A
civil rights lawsuit alleging Erie police wrongly arrested a woman and searched
her home nearly five years ago is headed to trial today in U.S. District Court.
Maria
Arenas Jordan and her lawyer, Paul Susko, charge that police, amid a search for
two burglary suspects, subjected Jordan to false arrest and her 10-year-old
stepson to excessive force. They also claim police illegally searched Jordan's
family's East Fifth Street home and belongings without a warrant. They are
seeking damages.
The
incident happened Sept. 26, 2007, as police were searching for a van that had
fled a burglary and shooting.
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