Named in 5 known lawsuits, $685,515 total settlements.
Rodriguez, Ernesto vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV00744,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, February 4, 2016, ended October 15, 2018
$52,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers approached Plaintiff as he was entering his building, arrested him, took him to the 33rd precinct and told him he would be charged with disorderly conduct. Plaintiff was then charged with sale of a controlled substance relating to an incident that occurred two weeks prior. The charge was eventually dismissed on the DA's motion.
Daniels, Lindsay vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV02251,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, June 3, 2015, ended August 5, 2016
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On March 27, 2012, while Plaintiff was lawfully present in front of her residence, Defendant Rivas exited his vehicle and approached Plaintiff without legal excuse or warning and illegally searched Plaintiff by putting his hands inside of her front pockets. Defendants Arico, Regan, Baboolal, and McGrath was observing and failed to intervene. Defendant Rivas applied handcuff to Plaintiff and arrested her. Plaintiff was then transported to the 33rd Precinct by Defendant Rivas and Defendant Arico or Regan. Plaintiff was held there for several hours before she was transferred to the Central Booking, where she was held for some additional hours.
About twenty-four hours after her arrest, Plaintiff was arraigned in ...
Pamphile, Gary vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV07193,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 29, 2015, ended August 4, 2015
$35,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On three separate occasions - August 21, 2013, February 4, 2014, and March 27, 2014 - plaintiff Gary Pamphile was lawfully present in the vicinity of an apartment building in Manhattan when he was approached by police officers (including Officers Genet Gomez, Michael McInnis, and other unidentified officers), handcuffed, arrested, and transported to a nearby precinct without probable cause. On each occasion, Mr. Pamphile was falsely charged with Criminal Sale of Marijuana in the Fourth Degree, and/or Criminal Possession of Marijuana in the Fifth Degree. On each occasion, Mr. Pamphile was held for approximately 36 hours before being presented before a judicial officer for arraignment. All charges against Mr. ...
Alicea, Edmin vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV07073,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 31, 2013, ended August 11, 2016
$588,515 Order/Judgment (Verdict)
Complaint,
Second Amended Complaint
Description: On March 27, 2012, plaintiff was walking when Officers Alejandro Rivas, Paul Arico, Terrence McGrath, and Brendan Regan approached him. The officers choked plaintiff and struck him on his body with no justification. Officers then searched plaintiff despite no evidence of wrongdoing. They found no evidence of criminal activity. Officer Rivas then applied excessively tight handcuffs on plaintiff and arrested him. Officers Rivas, McGrath, Arico, and Regan continued to use force even after plaintiff was handcuffed by pushing him into the police vehicle and tightening his handcuffs even further and pulling his arms behind his back multiple times to injure his shoulders and wrists. He was transported to the precinct ...
Parker, Edward vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV01348,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, March 19, 2013, ended October 29, 2013
$10,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 3, 2012, NYPD Officers Fredy Cruz, Brendan Regan, and Richard Baboolal arrested Plaintiff for selling cocaine without any basis to do so. After Plaintiff's arrest the officers failed to communicate to the District Attorney's Office that Plaintiff possessed a sum of currency less than the street value of the cocaine seized from an individual seen engaging with Plaintiff. Officer Regan knew that Officer Cruz was not in a position to observe the alleged drug sale but nonetheless signed the criminal complaint relying on Cruz's misrepresentations. Plaintiff was held in jail for approximately 1 week before being released. All charges against Plaintiff were dismissed.