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Article • August 25, 2016
Tucson Federal Jury Awards Couple $1.25 Million in False Arrest Case by Lonnie Burton On April 22, 2015, a federal jury sitting in the U.S. District Court in Arizona awarded a Tucson couple a total of $1.25 million after a trial on their claims of false arrest and unconstitutional search …
Article • August 25, 2016
Eighth Circuit Reverses Excessive Force Summary Judgment by Mark Wilson The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that factual disputes about what happened outside a camera's view during an arrest precluded summary judgment for police on an excessive force claim. At 2:30 a.m., on February 12, 2009, Arkansas State Police …
Article • August 25, 2016
Los Angeles County Sanctioned for Withholding Use-of-Force Documents by In July 2012, United States Magistrate Judge Stephen Hillman ordered Los Angeles County to pay $7,000 in sanctions for opposing a motion to compel production of documents, without substantial justification in a federal case alleging unconstitutional use of force by county …
Illinois District Court strip-search case survives summary judgment attack by Derek Gilna Plaintiff Angelina Cianfaglione's Fourth Amendment claim alleging an illegal seizure and arrest, excessive force, and an illegal strip and body cavity search that occurred incident to a traffic stop in Edgar County, Illinois has survived a summary judgment …
Article • August 24, 2016
Eighth Circuit Dismisses Suit for Faulty Rape Investigation by On July 22, 2014, a man who spent 17 days in jail for a false rape accusation had his lawsuit against the Sheriff's office dismissed by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeals court upheld the summary judgment order of …
Article • August 24, 2016
Civil Suit Against Wise County, Virginia for Case of Mistaken Identity by In a case of mistaken identity, an innocent man residing in Memphis, Tennessee was extradited to a regional jail in Wise County, Virginia where he remained incarcerated for more than three months. Once the Commonwealth’s Attorney could be …
Article • August 23, 2016
Washington State Undersheriff Gets 5 Months in Prison for Stealing $67K in Bail by Claims of compulsive tendencies and poor physical health don't often help criminal defendants trying to mitigate their prison sentences. Consider Carole Lepiane, the former undersheriff for Walla Walla County, Wash., the predictable exception. Lepiane, 58, using …
Article • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Oregon Cop Gets 5-Year Federal Child Porn Sentence by On April 24, 2013, a Portland, Oregon police officer was sentenced to five years in federal prison for receiving child pornography. Scott Edward Elliott was a 22-year veteran of the Portland Police Bureau (PPB), when he was arrested at work on …
Article • August 22, 2016
Florida: DNA Mix-Up Calls Rapist's Conviction Into Question by When the FBI informed the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) that it had a recent "hit" on the DNA of convicted rapist Andrew Lingard, the FDLE realized that something was amiss, because Lingard has been in prison for the last …
Article • August 22, 2016
$300,000 Settlement in California Officers’ Planting of Gun on Parolee by The city of Oakland, California paid $300,000 to a man who spent nearly two years in jail after a police officer planted a gun on him. The settlement follows a jury verdict in the case. Among local audiences, Lorenzo …
Article • August 22, 2016
$4.9 Million Settlement for Family of Woman Killed in Drug Raid by The City of Atlanta has agreed to pay $4.9 million to the family of a woman who was killed during a botched drug raid. On November 21, 2006, Atlanta narcotics officers executed a “no-knock” warrant at the home …
Article • August 22, 2016
$1.35 Million Settlement in Tempe Police Speeding Wrongful Death Suit by Kyle Baker, a 24-year-old Mesa Community College student, was crossing a street in Tempe, Arizona, at around 2:00 a.m. on November 26, 2005, when he was struck and killed by a police cruiser driven by on-duty police officer William …
Article • August 19, 2016
Filed under: Police Misconduct
$32.75 Million Ends Two Chicago Police Misconduct Cases by On January 16, 2013, the Chicago City Council agreed to pay out $32.75 million to settle two police misconduct cases.             One week before the case was set for trial, the City Council agreed to pay $22.5 million — the largest …
Article • August 19, 2016
$10 Million Settlement Reached in Seattle Police Excessive Force Suit by A $10 million settlement was reached between King County and the family of Christopher Sean Harris in an excessive force suit.             The case arose in May 2009 when Harris was wrongfully identified as a suspect in an assault …
Article • August 19, 2016
Oregon Deputy Arrests Innocent Man to Protect Family; County Pays $12,000 to Settle by "This incident is the most egregious abuse of power I have ever seen," said attorney Edie Rogoway, who represented an Oregon man who was arrested for reporting criminal activity of relatives of the responding deputy. The …
Article • August 19, 2016
New York Men Continue Pursuit of Police Misconduct Lawsuit by A New York Federal District Court denied a motion to dismiss a civil rights complaint that alleged police misconduct.             Brothers Jose and Maximo Colon filed a civil rights violation claim against New York City and its police department alleging …
Article • August 19, 2016
Filed under: Police Misconduct
$200,000 Theft Ends Oregon Cop's 14-Year Career by A 14-year veteran Oregon police Captain was arrested on federal criminal charges for stealing more than $200,000 in government funds during an eighteen-month period. In 2002, Scott Beard was hired as a deputy sheriff for the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office, (DCSO) in …
Publication • August 16, 2016
New York State Police, Trooper Jason J. Lewis Letter of Censure, 2016 NEW YORK STATE POLICE MEMORANDUM TROOP F STATION DATE August 16, 2016 TO: Deputy Superintendent Stephen J. Smith, Field Command Attn: Major, Division Traffic FROM: Major Joseph A. Tripodo ~op Commander SUBJECT: TROOP CAR AC ENT - 04/18/16 …
Article • August 12, 2016
$750,000 in Damages and Attorney Fees Awarded in New York False Arrest Case by On July 2, 2015, a New York federal court entered a settlement judgement for $250,000 each in favor of two black men who were falsely arrested for two armed robberies and spent eleven months in jail. …
Pennsylvania Arrest for Videotaping Cops Denied Qualified Immunity by Mark Wilson A Pennsylvania federal court held that police were not entitled to qualified immunity for "entering a family's home and arresting its owner for doing nothing more than attempting to videotape the officers' overreaction on her own property." Kia Gaymon, …
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