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Lawsuit: Officers Arrested, Strip-Searched Wrong Woman
POSTED: 3:33 pm EST January 10, 2006
UPDATED: 3:42 pm EST January 10, 2006
ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- A woman arrested by mistake has filed a federal
lawsuit alleging that Easton police illegally searched and detained her,
defamed her and violated her right to privacy.
Keisha L. Davis of Easton was 22 years old when she was arrested Jan 5,
2004, on a warrant that Easton police had obtained.
The lawsuit says she was handcuffed as co-workers and supervisors
watched, and that she was told she was being arrested for theft and
receiving stolen property.
The lawsuit says Davis was taken to the Northampton County Prison, where
she was strip-searched. Officials said she spent about five hours in
prison.
The lawsuit says police confused her with Keisha E. Davis, also of
Easton. That Keisha Davis was 29 when she was arrested a month later.
Then-Police Chief Stephen Mazzeo had admitted police made "a very
serious mistake," and said officials apologized in person to Keisha L.
Davis, who had never before been arrested.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press
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