Originally Posted by Inspector

BOSTON -- A bizarre case of mistaken identity could cost Middlesex Sheriff's Department officers $65,000 after they arrested a Wilmington woman in her home instead of her twin sister two years ago.

Originally Posted by Inspector

BOSTON -- A bizarre case of mistaken identity could cost Middlesex Sheriff's Department officers $65,000 after they arrested a Wilmington woman in her home instead of her twin sister two years ago.
Wilmington resident Janet Silva is on the verge of finalizing a settlement with Middlesex Sheriff James DiPaola and two officers from the department, said Silva's lawyer, David Fried.
The lawsuit charges the sheriff's office with false arrest and imprisonment along with several civil-rights violations for arresting her before dawn in her Wilmington home when in fact it was her twin sister, Janice, they were supposed to pick up.
When Janet Silva tried to tell officers they had the wrong sister, one of the officers said, "We hear that same story every day," according to the lawsuit.
DiPaola argues, through court documents, that the Sheriff's Department isn't at fault because the warrant, issued by the Somerville District Court, had Janet Silva's name on it even though it listed Janice Silva's address in Somerville.

Originally Posted by Inspector

BOSTON --
DiPaola argues, through court documents, that the Sheriff's Department isn't at fault because the warrant, issued by the Somerville District Court, had Janet Silva's name on it even though it listed Janice Silva's address in Somerville.

Originally Posted by id1811xecj

. Unlike anyone ele, I am pretty sympathetic to this argument.