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A woman in Colorado who was arrested five years ago while she was naked inside her private room at a sober living facility, was bound to a chair at a jail for several hours and was shocked twice with a Taser, was paid $2.4 million in a settlement Sunday.
In May 2014, three deputies with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office knocked on then 49-year-old Carolyn O’Neal’s door at New Creations Inn, a homeless transitional housing program in Cañon City, Colo., to perform a welfare check after management reportedly grew concerned she might harm herself.
An American woman is $2.4 million richer after a Colorado county paid her the large sum over an unlawful arrest during a welfare check at a sober living facility in Cañon City.
Fremont County paid the sum last week to Carolyn OâNeal after she sued the sheriffâs office for unlawfully arresting her while she was naked inside her apartment in May 2014.
Deputies had responded due to concerns she might harm herself, the Denver Post reported.
OâNeal told three responding male deputies she wasnât going to hurt herself and was naked while preparing a bath but the officers used a key to enter her apartment and tossed her onto a bed before arresting her, the newspaper reported.
Crime by Joshua Rhett Miller, New York Post 23rd Dec 2020 5:48 AM A Colorado county paid $US2.4 million ($A3.1 million) to a woman who was unlawfully arrested while naked inside her apartment during a welfare check, according to reports. Fremont County in Colorado doled out the sum last week to Carolyn O Neal after she sued the sheriff s office over her May 2014 arrest while at a sober living facility in Cañon City. Deputies had responded due to concerns she might harm herself, Ms O Neal told three responding male deputies she wasn t going to hurt herself - and was naked while preparing a bath - but the officers used a key to enter her apartment anyway and tossed her onto a bed before arresting her, the newspaper reported.
Police welfare check turns into wrongful arrest as woman was getting ready to take a bath
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A woman has been paid US$2.4m ($3.4m) after she was unlawfully arrested while naked inside her apartment during a welfare check.
Carolyn O Neal sued Fremont County Sheriff s office over her May 2014 arrest while at a sober living facility.
According to The Denver Post, deputies responded to concerns she might harm herself.
O Neal told the three male deputies she wasn t going to hurt herself, instead, was naked preparing for a bath.
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The three officers then threw her onto the bed before arresting her.