In his third successful lawsuit against NYPD, a jury awards a crook $510,000 because his ankle was broken during an arrest for shoplifting
BarkGrowlBite | July 18, 2014
Who says crime does not pay?
Kevin Jarman, 50, is a crook, but he is also a successful serial lawsuit filer. In 2005, the city settled for $15,000 after Jarman had sued NYPD for false arrest on drug sales, the charges against him having been dropped. Last month the city settled with him for $20,000 in another false arrest lawsuit he filed last year for a drug sales bust after the charges were likewise dropped. On Wednesday, Jarman hit the mother lode when a Brooklyn jury awarded him $510,000 because his ankle was broken when he was arrested for shoplifting at a Queens supermarket.
Jarman claimed that when he was arrested for shoplifting at a Pathmark supermarket in May 2011, one of the arresting officers, Sgt. Samuel Morales, yanked him by the handcuffs while deliberately standing on his foot. Because the officer was standing on his foot, Jarman could not balance himself. He tripped breaking his ankle in the process. Jarman spent nine days in a hospital. The jury deliberated only a few hours before awarding the crook more than half-a-million bucks.
A law enforcement official called the verdict nuts. The city will appeal, hoping all that glitters for Jarman is not gold!
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