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Man institutionalized due to mistaken identity will get $975K settlement
Systemic failures in police identification and record correction led to Joshua Spriestersbach's wrongful arrest and over two years of detention in a state psychiatric hospital.
- A man named Joshua Spriestersbach was wrongfully arrested and detained at a Hawaii state psychiatric hospital for two years due to mistaken identity with another man named Thomas Castleberry.
- Spriestersbach had been living on the street in 2017 when police arrested him for crimes committed by Castleberry, despite Spriestersbach protesting he was not that person.
- Spriestersbach is set to receive a $975,000 payout from the city and county of Honolulu and may get an additional $200,000 from the state to resolve claims against the public defenders office.
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Honolulu to pay $975K to man jailed in mistaken identity | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
A man who was wrongfully arrested and forced to spend more than two years at a psychiatric hospital in Hawaii because authorities mistook him for another person who was suspected in a crime will receive a $975,000 settlement from the city and county of Honolulu.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
West Hawaii TodayMan held in Hawaii for 2 years over mistaken identity gets $975,000 settlement
A man who was wrongfully arrested and forced to spend more than two years at a psychiatric hospital in Hawaii because authorities mistook him for another person who was suspected in a crime will receive a $975,000 settlement from the city and county of Honolulu.
In a case of mistaken identity, a man who was unjustly arrested and detained for two years in a state psychiatric hospital in Hawaii will receive $975,000 compensation from the city and county of Honolulu. Joshua Spriestersbach lived on the street in 2017 when the police arrested him for crimes committed by another man named Thomas Castleberry. During two previous interactions, the police misidentified Spriestersbach and then failed to correct t…
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Man institutionalized due to mistaken identity will get $975K settlement
In a case of mistaken identity, a man who was wrongfully arrested and detained at a Hawaiʻi state psychiatric hospital for two years is set to receive a $975,000 payout from the City and County of Honolulu.
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