Man institutionalized due to mistaken identity will get $975K settlement

Innocent man gets $975K payout after he’s mistakenly locked in psych hospital for years

Joshua Spriestersbach, 54, was awarded a $975,000 payout after he was wrongfully arrested and thrown in a Hawaii psychiatric hospital for years.

Innocent man wins $975k payout after mistaken ID sees him locked in psych hospital for years

A man who spent two years wrongfully detained in a Hawai’i state psychiatric hospital due to a case of mistaken identity is set to receive a payout of $975,000 from the City and County of Honolulu. Joshua Spriestersbach, who was homeless at the time, was arrested for crimes committed by another…

Man wins $975k payout after mistaken ID sees him locked in psych hospital for years

Joshua Spriestersbach was arrested for crimes committed by another man

Man institutionalized due to mistaken identity will get $975K settlement

The City and County of Honolulu has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to a man police misidentified and locked up for two years.