Man Strip-Searched, Mistaken for ‘Much Taller, ‘Younger’ Suspect With Similiar Name in Another State, to Receive $375K Settlement from Ohio City
The city of Columbus has agreed to pay an Orlando man $375,000 after he was falsely arrested at gunpoint, strip-searched and cavity-searched for a crime he did not commit. Timothy L. Hawkins, who previously lived in Columbus, Ohio, was identified by a witness in a photo lineup for a November 2019 robbery. One of the…