WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Sedgwick County will pay $10.3 million to the family of a Wichita teenager who died in custody in 2021.
On Wednesday, the Board of County Commissioners approved a settlement in the case of Cedric “CJ” Lofton.
The settlement resolves all the claims in the case, and the $10.3 million includes the $8.3 million that a jury awarded to Lofton’s estate last month.
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Lofton died in September 2021 at age 17. He was brought to the Sedgwick County Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center after police said he resisted and assaulted officers during a mental health crisis…