Named in 13 known lawsuits, $12,001 total settlements.
Koirala, Prajwal vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 713984/2026,
Supreme Court - Queens, May 14, 2026
Romulus, Eric & Chaban, Ibrahim vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 533986/2025,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 23, 2025
Lubin, Jacob vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 524706/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, September 27, 2022
Complaint
Description: On August 30, 2019 at approximately 9:00 pm, the defendants, police officers of the New York Police Department, unlawfully stopped and searched the plaintiff, Jacob Lubin in the vicinity of 1402 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. The plaintiff was playing basketball with friends when officers of the NYPD, including Sergeant David Grieco (shield #3830) ordered Mr. Lubin and his friends to leave the basketball courts in Nostrand Park. Mr. Lubin then went with his friends to the Flatbush Gardens Apartment complex. When Sergeant Grieco observed Mr. Lubin and his friends conversing in the courtyard of the building, he and his team proceeded to harrass, stop, search and, without a court-ordered warrant or probable ...
Nicholson, Jamel vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 524707/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, September 27, 2022
Complaint
Description: On August 30, 2019, the plaintiff, Jamel Nicholson, was legally present in the courtyard of 1402 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11210, when the defendant police officers, without a court-ordered warrant or probable cause, stopped, searched and arrested Mr. Nicholson. The defendants unlawfully transported Mr. Nicholson against his will to the 67th precinct, where he was further processed and detained for many hours. Mr. Nicholson was then transported to Kings County Central Booking where he was detained until his release from custody on the next day. Mr. Nicholson's rights guaranteed under the Constitution were violated, in part, due to the New York Police Department's inability to stop the use of the unconstituti...
Albright, Shakeeth vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 512836/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 17, 2022
Complaint
Description: On May 3, 2019, P.O.s approached the Plaintiff, who was lawfully present on the second floor of the privately owned apartment in Brooklyn. Without factual basis that the Plaintiff violated the law; P.O.s asked the Plaintiff to cooperate with the NY City Police Dpt. The plaintiff was lawfully in the building as a guest of a tenant in the building. P.O.s unlawfully searched for the Plaintiff without probable cause. Without finding any, P.O.s transported the Plaintiff to the 67th Precinct against his will. P.O.s unlawfully searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and detained Plaintiff in holding cells with many other prisoners in each cell. Based on the fabricated allegations, Plaintiff was arraigned in Kings Count...
Nicholson, Jamel vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 512835/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 17, 2022
Complaint
Description: On May 3, 2019, P.O.s approached the Plaintiff, who was lawfully present on the second floor of the privately owned apartment in Brooklyn. Without factual basis that the Plaintiff violated the law, P.O.s asked the Plaintiff to cooperate with the NY City Police Dpt. The plaintiff was lawfully in the building as a guest of a tenant in the building. Nonetheless, P.O.s unlawfully searched for the Plaintiff without probable cause. Without finding any, P.O.s transported the Plaintiff to the 67th Precinct against his will. P.O.s unlawfully searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and detained Plaintiff in holding cells with many other prisoners in each cell. Based on the fabricated allegations, Plaintiff was arraigned i...
Amilcar, Martial vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 527135/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, November 16, 2021
Complaint
Description: On October 23, 2018, Plaintiff was attending a concert at the Barclay's Center and was being driven home by Plaintiff's friend when defendant officers pulled Plaintiff's friend over without reasonable suspicion or probable cause to believe Plaintiff's friend, Plaintiff, or the other passenger in the car committed a crime or violated the law. Defendant Officers told Plaintiff's friend that they were pulled over because they had out of state plates and they wanted to know why they were driving in the area, to which Plaintiff's friend responded that they were driving home from the event at the Barclay's Center. After producing proof of registration and insurance that was active and valid, Defendant Officers unlawf...
Baptiste, Richred vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 515081/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 24, 2021
Complaint
Description: On May 3, 2019, Plaintiff Richred Baptiste was lawfully present on the second floor of the privately owned apartment building when Defendants Police Officers unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched and falsely arrested/imprisoned
Plaintiff for allegedly Trespassing into the apartment building where Plaintiff was lawfully visiting a friend. Defendants approached Plaintiff and ordered him to provide them with identification when Plaintiff was visiting a friend and was lawfully present with friends in the hallway on the second floor of the apartment building. Plaintiff complied with Defendants and provided them with his
identification. Defendants claim that they were not satisfied with Plaintiff’s explan...
Decamp, Isaiah vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 503381/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 11, 2021
Complaint
Description: On May 3, 2019 at 10:00 PM, Plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, and searched by unnamed Defendant POs in a public hallway of a privately owned apartment complex at which Plaintiff was a resident. The Defendant POs did not ask Plaintiff to voluntarily cooperate and instead demanded Plaintiff's identification. Plaintiff informed Defendant POs that he was lawfully in the building and provided them with his identification card that showed that he was a resident of the apartment complex. Despite this information, Defendant POs falsely arrested Plaintiff for trespassing and detained Plaintiff in a holding cell for 25.5 hours prior to arraignment. Defendant POs failed to intervene to stop fellow Def...
Vazquez, Anthony vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 502535/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 9, 2021
Complaint
Description: On May 3, 2019, while lawfully present on the second floor of a privately owned apartment building at 3405 Foster Avenue in Brooklyn, NY, visiting a friend, the plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, searched, arrested, and detained by the defendants without legal justification. Despite providing identification and explaining that he was a guest of a tenant, the defendants unlawfully searched the plaintiff, yielding nothing illegal, and falsely arrested him for trespassing. The plaintiff was transported to the 67th precinct, where he was unlawfully searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and detained in a holding cell for many hours. He was then taken to Kings County Central Booking, where the un...
Wood, Pierre vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 501534/2020,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 20, 2020
Complaint
Description: on October 23, 2018 plaintiff attended a concert at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn. After the concert, Plaintiff offered a ride to several people including Adam Decterin, a student from plaintiffs school. At approximately 11:00 PM on October 23, 2018 plaintiff was lawfully driving in the vicinity of 3109 Clarendon Road when defendants pulled plaintiff’s vehicle over without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. The defendants told plaintiff that they stopped him because he had Pennsylvania license plates and they wanted to see why he was driving in the area. The officers asked for plaintiff’s insurance, registration, and driver’s license
and plaintiff provided them all to the officer. All three were valid....
Campbell, James vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 513588/2020,
Supreme Court - Kings, July 28, 2020
Complaint
Description: On June 19, 2019, Plaintiff was inside his apartment when officers entered without consent or a warrant. Officers falsely accused Plaintiff of possessing a forged instrument which they falsely claimed to have seen in plain view. Officers conducted an illegal search of Plaintiff and aggressively handcuffed him. Plaintiff was transported to the precinct and charged. All charges against Plaintiff were subsequently dismissed.
Johnson, Michael vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV05296,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 4, 2017, ended January 5, 2018
$12,001 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was approached by approx. three plainclothes officers (the defendants) in an unmarked police car after he parked his Mercedes Benz. The defendants told the plaintiff to get back in the car but the plaintiff stood by his car and conversed with the officers. Defendant P.O. Valcourt told plaintiff to get inside his car and open the door but the plaintiff informed the officers that his car was already locked and would accept a ticket instead. The defendants persisted with their intent of looking inside his car. Defendant Valcourt then arrested the plaintiff, continued to ask for the plaintiff's car keys, and the officers on scene plotted to "take [the plaintiff] down" among each other. Plaintiff was place...