Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - the alleged conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Named in 2 known lawsuits.
Wiggins, Reginald vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 152665/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, March 22, 2019
Wiggins, Reginald vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV09106,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 16, 2018, ended February 25, 2019
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On May 28, 2008, plaintiff, who was sixteen years-old at the time, was searched and handcuffed without probable cause when police officer Hendricks and others went to his family home to search it without producing a warrant. He was subsequently arrested and questioned for seven hours without the opportunity to make a phone call. Defendant police officers Hendricks, Carinha, Clifford and others subsequently made false statements to the DA's office in order to charge plaintiff with second degree murder.
While incarcerated, plaintiff was subjected to solitary confinement, injuries by other inmates and was denied his right to a speedy trial. Plaintiff pled guilty to manslaughter under duress but his conviction wa...