Plaintiff:
Slavador A. Lomeli
Incident date:
02/19/2010
Location:
2801 S. Western Ave.
Allegations:
The officers arrested Lomeli on a warrant that had been issued by Los Angeles County for a person was wanted for murder. Lomeli shared only the same last name, but had a different first name and birth date from the name on the warrant. Lomeli told the officers repeatedly that they had arrested the wrong person, but they didn't listen. As a result, Lomeli was detained at the police station and in Cook County Jail for up to five days. The prosecutor eventually dropped the charges.