The Brief
- A City of Atlanta employee filed a lawsuit against the city and seven workers, alleging he was illegally held and searched after a manager lost her wallet.
- The city’s inspector general previously found six of the employees responsible for false imprisonment and abuse of power.
- The lawsuit claims the workers were locked in a room for hours and denied bathroom breaks while a police officer guarded the door.
ATLANTA – An Atlanta Watershed employee is suing the city and seven coworkers after he says he was illegally detained and searched while on the job.
Watershed worker sues over illegal detention
What we know:
Charles Hobbs, a senior management analyst for Atlanta Watershed, filed the lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court on Monday. The legal action names seven defendants, including Watershed Director Yolanda Broom, Manager DeValorie Donahue, and Atlanta Police Officer Quentin Green.
Hobbs alleges that on April 17, 2024, he and four other employees were held against their will for approximately four hours in a locked conference room on Marietta Street. The detention began after Donahue could not find her wallet. According to the lawsuit, Donahue later found the wallet in her car and had never actually brought it into the office that day.…