TOLEDO — The city of Toledo has officially reached two more settlements with plaintiffs who alleged that former Police Officer Kyle Howe used excessive force against them during arrests at their homes.

According to documents shared with the newspaper, Cynthia McSweeney and the law firm that represented her — Kaplan & Frese LLP of Marshalltown — will receive a gross settlement amount of $25,000 over an incident on April 12, 2022, when Howe and Tama Police Officer Anthony Rodriguez arrested McSweeney’s son at her house.

“During the arrest, (Cynthia) McSweeney and Howe had an interaction during which McSweeney told Howe ‘No, I’m not’ and reached her left hand across her body towards Howe’s hand on her right arm and turned her to the left and pulled away from him that resulted in Howe taking McSweeney to the ground to detain and arrest McSweeney,” the settlement reads.

Additionally, Brodie Doyle Clark and Kaplan & Frese will receive a gross settlement of $15,000 stemming from an incident on May 7, 2022 when Clark was arrested at his house by Howe and Tama Officer Brandon Wall. Clark alleged that Howe “violated (his) constitutional rights, committed torts and caused him personal injuries during the arrest.”

The settlements do not constitute “an admission of wrongdoing or liability on the part of the defendants.”

“The City has approved these settlements and is glad to move forward,” Toledo City Attorney Michael Marquess said.

At presstime, Chad Frese, the attorney for the plaintiffs, had not responded to a request for comment. Now that these two lawsuits are settled, the only remaining pending case is that of Issaias Romero, who was thrown onto the hood of Howe’s patrol car while he was handcuffed before being tackled to the ground during a traffic stop on the U.S. 30 East/Highway 63 ramp in February of 2023. Romero’s trial is tentatively set to begin on Aug. 31, 2026 at the United States Courthouse in Cedar Rapids.

Along with the two most recent agreements, the estate of the late Steven Horrigan of Chelsea received a settlement of $30,000 connected to a traffic stop during which Howe pulled him over in March of 2023. A lawsuit filed on behalf of Lang Leonard was dismissed before trial in federal court, and earlier this year, a federal jury in Cedar Rapids ruled in favor of Howe and the city of Toledo in a suit filed by plaintiff Shyla Wolf.