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$20,000 Award to Florida Man Over False Arrest by Deputy Sheriff
Loaded on April 25, 2018
by Christopher Zoukis
by Christopher Zoukis
A federal jury found that a Broward County, Florida, deputy sheriff violated a citizen's right not to be arrested without probable cause, awarding the man $20,000 in compensatory damages.
On May 29, 2005, John W. Carter of Dania Beach, Florida, was walking from his …
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