Dandridge, Katrell vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 025682/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 23, 2020
Complaint
Description: On April 12, 2017, NYPD officers Michael Wren and Julio Arias stopped and frisked Plaintiff without reasonable suspicion to believe Plaintiff committed a crime. The officers did not recover any contraband from Plaintiff's person. While Plaintiff was being detained, officer Wren allegedly found a pistol on the rear passenger side wheel well of the minivan, and the officers placed Plaintiff under arrest. Plaintiff was unlawfully incarcerated on Rikers Island.
Officers falsely informed the DA office that they observed Plaintiff place a shiny object on top of the wheel well. Then, they falsely testified before a Grand Jury that they observed Plaintiff reach into his pocket, take out a shiny object, crouch down be...