Evans v. Elizabeth Police Department

Plaintiff was arrested by defendant DeRogatis, a police officer of the City of Elizabeth, at approximately 8:50 p.m. on February 12, 1981 in connection with a robbery which had occurred earlier that evening. He was then taken to Alexian Brothers Hospital where the female victim of the crime was receiving treatment for her injuries. As a result of the identification then made plaintiff was indicted by the Union County Grand Jury and eventually acquitted of the crime charged after a trial by jury. During the intervening four months he was detained in the Union County Jail.

This complaint was…