KC-area man sues over 25 extra days in jail

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- A suburban Kansas City man alleges in a lawsuit that he was mistakenly jailed for 25 extra days and billed $875 for those extra days.

The Kansas City Star reported that Adolph Moreno filed the lawsuit this past week in federal court against the Johnson County sheriff, the county Department of Corrections and Overland Park.

No one disputes that Moreno was sentenced to two days in jail and 88 days of house arrest for driving while suspended. The sentence was handed down two years ago in Overland Park.

But the lawsuit says that jail officials did not release him for 27 days and only then after Moreno wrote to the judge.

His lawyer says jail officials refused to release Moreno until house arrest people evaluated him and picked him up, but they never did.

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Information from: The Kansas City Star, http://www.kcstar.com