Pierce County Washington Unlawful Imprisonment Results in $5,000 Settlement

Loaded on May 15, 2010

Filed under: Settlements, Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest, Arrest Warrants. Location: Washington.

Washington State’s Pierce County Jail paid $5,000 to settle an unlawful imprisonment claim. On March 14, 1999, Binh Thai Nguyen was arrested in Cowlitz County and booked in the Pierce County Jail. Nguyen was released on March 16, 1999, because the arrest warrant was for Binh Hoa Nguyen.

Nguyen was ...

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