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Personal Injury & Torts

Oct. 23, 1999

Same Name, Wrong Man - Police Sued

HEMET - Police here made a serious mistake when they arrested Robert Morris on a warrant Jan. 21. The Robert Morris they were looking for was a black man with a thin mustache and an earring. The Morris they arrested and held in the Riverside County Jail for three weeks was a white man with no mustache or earring, who reportedly suffers from schizophrenia.

By Daniel G. Jennings
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        HEMET - Police here made a serious mistake when they arrested Robert Morris on a warrant Jan. 21.
        The Robert Morris they were looking for was a black man with a thin mustache and an earring. The Morris they arrested and held in the Riverside Cou...

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