Benton County sued for alleged wrongful death of man

Benton County sued for alleged wrongful death of man

His family is suing Benton County for $3.85 million.

Benton County Sheriff Deputy Sued for Excessive Force, Death of Frail 75-Year-Old

Dennis Sachet was 5 feet 4, 124 pounds, and by his own admission, in the wrong. He said as much, standing in his driveway in a plastic yard chair, extending his palm to the sheriff’s deputy who had just handcuffed him. “I apologize, buddy,” he said. “I get it, it’s nothing personal,” the deputy, James “David” Young of the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, replied, shaking his hand. Thirteen days later, Sachet was dead, found on his living room flo…