A New Mexico man who received a $150,000 payment to settle a federal lawsuit against Westmoreland County claims public officials violated terms of a confidentiality agreement.

Westmoreland commissioners have approved a $150,000 settlement to end a federal lawsuit filed by a New Mexico man who claimed county jail guards brutally beat him two years ago.

Estate of Matthew Creaton, 35, claims contracted doctors showed "deliberate indifference" to his medical needs before he took his own life in cell in February 2020.

Main evidence in civil rights case is video of police striking drug suspect in alley outside of tavern in November 2019. Video was made public in July 2020 in court and by Erie Times-News.

Plaintiff claimed collarbones, ribs were broken when he was arrested on Jan. 1 as he was walking from hospital, only medical gown, pants. He received mental health treatment. City defended police.

A federal civil lawsuit by a former Westmoreland County Prison inmate who was assaulted by a guard last year claims incident reports filed by a dozen other jail staffers contained no mention of the beating.

A former Westmoreland County prison guard avoided a preliminary hearing Friday on charges of assaulting a 33-year-old inmate by waiving his case to trial in common pleas court.

Three Erie men say they were injured during arrests conducted by Patrolman Joshua Allison.

A 33-year-old Westmoreland County Prison inmate who claims he was violently beaten by six guards earlier this year at the Hempfield lockup is seeking $225,000 in a federal lawsuit alleging his civil rights were violated.

Plaintiff Davaughn Tate-Johnson claims an officer punched him three times during an arrest in January.