Rather than face the prospect of a jury trial, Baltimore’s spending board is expected to approve two settlements, totaling $110,000, over charges that police used excessive force.

John Bonkowski filed a suit against Baltimore Police Det. Mike McSpadden and Sgt. Harvey Martini, claiming they pulled him out of his car and repeatedly assaulted him after they observed him drive out of a downtown parking garage without paying.

The incident last May 13 resulted in Bonkowski’s treatment for undisclosed injuries at Mercy Medical Center.

The city Law Department has negotiated a $75,000 settlement in return for Bonkowski dropping his $2.3 million lawsuit. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the Board of Estimates are expected to approve the settlement at their Wednesday meeting.

The city also plans to pay $35,000 to Elizabeth Murphy who charged that a Baltimore Public School police officer assaulted her juvenile son while making an arrest at the REACH Partnership School in northeast Baltimore on May 8, 2012.

The alleged assault, which arose from the boy’s reported attack on another student, required hospital treatment, according to the suit, which will be dropped in return for the cash settlement.