Derrick Bryant v. K. Egan, John Ceregio, Dexton Palmer and John Slezak: A federal court jury in Bridgeport has rendered a defense verdict in the case of a man who sued Meriden police for sexual assault after they allegedly found four grams of crack cocaine in his buttocks.
The plaintiff, Derrick Bryant, alleged that the police planted the drugs there when performing a full body cavity search at the police station without a warrant. Following five days of evidence before Judge Stefan Underhill in U.S. District Court, the jury believed the police officers.
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