Woman sues cities, claiming she was jailed for too long
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Posted 7:39AM on Friday 27th September 2002 ( 22 years ago )
ATLANTA - A north Georgia woman has sued the cities of Alpharetta and Roswell, claiming she was jailed for too long and on unreasonably high bond. <br>
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Martha Liz Sosebe, 37, of Alpharetta claims she was held in the Roswell jail two days longer than the law allows. <br>
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Sosebe was arrested in May on charges that she tried to pass a forged prescription at Wal-Mart store. She was freed five days later. <br>
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Sosebe was held until she could be taken before a judge because she couldn't pay the $8,300 bond set by Judge Scott Childress. <br>
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The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, names the city of Alpharetta, police Chief Gary George and Wayne Yandell, chief jailer in Roswell. <br>
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Alpharetta contracts with Roswell to house prisoners. <br>
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Alpharetta city attorney Sam Thomas declined to comment, saying he hadn't seen the lawsuit.
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