Pennsylvania State Police will pay $250,000 to settle a federal lawsuit by a Washington County woman who claims she was wrongfully strip-searched on the side of Interstate 70 in 2021 after being stopped for speeding. The details of what happened after a trooper pulled over Holly Elish remain in dispute,
State police will pay $250,000 to a Bentleyville woman who accused a trooper of subjecting her to a roadside strip search in 2021, according to details of a federal lawsuit settlement reached between the two sides earlier this year. The settlement between state police and Holly Elish was released Thursday as part of an open […]
State police have settled a federal lawsuit filed by a Bentleyville woman who claimed she was subjected to an invasive strip search following a routine traffic stop along Interstate 70 in Washington County nearly three years ago. Holly Elish had accused state police Trooper Brian Rousseau of ordering her to undergo the strip search by […]