Joe Gaddie, Butler County Sheriff and a deputy (From Kentucky) drove 4100 miles to California and back to fetch a suspect, Joe Oros III, 27, on minor felony charges of fleeing from police and DUI. Joe Oros protested that they had the wrong man. His ID was stolen and used by another man. Joe Oros was ignored. The police never ran checks on his fingerprints and pictures.

When the trio reached Kentucky, jailor Terry Fugate checked the wanted mug shot of the man and saw that it did not correspond with Joe Oros. Oros was freed and sent back to California on a plane. It was his first plane trip. He rode the journey to Kentucky in shackles but ride back to California in style in a plane.

While Oros was in Kentucky, he met a lawyer who agreed to represent him to try to sue Butler County and the State of California to get compensation for their mistake. Joe Oros said he admired Kentucky for its greenery and nice people. He might move there!

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 at 7:28 am and is filed under News.