieve his Confederate property.