Man Threatens Suit After Being Wrongly Jailed For 37 Days - News Story - WFTV Orlando
Marvin Lopez went to the court house to pay some traffic tickets and he was arrested on outstanding warrants for DUI and reckless driving. It turned out the guy wanted on those warrants goes by the alias Marvin B. Lopez. The two share the same name, but don't look anything alike.
Despite not looking at all alike, Lopez spent 37 days at the Orange County jail for a crime he didn't commit. Lopez's lawyer, Larry Hanks, told Eyewitness News jail employees refused to check his client's fingerprints against Marvin B. Lopez, the man wanted for DUI and reckless driving.
"They would have known immediately if they had run them that it is not the same person," Hanks said. "It's the most incredible example of negligence I have ever seen."
He's lucky the guy wasn't wanted for murder.
Friday, October 5, 2007
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