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Incident Coleman-Mistaken-Arrest
| Date | Jan 09, 2020 |
| Report # | Coleman-Mistaken-Arrest |
| Department | Richmond Police Department |
| Officers | Joseph Leone |
| Address |
1000 block Bank Street
Richmond, VA |
Incident Description
Eric C. Coleman, a mentally disabled man, was mistakenly arrested and kept in jail for 10 days.
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Coleman v. Leone
Officer Leone was attempting to execute a warrant when he arrested the wrong man (who was working at his job at the Capitol at the time) and kept him in jail for 10 days. The man, Eric C. Coleman, is intellectually disabled. Coleman and Leone settled out of court. - US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
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"Intellectually disabled man alleges police wrongly arrested him at his job..."
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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