A woman is suing a Joliet police detective and the City of Joliet over claims that she was wrongfully arrested in front of her daughter’s school on burglary and theft charges.
The federal lawsuit was filed on June 9 by Tarishea Autman, of Joliet, against Detective James Kilgore and the City of Joliet over an alleged false arrest on Jan. 23.
On that day, Autman was driving her daughter to school and not “committing any crimes or breaking any laws,” the lawsuit alleged.
As she was driving out of the parking lot of her daughter’s school, she was pulled over by a Joliet police officer and informed she was under arrest pursuant to a warrant, the lawsuit alleged.
Autman was was “handcuffed and taken to the Joliet Police Department,” the lawsuit alleged.
“[Autman] was afraid and embarrassed of being arrested and taken into custody in front of her daughter’s school as students were being dropped off,” the lawsuit alleged.
The lawsuit said she was taken into custody based on a warrant and complaint from Kilgore.
“There were no facts that supported any criminal charge against her. There were not facts to support a statement that she committed any crime. There were no facts to support probable cause,” Autman’s lawsuit alleged.
Autman was booked for burglary and theft charges, the lawsuit said.
[Tarishea Autman] was afraid and embarrassed of being arrested and taken into custody in front of her daughter’s school as students were being dropped off.”
— Plaintiff Tarishea Autman's June...
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