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Prisoner riding unrestrained in police van paralyzed: Suit

The family of Heriberto Alejandro Sanchez-Mayen filed a lawsuit alleging the actions of St. Petersburg police caused his permanent injuries while he was in a prisoner transport van. (Screenshots from WFLA News/YouTube)

The family of Heriberto Alejandro Sanchez-Mayen filed a lawsuit alleging the actions of St. Petersburg police caused his permanent injuries while he was in a prisoner transport van. (Screenshots from WFLA News/YouTube)

The family of a man in police custody who became paralyzed and had to have his legs amputated after riding unrestrained and handcuffed in the back of a prisoner transport van in Florida when the officer suddenly and aggressively slammed on the brakes is suing over the incident.

The family of Heriberto Alejandro Sanchez-Mayen made the allegations in a lawsuit filed this week seeking more than $75,000 against two St. Petersburg police officers from an arrest last June for trespassing on a vacant city lot where he was sleeping. His lawyers said the incident left him a quadriplegic and living in a nursing home in Pennsylvania, where he requires full-time care.

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