Marlboro, MD

Marlboro, MD: (Jun-20-07) Daniel Anthony Miller, 39, of Spotsylvania County, VA, filed a federal civil lawsuit, alleging that he was wrongfully arrested and imprisoned by a police detective. The suit stemmed from an incident when Miller was stopped in May 2004 by a Virginia State trooper for not having a front tag on his vehicle. A computer check showed that Miller, who is black, was wanted for stealing a lawn mower in Clinton, MD, in July 2002, so the trooper arrested him. It later came to light that the Prince George's County detective who obtained the arrest warrant named the wrong man. The actual suspect, with a similar name, was white and more than 15 years younger. Miller was locked up for 19 days before his attorney convinced a Prince George's prosecutor that he was innocent. The prosecutor had the charges dropped, and Miller was released. In a settlement reached, Miller will receive $215,000 ending his mistaken arrest and imprisonment suit. [WTOP NEWS: WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT]

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Published on Jun-22-07