Named in 8 known lawsuits, $245,500 total settlements.
Gaillard, Keshaun vs City of New York et al.
Case # 809792/2026E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 19, 2026
Green, Ossie vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 808639/2026E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 6, 2026
Green, Kenton vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 806962/2026E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, April 29, 2026
Barrie, Amadou vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 818162/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, August 27, 2025
Stokes, Yolanda & Pollard, Willie vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 811073/2025E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, May 22, 2025
Davis, Darren et Al vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 800945/2024E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 17, 2024
Complaint
Description: On or about August 25, 2023, ten Plaintiffs were lawfully present in the vicinity of East 137th Street and Alexander Avenue. Plaintiffs were improperly stopped and searched by defendant officers Tiago Gomes, Alex Durst, Estiven Mena, Shanya Gonzalez, Brian Query, Johan Jaime, Jose Rossette, Juan Martinez Cabrera, John Doe, and John Roe. Plaintiffs were forcefully seized and battered, causing permanent injury to at least one plaintiff. Plaintiffs were taken to the precinct and remained incarcerated without cause for over 24 hours. False charges were then applied to all plaintiffs. Plaintiffs allege that the improper "stop and frisk" and subsequent false arrest was motivated by the plaintiffs' race.
Lasalle, Fernando vs City of Ny
Case # 816471/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 17, 2022, ended July 31, 2024
$245,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 5, 2021, the plaintiff was lawfully walking down avenue in Bronx holding a can o paper confetti near the 46th Pct. The Defendants LOUIS ORTIZ, CLAUDE STATEN, ANGEL BALANAVOV, JUSTIN SAMPATH, AMY E. POLANCO, NEILRODIC DEY, LAWRENCE DUNLAY, TIAGO GOMES, and other unknown police officers .asked him to turn around accusing him to be a protestor but the Plaintiff kept walking in respect of all laws. Subsequently, he was forcibly grabbed and punched. On the floor, he suffered from the Defendant's weights and was violently handcuffed, stroked and dragged against a car. In the precinct, he was also humiliated, insulted and battered. Plaintiff was falsely accused of crimes, spent 24h without food and spe...
Vanterpool, Derrick vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 025287/2020,
Supreme Court - Bronx, June 5, 2020
Complaint
Description: On November 17, 2019, police officers Tiago Gomes, Lamik Fitzgerald, John Doe, and John Roe arrested Derrick Venterpool. Venterpool was legally near East 146 st. and 3rd ave. of Bronx when he was stopped, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered and detained by the above officers without reasonable cause or a warrant. Venterpool was also subject to strip search and was falsely prosecuted for a crime he did not commit. Venterpool was then incarcerated for more than 24 hours without his consent and made multiple court appearances. The court appearances all resolved favorably for him.
From this incident, Venterpool suffered from both emotional and physical pain. He suffered scorn, ridicule, embarrassment in both soc...
