SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Washington State Patrol will pay $2.4 million to settle a lawsuit with a Spokane firefighter who was wrongly accused in 2008 of possessing child pornography.
An investigation discovered too late that Todd Chism was a victim of identity theft.
In a statement from the patrol Friday, Risk Manager Donald Sorenson apologized for oversights in the investigation and for damage to Chism’s reputation and distress to his family.
The Spokesman-Review reports (http://is.gd/vXoepO) Chism still has a separate $10 million lawsuit pending against the Washington State Patrol over an April 2010 altercation with troopers near his home at Nine Mile Falls.
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Information from: The Spokesman-Review, http://www.spokesman.com
