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Aug. 2) -- Who's the victim here?
A convicted burglar says the man he victimized actually committed battery while performing an unnecessarily rough citizen's arrest.
Michael Dupree is serving a 12-year sentence for cocaine possession and burglary after being found guilty of shattering Anthony McKoy's car window and stealing a bicycle from inside his vehicle in St. Petersburg, Fla., in 2007.
But Dupree is seeking $500,000 and punitive damages for injuries he says he sustained when McKoy and two other men detained him until police arrived, according to the St. Petersburg Times.
Dupree swears another man gave him the bike, which he was trying to sell when McKoy and his accomplices confronted him, pulled out a gun, handcuffed him and pinned him to the ground by painfully placing a knee on his spine.
According to court documents, the citizen's arrest lead to permanent disabilities and psychological disorders which the plaintiff continues to suffer.
Unsurprisingly, McKoy has a different version of events.
He told the paper that after realizing his car window was shattered, he spotted Dupree -- who happened to be naked -- with his bicycle. McKoy and two other men gave chase and put Dupree in a shoulder hold until police arrived.
McKoy was stunned after getting served with Dupree's lawsuit.
I thought it was a joke, he said. I'm the victim.
Aug. 2) -- Who's the victim here?
A convicted burglar says the man he victimized actually committed battery while performing an unnecessarily rough citizen's arrest.
Michael Dupree is serving a 12-year sentence for cocaine possession and burglary after being found guilty of shattering Anthony McKoy's car window and stealing a bicycle from inside his vehicle in St. Petersburg, Fla., in 2007.
But Dupree is seeking $500,000 and punitive damages for injuries he says he sustained when McKoy and two other men detained him until police arrived, according to the St. Petersburg Times.
Dupree swears another man gave him the bike, which he was trying to sell when McKoy and his accomplices confronted him, pulled out a gun, handcuffed him and pinned him to the ground by painfully placing a knee on his spine.
According to court documents, the citizen's arrest lead to permanent disabilities and psychological disorders which the plaintiff continues to suffer.
Unsurprisingly, McKoy has a different version of events.
He told the paper that after realizing his car window was shattered, he spotted Dupree -- who happened to be naked -- with his bicycle. McKoy and two other men gave chase and put Dupree in a shoulder hold until police arrived.
McKoy was stunned after getting served with Dupree's lawsuit.
I thought it was a joke, he said. I'm the victim.
