A woman who claimed she was abused and defamed during a May 2008 drug raid in Middletown has reached a $100,000 settlement of a federal lawsuit in the case, her lawyer said today.

Deana Perry claimed in her suit that borough police and officers of the Dauphin County Drug Task Force rifled through nude photos of her they found during the raid and propped one on a window sill for passers-by to see.

Also, Perry claimed her rights were violated and she was defamed when an officer slapped a bumper sticker on her home that read "Say No To Drugs: Busted - Middletown Police Department." Drug possession charges against Perry were dropped after her husband admitted that drugs found in the home were his.

Dennis Boyle, one of Perry's lawyers, said he hopes the legal battle will prompt Middletown officers to become more respectful of people's civil rights.

The borough's lawyer, David MacMain, said the settlement involved no admission of wrongdoing by the borough or the drug task force. The decision to settle was a financial call made by the insurers, he said.

MacMain said he is confident the borough would have won had the case gone to trial.