Spartanburg lady sues Metropolis of Johnston, Johnston Police and Edgefield County Sheriff after false imprisonment and false ID
Spartanburg lady sues Metropolis of Johnston, Johnston Police and Edgefield County Sheriff after false imprisonment and false ID
Mar. 9—A Spartanburg lady is suing the Metropolis of Johnston, the Metropolis of Johnston Police Division and the Sheriff of Edgefield County for gross negligence after a visitors cease led to detainment within the Edgefield County detention heart.
In a lawsuit filed March 2 with the eleventh Judicial Circuit, the plaintiff, Crystal Jeter, alleged the next:
— Wrongful arrest and incarceration with out possible trigger;
— Police did not correctly establish the topic named in a bench warrant;
— Police and the detention heart didn’t train care to Jeter; and
— The division didn’t observe native, state and nationwide requirements, polices and procedures.
The Metropolis of Johnston, Johnston Police Division and Edgefield County Sheriff’s Workplace are named as defendants within the lawsuit. Johnston Officer J. Loftin can also be named within the lawsuit.
Jeter claims she suffered harm, embarrassment, humiliation, psychological anguish, lack of freedom, anxiousness, misery, lawyer’s charges {and professional} reputational harm.
The plaintiff would really like a trial and want to recuperate precise or compensatory damages from the defendants.
The occasion
On Oct. 2, 2021, Jeter was touring by Edgefield County. Whereas passing by Johnston, she was pulled over by Loftin, an officer with Johnston Police Division, in keeping with the lawsuit.
Loftin and a second officer requested Jeter to exit her automobile; Jeter then offered Loftin together with her driver’s license to substantiate her identification, in keeping with the lawsuit.
After offering her driver’s license, Jeter was knowledgeable she had a bench warrant issued by the Greenville Household Courtroom for failing to look, the lawsuit states.
Jeter stated she had by no means been concerned with the Greenville Household Courtroom, and knowledgeable the officers of this, in keeping with the lawsuit.
Loftin then handcuffed Jeter, positioned her in a squad automotive and transported her to the Edgefield County detention heart for the alleged bench warrant, the lawsuit stated.
After Jeter was transported, Officer Loftin didn’t confirm the identification of the individual for whom the bench warrant was issued, the lawsuit stated.
The plaintiff knowledgeable quite a few employees members on the detention heart she wasn’t a part of a case with the Greenville County Household Courtroom and shouldn’t be incarcerated, the lawsuit states. Nevertheless, Jeter was jailed on the heart till Oct. 4, 2021.
She was launched after the Greenville County Sheriff’s Workplace offered the Edgefield detention heart with the identification of the person for whom the bench warrant was issued, in keeping with the lawsuit.
It was decided that the warrant was for a lady named Ruth Ella Grey, who has a distinct start date than Jeter, the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit alleges the defendants made no effort to confirm the identification of the individual for whom the the warrant issued and that Jeter would not know Grey.
Edgefield County Sheriff Jody Rowland stated Jeter was solely housed on the detention heart and did not present a remark.
The Metropolis of Johnston declined to remark. Calls to Johnston Police Division and its attorneys weren’t returned.
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