Lexington deputy charged the wrong woman. Jury orders department to pay up
LEXINGTON, SC -- An investigation into about $50 worth of stolen items from a Walmart led to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department being ordered to pay a former suspect $200,000.
A jury ruled that a former Lexington County deputy violated the civil rights of Sabrina Jackson after the officer charged her with a crime she didn’t commit. The verdict ends a five-year legal process that began with video footage of a woman allegedly stealing from Walmart in Red Bank.
“We think Lexington is a very fair minded county and that the good people of Lexington will stand up to their own police force when they are shown facts that their own police did not act according to the law,” said Robert Phillips, Jackson’s attorney.
In 2014, a Walmart manager contacted the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department about a black woman who left the store without paying for items, according to Jackson’s lawsuit. Deputy Darren Wiseman, who was named the 2014 community officer of the year, investigated the incident and spoke with a woman who supposedly knew the shoplifter.
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