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Florida Sheriff Pays $67,000 to Woman for Wrongful Arrest

A Louisiana mother who was wrongly arrested twice in northeast Florida has settled a lawsuit with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office for $67,000. The sheriff’s office confirmed that the settlement was reached last month, and it was paid through the …

Florida Sheriff to Pay $1.15M in Wrongful Death Case

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office has paid $1.15 million to the estate of a mentally ill woman who died in her jail cell. Sheriff Bob Gualtieri told the Tampa Bay Times that 50-year-old Jennifer DeGraw should have never been arrested. …