Named in 4 known lawsuits.
Hough, Calife vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 801918/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, February 8, 2022
Complaint
Description: On June 5, 2020, plaintiff was stopped, searched, seized, arrested and detained pursuant to a warrant caused to be issued a day before by defendants BELLO, HENNESSY, MAHER and BENITEZ. Plaintiff was then caused to be forcibly removed by them to a precinct, where he was criminally processed, fingerprinted, photographed, strip-searched with an attendant cavity inspection and retina scanned. Defendants BELLO, HENNESSY, MAHER and BENITEZ stopped plaintiff by grabbing him by their bodies and limbs and physically restraining plaintiff while violently contorting his arms behind his back before finally affixing metal handcuffs to Plaintiff’s wrists in an excessively tight fashion. Defendants then strip-searched plai...
Aguilar-Cruz, Johnny vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 800367/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 10, 2022
Complaint
Description: On January 30, 2020, Plaintiff was lawfully inside his apartment building when he was approached by POs Andre Smith, Michael Diskin, Brian Hennessy, Jason Baker and Christian Flores and 10 other unnamed POs. POs illegally seized and searched Plaintiff and his residence, without his consent. POs then used excessive force to arrest Plaintiff, who told POs he was recovering from a critical stabbing occurring a month prior. POs did not have probable cause to arrest Plaintiff, but targeted him based solely on his status as a Hispanic male and a desire to meet illegal arrest quotas. The excessive force aggravated Plaintiff's injuries. POs took Plaintiff to the 44th Precinct, where he was illegally detained and false ...
Bruno, Raheim vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV07552,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 19, 2017, ended February 19, 2019
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On October 25, 2007, plaintiff Raheim Bruno entered a friend's apartment in the Bronx in the company of another male for the purpose of purchasing drugs. Shortly after their arrival, the host and two additional people were shot by an unidentified assailant. The assailant fled after his gun jammed.
Plaintiff was subsequently falsely arrested, indicted and convicted of attempted murder. In the course of their malicious prosecution, the acting assistant DA Christine Scaccia and NYPD officer Briand Hennessey solicited false testimony from witnesses including a survivor who suffers from long-term memory loss. Additionally, forensic evidence was not used to consider the possibility of another perpetrator and to exon...
Stewart, Travis vs Hennessy, Brian Det.
Case # 303911/2016,
Supreme Court - Bronx, January 12, 2017, ended April 16, 2019
Administrative Closing