Post by pavel on Feb 27, 2016 5:25:08 GMT -6
As Kathleen Hucks’ attorney told the jury Friday, it was always about money for Sentinel Offender Services.
On Friday evening, the jury agreed that Hucks was a victim of false arrest and imprisonment when Sentinel repeatedly had her arrested for violating probation over a six-year period.
At the end of a five-day trial in Richmond County Superior Court, the jury deliberated for about two hours before returning a verdict in Hucks’ favor, awarding her $50,000 in damages and $125,000 in attorney fees. It did not find that Hucks should be awarded punitive damages.
Hucks is one of more than a dozen people who have filed suit against Sentinel in Richmond and Columbia counties, accusing the private probation company of using its ability to secure arrest warrants to raise its profits.
Read more: chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2016-02-26/woman-defeats-sentinel-probation-company-court?v=1456535120
On Friday evening, the jury agreed that Hucks was a victim of false arrest and imprisonment when Sentinel repeatedly had her arrested for violating probation over a six-year period.
At the end of a five-day trial in Richmond County Superior Court, the jury deliberated for about two hours before returning a verdict in Hucks’ favor, awarding her $50,000 in damages and $125,000 in attorney fees. It did not find that Hucks should be awarded punitive damages.
Hucks is one of more than a dozen people who have filed suit against Sentinel in Richmond and Columbia counties, accusing the private probation company of using its ability to secure arrest warrants to raise its profits.
Read more: chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2016-02-26/woman-defeats-sentinel-probation-company-court?v=1456535120