A teenage boy wrongfully arrested in northeast Florida for a sex crime has settled a legal claim for $50,000. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office arrested Cody L. Williams in 2013 after mistaking him for another teen with the same name …
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 …
Jurors awarded more than $101,000 to a Happy Valley, Ore., woman who was a victim of identity theft and wrongly arrested by Clackamas County sheriff’s deputies. The Oregonian reports jurors deliberated less than two hours before reaching a verdict upholding …
The ACLU of Florida says it’s reached a settlement with the city of Miami Beach over the wrongful arrest of a man who called 911 to report two police officers beating and kicking a handcuffed gay man. Under the settlement …
Calling a police officer a “fat slob” is not an offense that can usually get someone charged, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, allowing a lawsuit over the arrest to go forward. Kenneth Kennedy’s sued the city of Villa Hills …