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The federal lawsuit was filed by Brandon Pickens, who was with Marcus Hyatt during the traffic stop in which the men say they were detained for hours.

A white deputy found to have violated a Black Buncombe County mans constitutional rights in a strip search is calling for a new trial.

A North Carolina deputy who ordered a strip search of two Black men after falsely claiming to smell crack cocaine could be required to pay the attorneys'

A white deputy who was found to have strip-searched a Black Buncombe County man in a gas station bathroom should pay nearly $262K in attorneys fees.

A Black man was awarded $50K after his "unreasonable" strip search inside a gas station bathroom after a deputy accused him of smelling like "crack."

A North Carolina sheriff's deputy has been ordered to pay $50,000 to a Black man who was stopped and frisked over four years ago, according to a lawsuit

A Black Buncombe County resident was awarded $50,000 by a federal judge after being strip searched by white deputies in an Asheville gas station bathroom.

A Buncombe County Sheriffs deputy has been put on administrative leave while the State Bureau of Investigation looks into excessive force allegations against him.

View Comments ASHEVILLE - A Black Buncombe County man and his ex-girlfriend say Sheriff Quentin Miller and deputies owe them $500,000 after traffic stops and a strip search that violated their rights and led to no charges, according to a recent federal court filing. "Plaintiff (Marcus) Hyatt suffered physical injury, personal humiliation, mental anguish and suffering," during the 2018 strip search in a gas station bathroom, the April 26 brief said. In their own filing, Miller and the deputies s...

Orlando police help shop for Boys & Girls Club members 10 kids chosen for holiday shopping spree at Academy Sports + Outdoors Tags:  ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando Police Officers rolled into Academy Sports + Outdoors Friday on a mission to shop, not for themselves, but for 10 kids at the Boys and Girls Club of Central Florida. “This means so much to us. These children would not have anything to open on Christmas if it wasn’t for the community and this event,” said Boys & Girls Club of Cent...