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Virginia Sheriff acknowledges 'breakdowns' that led to woman’s wrongful arrest

Summary by WTVR
CAROLINE COUNTY, Va. A Virginia woman wrongfully jailed for three days under another person's name now has a legal expert telling CBS 6 she has a strong claim at both the state and federal levels against the agencies that held her. Danielle Brown's ordeal began March 9 when she went to the Caroline County Sheriff's Office to report hitting a deer. Instead, a sheriff's deputy ran her information, and her name came back as an alias for a woman wan…

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WTVR broke the news in Richmond, United States on Thursday, March 26, 2026.
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