$140,000 Settlement Reached In Bridgeport Wrongful Search Case: Report

Bridgeport CT

04 May, 2022

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BRIDGEPORT, CT — Bridgeport has settled a 2016 wrongful search case with Shannon Calhoun for $140,000, reported the Connecticut Post. The Bridgeport City Council approved the settlement this week, after officials had tried unsuccessfully to have the case dismissed. Calhoun, who is currently serving a prison sentence for an unrelated incident, had filed a federal lawsuit against the city claiming his civil rights had been violated. In the lawsuit, he claimed that police officers searched his Ridgewood Place home without a warrant, while the officers were looking for a suspect from a shooting. Read the Connecticut Post story.