California cops drove a 54 yr old woman 15 miles to a dump at midnight, left her to walk home. settlement $3 million [View all]

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Oroville police Officer Robert Sasek
Sgt. Ali Khan
Officer Isaac Herrera

Hit by car after being left at dump by police, Northern California woman wins huge settlement

A Chico woman arrested in September 2022 by Oroville police — who was then driven to a Butte County dump at midnight and left until she was struck by a passing car as she tried to walk home — has settled her lawsuit against the city for a $3 million payment, her attorney said Monday.

Dana Marie James, 54, sued the city of Oroville in federal court last year following the incident, which left her hospitalized with life-threatening injuries for 35 days as a result of the hit and run. Court records say the ordeal forced her to endure several surgeries.

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“All three officers knew and discussed that Ms. James had been rejected by the jail at booking because she had an urgent medical condition requiring evaluation and treatment and needed to be ‘medically cleared’ prior to being accepted into custody at the jail,” the suit says. “Officer Herrera suggested that Officer Sasek take her out to a remote area on Neal Road at the Waste Facility and abandon Ms. James at the dump.”

Sasek then drove 15½ miles north to the Neal Road Recycling and Waste Facility as James asked where they were going and Sasek responded “Don’t worry about it” and “just shut up,” the suit says.

They arrived at the dump at midnight, and Sasek told her to get out and ignored her questions about where they were, the suit says. “You will figure it out, it’s not my problem,” Sasek said before hitting the gas pedal and spraying James with gravel as he drove away, the suit says.

Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article284830321.html#storylink=cpy