Courts and Crime
Carlos Palazuelos, who says he was held at gunpoint and falsely arrested, plans to sue the Pima County Sheriff’s Department
In February, Carlos Palazuelos was detained in Arizona for questioning in connection with the disappearance of Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie‘s mother, Nancy Guthrie. He was quickly released that same day without being charged.
When speaking to ABC15 soon after the incident, Palazuelos said he was driving with his wife and arrested upon stepping out of his vehicle. “They didn’t even tell me what’s going on till the detectives got here, like two hours [after] I got arrested,” he said. “They told me I was being detained for kidnapping. And I asked him, ‘Kidnapping of who?’”
Six months after his arrest and release, Palazuelos and two others are planning to sue the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and Pima County. According a notice of claim, a precursor to a lawsuit, filed Monday and obtained by Arizona News, Palazuelos plans to seek $2.5 million for assault, false arrest, negligence, defamation, and false imprisonment. The filing alleges that Palazuelos was arrested at gunpoint and held without probable cause for approximately seven to eight hours. Sheriff Chris Nanos and Detective Earl Gieron are also named as defendants in the claim.
