Paul Espinosa, 54, claims he was left blind and unable to work after Greene County Sheriff’s deputies allegedly denied him medical care
- Paul Espinosa alleges in a complaint that a Greene County Sheriff’s Deputy mistook his stroke symptoms for drunkenness and arrested him on suspicion of DWI even though he blew a 0.000% on a Breathalyzer test
- The Missouri man, 54, claims that he spent more than seven hours at the Greene County Justice Center before he finally received medical care
- He was diagnosed with a cerebral stroke shortly after police brought him to a nearby hospital, and now alleges the ordeal left him blind and unable to work
An Amazon worker needed a hospital — instead, he got a holding cell after cops allegedly mistook his stroke symptoms for drunkenness. Now he’s unable to work due to blindness, according to his civil complaint against a Missouri sheriff’s department.
A Greene County Sheriff’s deputy pulled Paul Espinosa over as he was arriving at his Amazon Warehouse job in July 2022 in Republic, Mo., according to a complaint filed in federal court last month.
Deputy Kyle Winchell claimed Espinosa’s car was “weaving” and suspected he was driving while intoxicated, according to the complaint. Espinosa, 54, agreed to a Breathalyzer test, which yielded a reading of 0.000% — but according to Deputy Winchell, per the filing, he was “swaying” during field sobriety tests…