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Resident publicly alleges improper detention by off-duty Lake Jackson officer, says he has served notice of intent to sue

3074676 · April 21, 2025
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Summary

A resident, William Earsen, told council he was detained by an off-duty Lake Jackson sergeant working mall security, described multiple alleged procedural failures and said he served city officials with a letter of intent to sue.

A Lake Jackson resident told City Council he has delivered a letter of intent to sue the city after an encounter two weeks earlier in which he said an off-duty Lake Jackson sergeant, working security at a mall, detained him without lawful cause.

"I was detained first of all by an off duty police officer working security at the mall for honking a horn," said William Earsen during the council—s visitors comments. "I was detained for failing to I.D. I don't have to I.D. I'm not suspected of committing a crime.…

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