Named in 4 known lawsuits, $175,000 total settlements.
Woods, Clarence vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 816273/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 15, 2022
New, Maurice vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 801741/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 3, 2022
Complaint
Description: On or about June 17, 2018, plaintiff was pulled over and stopped by the defendants, including defendant officers KIRK, SCHEKER and DOEs 1-10. Defendants proceeded to question plaintiff regarding illegal activity, physically restrained and removed plaintiff by rear handcuffing him in an excessively tight fashion, which resulted in substantial pain and physical discomfort in plaintiff’s wrists. Defendants KIRK, SCHEKER and DOEs 1-10 fabricated observations about plaintiff to justify his search and seizure, including the possession of a weapon, firearm and ammunition that they each falsely purported to have observed in plain view. Defendants, incl. officers KIRK, SCHEKER and DOEs 1-10 then forcibly removed plai...
Slaughter, Issac vs City of New York
Case # 033664/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 20, 2019, ended September 29, 2021
$135,000 Settlement
Zied, Ritishea vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 033175/2019E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 7, 2019, ended March 14, 2022
$40,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 13, 2019 at 1:30 AM, Plaintiff Ritishea Zied was near Marion Avenue and East 187th Street, Bronx, when Defendants Officer Robert Wichers, Officer John Doe, Officer John Roe, Sergeant Bryan Ortiz, Officer Jonathan Gonzalez, Officer Yvonne Rosario, Officer Yaowen Liu, Officer Michael O'Connor, Officer Edin Bacovic, Officer Chad Kirk and Officer Tatiana Latorre summarily stopped, searched, grabbed, handcuffed, assaulted, battered, and detained him using excessive force. Plaintiff was taken to an unidentified precinct and to the Bronx Criminal Courthouse. While in Defendant Officer's custody, Plaintiff was subjected to a strip search and assault of her head, neck, back, body, and limbs. Plaintiff was incar...