The city of Fortuna has agreed to pay $900,000 to settle a federal wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a man shot dead by police in 2012 after an appellate ruling brought the credibility of the officers involved into serious question. Jacob Newmaker, 26, was shot and killed by then Fortuna Police officer […]
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Appeals Court Reinstates Lawsuit in Fatal Fortuna Police Shooting
A wrongful death suit filed by the parents of a Fortuna man was reinstated by a federal appeals court panel Tuesday in an opinion that calls into question the credibility of statements by police officers involved in the 2012 fatal shooting. Jacob Newmaker was fatally shot on March 16, 2012, by Fortuna Police Department Officer […]