A bizarre case of mistaken identity that landed a then-homeless man in jail and later caused him to be confined in Hawaiʻi State Hospital for more than two years will cost the state $200,000 under a ...

The Allahabad High Court was hearing a petition by two men alleging arrest due to mistaken identity and allowed their plea and said person cannot be arrested merely on the suspicion of complicity in ...

NEW YORK -- New York City's police commissioner says he's been trying to apologize to former tennis professional James Blake, who was handcuffed by an officer after a case of mistaken identity. But ...

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Monday quashed the entire criminal proceedings against two persons who were wrongly arrested by UP Police without verifying their involvement ...

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Officials in the south suburbs announced the arrests of three people in connection with the shooting death of a 16-year-old high school basketball player. Davell Holden was killed in early August in ...