Named in 4 known lawsuits, $120,000 total settlements.
Mcphatter, Shanduke vs Moss-Jones, Michele et al.
Case # 24CV05933,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, September 19, 2024
Complaint
Description: On December 23, 2019, defendant, a tow truck driver, filed a complaint with the NYPD claiming that she was harassed and threatened while acting under color of the law of the NYPD. On January 4, 2020, this same defendant made a similar complaint that she was harassed and threatened on that very same day. Defendant, prior to arriving at the precinct to make her complaint, had investigated who her assailant was, and was informed by a neighbor, who showed her a Facebook page, that her assailant was the Plaintiff. Despite some initial confusion around the location of the alleged incident, there is indisputable video surveillance that showed the interaction and definitively provided that no harassments, assault, or ...
Abrams, Sadie & Messiah, Tiffany vs The City of Ny, et al.
Case # 23CV09520,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 16, 2024, ended July 8, 2024
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On several occasions, including on June 26, 2019, December 30, 2020, April 27, 2021, and June 30, 2021, different groups of defendant police officers forced their way into the plaintiffs’ home without any warrant, damaged and/or destroyed the plaintiffs’ properties, and violently seized and/or arrested plaintiffs without cause at the premises; this would often result in the plaintiffs being unreasonably detained for a lengthy period of time. During these raids, defendant police officers drew weapons against the plaintiffs and their dog, who they would forcibly kick and threaten to shoot/kill. As a result of each of these raids, plaintiff Abram’s son, Mike Josie, was arrested at the premises, transported to NYPD...
Josie, Mike vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV02486,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 20, 2021, ended April 24, 2024
$95,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 26, 2019 at approximately 6:00 a.m., Defendants unlawfully arrested Plaintiff for larceny which Plaintiff did not commit. Defendants entered Plaintiff's home without a warrant or justification. Defendants rushed towards plaintiff with their guns pointed at him and yelled at, grabbed, pushed, shoved, and pulled Plaintiff. Defendants tightly handcuffed Plaintiff to the point that he experienced numbness and pain but Defendants ignored Plaintiff's requests to loosen the handcuffs. Defendants illegally searched Plaintiff and brought him to the 88th Precinct. Defendants interrogated plaintiff for a long time and then brought him to Central Booking. Defendants provided false representations to the Kings Count...
Mcphatter, Shanduke vs Moss-Jones, Michele, et al.
Case # 21CV00914,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 30, 2021, ended August 3, 2021
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On January 4, 2020, defendant Moss-Jones appeared at the 88th Precinct in Brooklyn and falsely reported to defendant Landi that Plaintiff (with whom she was reportedly not familiar) verbally threatened to send someone to kill her and that he was aware of her employment with the NYPD. She alleged to defendant Atherley later that day that plaintiff said he would shoot her. She alleged no physical contact and stated that she was not familiar with the plaintiff. She also falsely reported that a similar incident occurred on December 23, 2019. Physical evidence of the area proves that no such encounter occurred, which the defendants should have known. On January 6, 2020, Plaintiff was arrested and detained. Defendant...
