Indiana county settles with wrongfully jailed former inmate Ian McQueen

Indiana county settles with wrongfully jailed former inmate

A northern Indiana county has reached a financial settlement with a former inmate who was wrongfully jailed for more than 40 days after being charged in two counties for the same offense. St. Joseph County's commissioners recently approved a $12,500 settlement for Ian McQueen, 42, who was charged in both St. Joseph and Elkhart counties with stealing a car. He was kept in the St. Joseph County Jail for 43 days despite being sentenced to probation in Elkhart County for the same crime. Officials blamed a lack of communication between the two counties' court systems for the situation. Court documents ...

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