Royal Caribbean passenger sues Florida sheriff over mistaken identity arrest after holiday cruise
Heath Box said she was humiliated when she arrived at Broward County Jail and was strip-searched, shackled, given prison clothes and issued blankets.
How a mom ended up in a Broward jail after a cruise. It’s a case of mistaken identity
When Broward deputies arrested Jennifer Heath Box on Dec. 24, 2022, while she came off a Caribbean cruise, they had the wrong person, according to the suit. The person they thought they had detained was Jennifer Delcarmen Heath, also a Texas woman, but one with an arrest warrant for child endangerment in Harris County, Texas.
Woman sues Florida sheriff after mistaken arrest lands her in jail on Christmas
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A Texas woman filed a lawsuit against a Florida sheriff's office on Thursday after she was mistakenly arrested in December 2022.
Texas woman sues Florida deputy and county over mistaken identity arrest
The lawsuit says the deputy and the county should have known Jennifer Heath Box was not the right suspect when she was locked up in 2022.
Woman sues Broward County after mistaken identity leads to arrest, jailing
A woman has filed a lawsuit claiming she was mistakenly arrested after coming home from a Royal Caribbean Cruise on Christmas Eve, two years ago.
Woman Sues Cops for Mistakenly Arresting Her After Cruise
A Texas woman is suing Florida police for mistakenly arresting her after her cruise in 2022. Jennifer Heath Box was told there was a warrant for her arrest over child endangerment. She tried to explain there was a mistake but cops hauled her off to jail.
Woman mistakenly arrested in Florida because of her name
A Texas woman who has a similar name as a wanted suspect and landed behind bars in Florida is now now suing the county and the deputy who busted her for the mistaken arrest.
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