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Central Florida Woman Mistakenly Jailed For 9 Days Over Clerical Error
local6 ^ | August 6, 2007

Posted on 08/07/2007 9:02:39 AM PDT by stainlessbanner

OCALA, Fla. -- The Internal Affairs Division of the Marion County Sheriff's Office has launched an investigation into a clerical error that mistakenly put a woman behind bars for nine days.

Amy Sellers, 22, of Ocala, was taken into custody about two weeks ago for a warrant that matched another 28-year-old woman named Amy Sellers.

Sellers, who had not committed any crimes, said she was taken into custody and immediately thrown into the inmate population.

"When I found out, I got no first appearance and I (didn't get) to see a judge," Sellers said. "They put me into population."

The Marion County Sheriff's Office admitted that Sellers' incident was a mistake.

"Due to a clerical error, the incorrect information was put into the computer system for a warrant that matched another Amy Sellers, who also has a criminal history in Marion County," a sheriff's office statement issued Monday said.

Sellers is in the system for drunken driving and driving with a suspended license four years ago but has not been arrested since.

Sellers' boyfriend said he spent days trying to show the sheriff's office the error. He said when the sheriff's office finally believed him, the jail kept Sellers another day to verify the mistake.

Sellers said she lost 15 pounds while behind bars and is considering suing over the incident.

"My faith in the justice system is crumbled and gone completely and I don't know if I will ever be able to salvage it again," Sellers said. "What if I was a single mother, 30 years old, that this happened to that for 10 days was in jail for the wrong reasons and lost her kids and job."

The sheriff's office said it would reimburse Sellers for any expenses she incurred while jailed.

Sellers said, "That is a joke," Local 6 reported.

The Internal Affairs Division is also investigating the warrant process in connection with the case.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; fl; govwatch; jailed; ocala; sellers
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1 posted on 08/07/2007 9:02:42 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner

Not Guilty!


2 posted on 08/07/2007 9:04:12 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: stainlessbanner

In a just society, this girl would OWN the Sheriff’s department.


3 posted on 08/07/2007 9:05:09 AM PDT by Sloth (You being wrong & me being closed-minded are not the same thing, nor are they mutually exclusive.)
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To: stainlessbanner
My faith in the justice system is crumbled and gone completely and I don't know if I will ever be able to salvage it again," Sellers said. "What if I was a single mother, 30 years old, that this happened to that for 10 days was in jail for the wrong reasons and lost her kids and job."

Thank goodness for her boyfriend and the cop who decided to check it out.

She has to have some faith in the Sheriff who decided to take a look and she better think about marrying that boyfriend.

System had to work a little bit. What if nobody noticed the mistake...ever.
4 posted on 08/07/2007 9:07:32 AM PDT by stylin19a (Go Bears !)
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To: stainlessbanner

Lost 9lbs in 10 days; people pay good money for that.


5 posted on 08/07/2007 9:08:47 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
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To: stainlessbanner

I get the impression she knows she hit the jackpot.


6 posted on 08/07/2007 9:08:49 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: Sloth
A really, really, really just society would trot out the Dueling Code and she'd get the first shot at the sheriff with a weapon of her choice ~ and from about 20 feet away as well.

Modern weapons have taken all the mystery out of dueling, but there'd be many fewer instances of this sort of thing if it were still used (as necessary of course)(and only after being reinstated by the state legislature).

7 posted on 08/07/2007 9:09:12 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Sloth
In a just society, this girl would OWN the Sheriff’s department.

Criminal incompetence, having a negative effect on one person or millions, remarkably, is not a crime -- yet.

8 posted on 08/07/2007 9:09:58 AM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: stainlessbanner

SssMokin!


9 posted on 08/07/2007 9:10:01 AM PDT by bicyclerepair (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)
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is considering suing over the incident?.....Hells Bells I’d be beating down the lawyers by now trying to get some of this!!!!.....


10 posted on 08/07/2007 9:11:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
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My thought exactly!


11 posted on 08/07/2007 9:11:51 AM PDT by Michael.SF. ("The military Mission has long since been accomplished" -- Harry Reid, April 23, 2007)
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To: MeanWestTexan

Actually it was 15lbs in 9 days.

And yes, that’s worth a month of special low-fat meals!


12 posted on 08/07/2007 9:12:03 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: Publius6961

It should be.


13 posted on 08/07/2007 9:12:34 AM PDT by darkangel82 (Socialism is NOT an American value.)
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To: stainlessbanner
A stupid mistake by law enforcement that was amplified by her failure to get an attorney the second she was taken into custody on the warrant.

Instead, she apparently had her boyfriend phoning the sherriff.

She would have spent only a night in jail if she had behaved logically.

14 posted on 08/07/2007 9:12:51 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
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15 posted on 08/07/2007 9:13:19 AM PDT by ran20
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To: rawhide
I get the impression she knows she hit the jackpot.

That might be a bit awkward, since the "wrong" woman also had a criminal record. She may not want to publicize this.

Another unintended lesson here: having a "minor" criminal record is not harmless. I suspect that if her record had been clean, the mixup would have made no sense.
I just hope no one assumes that I am dismissing bureaucratic incompetence.

16 posted on 08/07/2007 9:14:36 AM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: stainlessbanner

The sad thing is that cops and prosecutors don’t really care if they put innocent people in prison, as long as their careers are advanced.


17 posted on 08/07/2007 9:16:01 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: Sloth
In a just society, this girl would OWN the Sheriff’s department.

A just society awards value commensurate with the damage done.

This woman does not deserve tens of millions of her fellow citizens' money.

If she didn't have a history of being a drunk who was in the habit of endangering the lives of her fellow citizens she would never have been arrested on this warrant in the first place.

18 posted on 08/07/2007 9:16:51 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
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“The sheriff’s office said it would reimburse Sellers for any expenses she incurred while jailed.”

What did they do, charge her to stay there while they had their thumbs up their ....?


19 posted on 08/07/2007 9:17:24 AM PDT by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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To: stainlessbanner

Can see “Lawsuit” in big bold letters. Wonder why did it take the sheriff’s office days to figure out it made a mistake? This is stupidity 101.


20 posted on 08/07/2007 9:18:18 AM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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