ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A New York man who was arrested for getting into an altercation with a Walt Disney World worker just moments before he planned to propose to his fiance is suing the theme park resort, claiming he never touched the employee.Marc Rubin filed the lawsuit last month in state court in Orlando, Florida, alleging false arrest.The lawsuit says Rubin was scouting out a location in front of Cinderella's Castle in the Magic Kingdom to propose to his future wife three years ago. A Disney employee asked him to move back from the parade route.The Orlando Sentinel reports that the Disney worker told deputies that Rubin screamed and grabbed her, something he denies.Rubin pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct and was fined $100 plus court costs. … [Read more...] about Man sues Disney for false arrest made right before proposing to his fiance
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I-Team: NYC Man Sues for $1 Million, Claiming Video Shows False Arrest by NYPD
Watch News 4 at 11 p.m. for the full video and report. Otis Reese is grateful his favorite deli has a surveillance camera. He says it saved him from what could have been years in prison after NYPD cops stopped the 30-year-old for walking down the street with an open beer. It was unopened in a brown bag, Reese told the I-Team in an exclusive interview. Reese has filed a $1 million notice of claim against New York City, claiming he was falsely arrested for a bogus reason and then illegally searched in March of 2016. Top News Photos: Painting Sold for $65 Million Vincent Yu/AP Reese said he had bought beer down the street, then walked with the closed bottle in a bag to New York’s Finest Deli on Third Avenue in the Melrose section to buy a sandwich. Reese said as he walked into the deli, he noticed two uniformed NYPD officers in an unmarked vehicle pull around the corner and park across the street. Surveillance video corroborates Reese’s story that he … [Read more...] about I-Team: NYC Man Sues for $1 Million, Claiming Video Shows False Arrest by NYPD
Lawsuit over suicide after political scandal ends for some
Jeff Amy, Associated Press Updated 6:15 pm PDT, Tuesday, September 18, 2018 FILE - In this May 22, 2014 file photo, Mark Mayfield appears in court, in Madison, Miss., during an initial court appearance on a charge of conspiracy in relation to the alleged illegal photographing of the ailing wife of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., without her permission at the nursing home where she's lived for 13 years. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, ruled Mayfield's widow and sons can't sue the Butler Snow law firm and its chairman, or Madison Police Chief Gene Waldrop, over claims they were part of a political network illegally retaliating against Mayfield's political activity by pushing him to suicide after he was charged with conspiracy to exploit a vulnerable adult. less FILE - In this May 22, 2014 file photo, Mark Mayfield appears in court, in Madison, Miss., during an initial court appearance on a charge of conspiracy in relation to the alleged … [Read more...] about Lawsuit over suicide after political scandal ends for some
Man cleared in 1990 subway stabbing death of tourist sues for wrongful imprisonment
A man convicted and then cleared a quarter-century later in the subway slaying of a tourist from Utah is back in the court system — this time to sue the city. Johnny Hincapie, now 45, left prison a free man in October 2015 after a court tossed his conviction. Hincapie had been found guilty in the 1990 murder of Utah resident Brian Watkins, 22. The killing, which took place on a subway platform, horrified the nation and became a symbol of the city’s skyrocketing crime rate. It was one of the city’s record 2,245 homicides that year. The number of homicides has since dropped, to a record low last year of 290. The Manhattan District Attorney decided in January 2017 not to retry Hincapie. When prosecutors decided to drop the case, their court filing cited the death of a witness and a sketchy lineup. But they maintained the decision was not an endorsement of Hincapie’s innocence. Lawyer finds police report he says clears client in 1998 murder “We … [Read more...] about Man cleared in 1990 subway stabbing death of tourist sues for wrongful imprisonment
Man sentenced to life in prison for rape, assault of woman he held prisoner for three days
Gallery: Works gets life in rape, assault of woman he held prisoner for three days RINGGOLD, Ga. — James Leon Works Jr. is going to prison for life. A Catoosa County jury convicted Works last week of three counts of rape, three counts of aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated sodomy, one count of false imprisonment and four counts of possession of a firearm in the commission of a crime. A woman testified that he held her in his uncle's Fort Oglethorpe home for three days in December 2015. She said he beat her and slammed her face into a piano. She said she had sex with him, only because it was a reprieve from the physical abuse. During the five-day trial, four other ex-girlfriends testified against Works. Their relationships with him dated back to the late '90s. "You hurt those people who loved you and trusted you the most," Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Kristina Cook Graham told Works on Wednesday afternoon. Graham sentenced Works to … [Read more...] about Man sentenced to life in prison for rape, assault of woman he held prisoner for three days