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Man Institutionalized Due to Mistaken Identity Will Get $975K Settlement
Systemic failures in police identification and record correction led to Joshua Spriestersbach's wrongful arrest and over two years of detention in a state psychiatric hospital.
- On Wednesday, the Honolulu City Council approved a $975,000 settlement for Joshua Spriestersbach, who was wrongfully arrested and detained at the Hawaii State Hospital for over two years due to mistaken identity.
- Police arrested Spriestersbach in 2017 while he waited for food outside Safe Haven in Chinatown, misidentifying him as Thomas Castleberry, who had an outstanding warrant for arrest.
- Authorities held Spriestersbach for four months at the Community Correctional Center and over two years at the Hawaii State Hospital, where staff labeled him "delusional and incompetent" for denying Castleberry's crimes.
- Spriestersbach may receive an additional $200,000 from the state, though Council member Val Okimoto voted to approve the city's $975,000 payout with reservations.
- The lawsuit alleges city practices failing to identify homeless individuals correctly were the "moving force" behind the detention, as police had failed to correct records during two prior interactions with Spriestersbach.
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In a case of mistaken identity, a man who was unjustly arrested and detained for two years in a state psychiatric hospital in Hawaii will receive $975,000 compensation from the city and county of Honolulu. Joshua Spriestersbach lived on the street in 2017 when the police arrested him for crimes committed by another man named Thomas Castleberry. During two previous interactions, the police misidentified Spriestersbach and then failed to correct t…
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Man institutionalized due to mistaken identity will get $975K settlement
In a case of mistaken identity, a man who was wrongfully arrested and detained at a Hawaiʻi state psychiatric hospital for two years is set to receive a $975,000 payout from the City and County of Honolulu.
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