ACLU settles false arrest lawsuit of Woonsocket man for $550K

WOONSOCKET – The city has agreed to pay $550,000 to settle a false arrest lawsuit for a homeless man jailed twice for a 2022 home break he did not commit, the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. announced Thursday.  The lawsuit, filed in October 2024 in U.S. District Court against Woonsocket police officer

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