Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - The conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusions.
Named in 4 known lawsuits, $25,000 total settlements.
Stora, Skiboky vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 24CV03165,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, May 21, 2024
Brown, Jerome vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 518187/2020,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 15, 2020
Complaint
Description: On April 11, 2019, at approximately 8:00 a.m., the plaintiff Jerome Brown was lawfully in the vicinity of 335 Sutter Avenue, Brooklyn, New York when the individually named defendant New York City Police Officers unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched, handcuffed and arrested him without legal justification or probable cause. Mr. Brown immediately advised the defendant police officers that plaintiff had a medical condition that required that he take seizure medication and advised the defendant police officers that he had not taken his seizure medication yet that day. Instead of allowing plaintiff to take his seizure medication, the defendant police officers willfully, maliciously, and negligently prev...
Larmon, Jermaine, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 521303/2018,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 24, 2018, ended May 31, 2023
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February 26, 2018, Plaintiff, Jermaine Larmon, was at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York, when Detective Michael Simmonds and Officer Abdelhai Sahel, and other officers, approached him. Without any probable cause or reasonable suspicion, the officers forcibly detained and accused Plaintiff of involvement in a recent shooting. Plaintiff denied involvement, asserting he had been on hospital premises at the time of the alleged incident. The officers disregarded Plaintiff's claims and available exculpatory evidence, including video surveillance footage and statements from Plaintiff's uncle, Wesley Cobourn, confirming his alibi.
The officers proceeded to arrest Plaintiff without a warrant, detain...
Thomas, Tevon, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV07513,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, February 18, 2015
Amended Complaint,
Complaint,
Second Amended Complaint
Description: On May 15, 2014, the NYPD executed a search warrant at a private residence that permitted them to enter and search two apartments in the building. The NYPD arrived and entered the premises with heavy weaponry. As the officers approached, shouts of “gun” were heard outside, which led people standing outside the building to run inside. Police officers encountered plaintiffs Nelson, Jeanty, and Hippolyte outside the building and searched and handcuffed them. Though no contraband was found on them and though there was no other basis for detaining them, they were kept in custody for an hour at the scene before being released. Inside the building, the officers handcuffed every person they encountered in the two units...