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King County Washington Prisoner Gets over $3,100 for False Imprisonment

Loaded on July 15, 2008

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Police, False Arrest. Location: Washington.

Terry Sybil, a King County, Washington prisoner, served 10 days in the county jail on a bench warrant, but the warrant wasn't recalled. He was later arrested and held for 27 1/2 hours on the same warrant and sued in state court for false imprisonment. On April 17, 1992, after ...

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