The city of Louisville agreed to pay $180,000 to a painter, his girlfriend and her young daughter to settle a lawsuit after Louisville Metro Police handcuffed them while acting on stale information and without probable cause when they raided a home in July 2019 to serve a warrant on an alleged drug suspect.
Roy Stucker had been hired as an independent contractor to work on the house for a new tenant when at least 10 officers raided the home in the Southside neighborhood “in military fashion,” shooting objects through windows and breaking in with weapons drawn, according to the suit.
The house had been empty for days, with furniture outside on the curb and Stucker’s painting truck sitting in front. The target of the investigation had already been arrested and was in custody.
Stucker and his girlfriend, Courtney Brown-Porter, initially believed they were being robbed and feared they would be killed, the suit claims. The couple and Brown-Porter’s daughter were allegedly handcuffed for about 20 minutes.
The case was dismissed in U.S District Court on Monday after both sides reached a settlement, according to court records.
Source: WDRB
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