McAuliffe v. Outz

Webb, Judge.

Outz was stopped by a security officer as he was leaving a K-Mart store for allegedly shoplifting four tape measures; and taken to an office at the rear of the store. An altercation followed and Outz was handcuffed to the base of a steel table where he remained sitting on the floor for over an hour until a justice of the peace arrived. A preliminary hearing was held by the justice in the K-Mart office, and upon a finding of probable cause Outz was bound over to the Criminal Court of Fulton County on charges of theft by taking and simple battery, and taken to jail.

Upon his release…