Man arrested, stuck in mental hospital for more than 2 years after being mistaken for someone else

KITV Island News ^ | 8/4/21 | 'A'ali'i Dukelow

[JonPreston]

A houseless man was arrested and held in a state mental hospital for two years and eight months after being mistaken for the wrong man, according to the Hawai'i Innocence Project.

The advocacy group filed a lawsuit Monday night alleging Joshua Spriestersbach was wrongly arrested in 2017 while he was waiting for food outside of the Safe Haven shelter in Chinatown.

Ken Lawson, the co-founder of the Hawai'i Innocence Project, claimed the officer who booked Spriestersbach did not compare fingerprints when he mistook him for Thomas Castleberry, who was charged for several crimes in three different states.

[JonPreston]

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Forget it, Jake. It’s Hawaii.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

If it took him 2 years to realize he wasn’t the right guy, maybe he belongs in a mental institution. Just put the right name on the door.

[ConservativeMind]

Hey, he got a home and free food.

What’s not to like?

[FrankRizzo890]

“Houseless”

[PGR88]

Think of it as a 2 year all-expenses paid vacation in Hawaii.

[max americana]

“the officer who booked Spriestersbach did not compare fingerprints when he mistook him for Thomas Castleberry,”

It’s lawsuit time baby!

[Sirius Lee]

I half expected to see someone that looked like jao xiden.

[max americana]

Yup. Daily schedule from Hawaii jail:

9 am: stretch at the beach, pick up garbage
1 pm: go to beach again, repeat

[rfp1234]

Did he live in a cave, shed, or hut?

[Pilgrim's Progress]

And his family will likely get paid some big bucks . . .

[Red Badger]

"Instead of taking 5 minutes to just get the photograph, or Google the real Castleberry, they would have found out that the real Thomas Castleberry's been locked up in Alaska since 2015. He's still in prison now," Lawson said.

OOPS!...............................

[Leep]

Did he still get conjugal visits?

Tv computer Marijuana?

[MercyFlush]

The man protested from the start that he wasn’t the guy from Alaska and the bastard cops and prosecutors used that to justify putting him in a mental hospital and forcing medications into him he didn’t need. It was only when a psychiatrist intervened and demanded the cops positively identify the man that he was set free but only after the cops and prosecutors conspired to cover up the whole incident.

[Theoria]

Ouch.

[PTBAA]

“Houseless”

If I rent an apartment, am I “houseless”? Does that make me a victim? Where are my “victim” bucks? /s

[gov_bean_ counter]

I almost expected to see a picture of Jack Nicholson…

[Hot Tabasco]

Back in the early 80's my best friend's brother (Vietnam Vet, U of Mich. grad) developed schizophrenia and was living alone on a beach in northern Michigan. My friend constantly tried to get him hospitalized by the District Court Judge who happened to be a long time friend of the family. The judge was unable to do anything until Skip was proven to be a threat to either himself or others.

It wasn't until late fall with winter setting in and Skip still on the beach in freezing temps that the judge finally issued an order for Skip to be hospitalized at the state mental hospital in Traverse City until his condition could be controlled with the proper medication,.

Unfortunately for Skip, he was placed in the ward for the criminally insane where he was almost beaten to death by another "patient"..........

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Houseless” —> The new wokester Word-of-the-Day. Maybe his “home” was down by the tracks or dockyards.

[Rusty0604]

You didn’t read the article or didn’t comprehend?