Ernie Garcia

elgarcia@lohud.com

Yonkers will pay a $20,000 settlement to a man who claimed he was falsely arrested.

The city will pay the money to Kevin King, who in 2014 filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Yonkers Police.

King, of Mount Vernon, claimed that he was standing near the corner of Elm Street and Nepperhan Avenue waiting for a bus after having Thanksgiving dinner with his family on the evening of Nov. 23, 2012 when he was detained by police, taken to the City Jail and strip searched.

King had a small pocket knife in his pocket that led to a weapons charge.

He was held in jail for six days and after several court appearances a judge ruled that his knife was legal and all charges against him were dismissed, according to King's lawsuit.

In the settlement Yonkers denied any liability in the case and on July 14 King accepted the city's offer.

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