Hope Steffey Incident
A local woman, Hope Steffey, sued the Sheriff's Office. Video of the incident shows male and female deputies forcefully removing the clothing of the handcuffed woman. Hope Steffey had called the police after she had been assaulted. Television station WKYC obtained video of the incident. Around November 2008, Hope Steffey initiated civil action against the Sheriff's Office, this action was settled in July 2009 with the settlement details confidential but reported to be favourable to the plaintiff. Additional actions against related civilian contractors remain ongoing.
Former Attorney General Marc Dann initiated criminal action in February 2008 before later resigning for unrelated reasons, the Grand Jury subsequently found "no probable cause of criminal wrongdoing" by the county deputies despite having violated the policy against opposite sex strip searching.
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