Prince George's Jury Awards $450K In Wrongful Arrest Lawsuit
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) -- A Prince George's County jury has awarded a $450,000 verdict to a man for violations of his rights that occurred when he was arrested as a 15-year-old and charged with a robbery he did not commit.
The Daily Record of Baltimore reports that Bernell Ambris was arrested in April 2009 for an armed robbery of a pizza delivery worker. Attorney Cary Hansel says Ambris was being treated for a sickle cell anemia crisis in the hospital at the time of the incident.
Hansel says police were provided hospital discharge papers to show when Ambris was released, but he was charged anyway. A search of Ambris' home didn't uncover the gun used in the robbery or the pizza and cash stolen.
Ambris spent three months in jail before the charges were dismissed by a judge for lack of evidence.
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