Unlawful Arrest Lawyer Files Complaint on Behalf of Coney Island Woman

NEW YORK - Feb. 12, 2015 - PRLog -- Coney Island woman, Alicia S., has filed her false arrest complaint in Brooklyn Federal Court and the Complaint includes numerous causes of action. Michael Redenburg represents Alicia and the case is 15-cv-743, which includes a demand for a jury trial.

Allegations Within Complaint

The Incident took place at or about 11:25PM on February 4, 2015, and within a NYCHA property known as The Coney Island Houses located in Brooklyn, NY. In the late evening of February 4, 2015, Alicia left her apartment located within The Coney Island Houses, and wason her way to the store to get milk and juice for her children for the next morning. As she went on her way, she noticed four (4) plainclothes officers and they stopped her, asking her for her identification. Alicia produced her Medicaid card as identification and the officers then explained that they would run a check to ensure she didn’t have any warrants; and would let her go if the warrant check came back negative. The warrant check run by the officers revealed that she did not have any outstanding warrants.

Next, the officers asked her for another form of identification. Although Alicia explained that she could go back to her apartment within the housing development where she was stopped, and where she lived, to get another form of identification, the officers told her that it would not be necessary and she was free to leave. She then decided to return to her apartment to get her NYS Driver’s License to carry on her person just to be safe. When she came back outside, the officers stopped her again and frisked her, searching her person. Alicia was then arrested and charged with three (3) counts of trespassing for being present within the housing complex where she resides. She was taken to a PSA Precinct for processing where she spent approximately ten (10) hours. Thereafter, she was transported to Brooklyn Central Booking to await arraignment. At arraignment, the criminal charges levied against Alicia were adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.

Michael Redenburg represents Alicia and regularly represents victims of wrongful arrest, stop and frisk and false arrest in lawsuits against The City of New York in federal court, and has successfully represented dozens of citizens who have been victimized by the NYPD in wrongful arrest & stop and frisk lawsuits.

Mr. Redenburg has been recognized by three (3) different organizations which are invitation only and peer reviewed. In 2014 Michael Redenburg was named a SuperLawyer, 2014 NY Metro Rising Star by Thomson Reuters and no more than 2.5% of lawyers in a state are given this rating. Attorney Redenburg was also named a Top 40 Under 40 attorney by American Society of Legal Advocates ("ASLA") and ASLA limits its membership to less than 1.5% of all licensed lawyers nationwide. Additionally, in 2014 Attorney Redenburg was named Top 40 Under 40 by The National Trial Lawyers, which is invitation only, based on nomination and peer reviewed.

Michael Redenburg has been named a 2015 Top 40 Under 40 attorney for the second year in a row by the American Society of Legal Advocates. Such selection is the culmination of an annual process in which ASLA's lawyers researched information on tens of thousands of lawyers and, in filling each Top 100 and Top 40 category, selected less than 1.5% of lawyers overall nationwide.

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