Pubdate: Tue, 25 Nov 2014
Source: Denver Post (CO)
Copyright: 2014 The Denver Post Corp
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Author: Jon Murray
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DENVER WILL PAY $25,000 SETTLEMENT

The Denver City Council on Monday approved the payment of $25,000 to 
settle a false-arrest lawsuit brought by a woman who was collecting 
petition signatures.

In November 2011, Regina Ann Petkus was gathering signatures outside 
the Ogden Theatre on East Colfax Avenue for Amendment 64, the 2012 
ballot initiative that legalized the sale of recreational marijuana.

Her lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, said Denver police Sgt. 
Hubert Martin Vanover arrested her while he was working off-duty 
security for the Ogden. He ordered her to stop collecting signatures 
near the Ogden, the lawsuit says, even though Petkus was standing in 
a public alleyway, where such activity was allowed.
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