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Suit claims rough citizen's arrest
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., A Florida man serving a prison sentence for stealing a bicycle from a car is suing three men he accuses of perpetrating a rough citizen's arrest.
Michael Dupree, who is serving a 12-year sentence for cocaine possession and burglary convictions, claims the three men who caught him trying to sell the stolen bike a short time after the Oct. 11, 2007, burglary in St. Petersburg, Fla., assaulted him before police arrived, the St. Petersburg Times reported Friday.
Dupree's lawsuit is seeking $500,000 plus punitive damages.
Anthony McKoy, one of the men named in the lawsuit, dismissed it as "laughable."
"It's a waste of taxpayer money," said McKoy, who owned the car the bicycle was stolen from.
McKoy told the newspaper he expects the suit to be dismissed.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., A Florida man serving a prison sentence for stealing a bicycle from a car is suing three men he accuses of perpetrating a rough citizen's arrest.
Michael Dupree, who is serving a 12-year sentence for cocaine possession and burglary convictions, claims the three men who caught him trying to sell the stolen bike a short time after the Oct. 11, 2007, burglary in St. Petersburg, Fla., assaulted him before police arrived, the St. Petersburg Times reported Friday.
Dupree's lawsuit is seeking $500,000 plus punitive damages.
Anthony McKoy, one of the men named in the lawsuit, dismissed it as "laughable."
"It's a waste of taxpayer money," said McKoy, who owned the car the bicycle was stolen from.
McKoy told the newspaper he expects the suit to be dismissed.