Man Files Suit Against Richfield Police Department For Unlawful Arrest, False Imprisonment
Billy Edward McCoy filed suit in U.S. District Court against the Richfield Police Department, alleging that officers illegally arrested him and retaliated against him.
A former Richfield resident who was convicted of making terroristic threats in 2011 has filed his second suit against the Richfield Police Department, alleging that police violated his civil rights by illegally arresting and falsely imprisoning him. Billy Edward McCoy, 41, filed the lawsuit Jan. 9 in U.S. District Court of Minnesota. The lawsuit seeks $250,000 in compensatory damages along with unspecified punitive damages. In the first suit, the Richfield Police Department pleaded no contest, according to McCoy's new suit. According to McCoy’s complaint, “heavily armed” Richfield police officers arrested McCoy at about 11:30 a.m. Sept. 23, 2011, and took him to jail. McCoy claimed that he was arrested without probable cause, and police …
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