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.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Named in 5 known lawsuits, $73,294 total settlements.
Browne, Christopher vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 707170/2021,
Supreme Court - Queens, April 15, 2021
Murray, Sterling vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV02043,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, March 24, 2014, ended August 5, 2014
$7,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 29, 2012, the plaintiff was lawfully walking on a street. The defendants approached the plaintiff, threw him against a wall, cuffed him in an excessively tight manner behind his back and subjected him to verbal abuse. The tight handcuffs caused blood loss to the hands of the plaintiff as well as numbness and bruising. The plaintiff was charged with as an accessory to robbery and cleared when it was determined he was not a robber. Moreover, the defendants put plaintiffs' hat on his friend's head to make it match an identification given by someone who never actually identified plaintiff as the robber. The identification of plaintiff made by the officers was thus fabricated by them to collar plain...
Crystal, Stacy vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 152350/2014,
Supreme Court - New York, March 20, 2014, ended February 18, 2015
$50,000 Settlement
Geico General Insurance Company Aso of Singh, Ganesh vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 007411-2014,
Civil Court - Queens, March 17, 2014, ended April 17, 2014
$3,294 Settlement
Camara, Sambou vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV03104,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, May 9, 2013, ended November 27, 2013
$12,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 29, 2012, 4 NYPD Officers including Officers Alexis Jusino and Joseph Cutrone approached Plaintiff, threw him violently against a wall, handcuffed him, and verbally abused him. The officers placed a hat on Plaintiff in order to make him resemble the description of a suspect and arrested him.
