23-year-old University of New Mexico student, arrested in August for allegedly trying to cash a $36,000 fraudulent check, is suing a city bank, one of its employees, the city and four Albuquerque Police Department officers. Zachary Painter claimed at the time of his arrest that he was the victim of an Internet scam involving out-of-state car sales. Yet he was arrested, thrown in jail where he was intimidated and harassed by other inmates, and hit with felony fraud charges, the lawsuit says. The District Attorney's Office dropped all charges against Painter in January.
