SARATOGA SPRINGS – A Saratoga Springs business owner is suing the city, an officer with the city’s police department, Saratoga Casino Hotel and two casino employees for no less than $1 million in damages after, she claims, she was falsely arrested.
Miranda Sanders claims that she was unlawfully arrested by Saratoga Springs Police officer Kristopher Camarro after a cashier at the casino overpaid her for her ticket winnings, according to her lawsuit filing Nov. 4 in U.S. District Court. She’s being represented by attorney Brian C. Mahoney of Lippes Mathias, a law firm with offices in New York City, Chicago and other cities.
On Feb. 15, 2021, Sanders’s suit says, she cashed in four lottery tickets and was handed an extra $850 on top of her winnings. Sanders said she told the cashier she believed she had been given too much money, to which the cashier replied “No, that’s right,” court documents state.
That same day, casino employee Eileen Cotter called Sanders regarding the mix up and indicated Sanders needed to repay the casino, according to her lawsuit. On March 1, 2021, Sanders went to the casino to speak with Director of Security Edward Moore, a former chief of the Saratoga Springs Police Department, about the matter but left after she said she waited for some time and Moore had not spoken to her.
Four days later, on March 5, 2021, Moore referred the matter to the city police department, the lawsuit says. While police had the case, Sanders continued to receive calls from...
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