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It Really Isn't That SimpleIt all began as a simple, $1,300 bounced check. But more than a month after the misdemeanor case was dismissed in Collier County courts, David Hayden Evans was thrown in the Palm Beach County jail after police stopped him to cite him for running a red light. It turned out the State Attorney's Office in Naples mistakenly filed a duplicate copy of a worthless check charge with the original. When the original charge was dropped, the second case remained - and resulted in a warrant for Evans' arrest. Records show it was Collier Clerk of Courts Dwight Brock who helped Evans determine what occurred. He even wrote the Boynton Beach man a letter to use as proof the charges were dropped and that one was a duplicate, an error. But the 72-year-old Evans, who owns Ultrasonic Products International, a small engineering firm, is suing Brock, alleging his office should have corrected the mistake. "It's a humiliating experience for someone to be arrested and thrown in jail for a crime he has not committed," said Evans' attorney, Samuel Gold of Naples. "It humiliated him and harmed his business reputation. ... This could happen to anyone." |
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