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$325,000 Settlement Not Enough For What This COP Is On Trial For
Settlement reached in suit against former deputy charged with beating Waskom man; criminal case pending.
A civil suit filed by a Waskom man against former Harrison County Sheriff’s deputy Charles “Chase” Dotson and two “bystander” officers in connection with an aggravated assault by a public servant incident has been dismissed after reaching a settlement in the amount of $325,000.
In the case, Collins, an oilfield consultant, alleged that then-Harrison County Sheriff’s deputy Dotson unconstitutionally arrested him and used excessive force during the arrest and that Ryan Roop and Caleb Oden, who were among the other officers present at the scene, did not intervene and thus were liable under a theory of bystander liability.
In the criminal matter, Dotson was initially indicted May 2019 on a misdemeanor official oppression charge arising out of the same facts as the civil suit, filed by Collins. During a re-indictment in December 2019, the charges were then upgraded to a felony of aggravated assault by a public servant and a third-degree felony of tampering with physical evidence with intent to impair.

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The reported misconduct took place on Nov. 22, 2018, in the wee hours of Thanksgiving Day, after a complainant called authorities and asked for assistance at Collins’ residence that he shared with his fiancé, near Waskom.

“On or about November 22, 2018, Charles Collins was at his residence. Mr. Collins had become irritated and broke a rear sliding door and some small belongings in the residence,” the lawsuit said.

Collins then went to sleep. Sometime after that, his girlfriend’s daughter arrived and became alarmed by the damage she saw to the living room area, the lawsuit said.

“Unsure of what had occurred, she called law enforcement for assistance,” the lawsuit states. “She then made contact with her mother, Mr. Collins’ girlfriend, who told her that law enforcement assistance was not necessary.”

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Several deputies arrived to the scene. The lawsuit goes on to say that after getting Collins out of bed and interviewing him about what had occurred, Collins told deputies that he would stay at home and handle the damage the next day. Collins’ girlfriend, who talked with deputies separately, said she would stay with her daughter the remainder of the night and return to the residence the next morning.

“The deputies stayed for well over an hour. At no point in time has there ever been any allegation of any type of domestic abuse between Mr. Collins and his girlfriend,” the lawsuit said.

Despite that fact, the lawsuit claims that the defendant, Dotson, ultimately told Collins and his girlfriend that he was going to arrest Collins so Collins could “sleep it off��
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