JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A southwest Florida man, who Action News Jax first reported was wrongly arrested for trying to lure a child in Jacksonville Beach, is now suing the police department and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office for using an AI-based facial recognition system to make the arrest. We first told you about Robert Dillon’s botched 2024 arrest last July. “He just told me that I was wanted out of Jacksonville for a warrant. And when we got in the car, he told me that it was for attempted alluring of a child. And of course I’m completely dumbfounded,” Dillon said. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< Since then, we’ve documented one other wrongful arrest case here in Duval using the same technology. Jalil Richardson, from North Carolina, sat in jail here for weeks for a stolen car case. “There was no proper investigation done, um, to even reach out to me or to see if I was even in Florida,” Richardson said in a previous interview with Action News Jax. Richardson was set free after his attorney provided timesheets to show he was at work when the crime was committed. Action News Jax spoke with Dillon and his attorney about their call for a change in policy when it comes to facial recognition. He said he had never been to Jacksonville. “The only time I’ve ever even been close to Jacksonville is going up 95 towards my hometown,” Dillon said. [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Dillon says neither his case nor Richardson’s should have happened. “I don’t wish this upon my worst enemy. I was taken away from my home, taken away from my wife, taken way from my child. And it put in a holding cell for hours, put in the back of a van
Southwest Florida man sues Jacksonville police after AI-error leads to arrest
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