Jesse Dimmick is currently serving a prison sentence for kidnapping, attempting to elude the police, and theft. He is now suing the couple he kidnapped while he attempted to elude the police.
Dimmick claims that in the home of Jared and Lindsay Rowley, the three entered into a binding oral contract wherein the Rowleys would hide him from the police in exchange for an unspecified amount of money. Instead, the couple fed Dimmick, waited until he fell asleep in front of a movie, then snuck out of the house, allowing police to enter and arrest him. Dimmick was accidentally shot during the arrest, and now claims that had the Rowleys not been in breach of contract, he would not have been shot.
The Rowleys are seeking to have the suit dismissed, arguing that they never agreed to anything, and that even if they had, any contract would have been made under duress. Also, there could be no contract because the contract would have been for the illegal act of hiding a fugitive.
Dimmick is suing for $235,000.
Topeka Capital-Journal
Hat tip: Lowering the Bar
Dimmick claims that in the home of Jared and Lindsay Rowley, the three entered into a binding oral contract wherein the Rowleys would hide him from the police in exchange for an unspecified amount of money. Instead, the couple fed Dimmick, waited until he fell asleep in front of a movie, then snuck out of the house, allowing police to enter and arrest him. Dimmick was accidentally shot during the arrest, and now claims that had the Rowleys not been in breach of contract, he would not have been shot.
The Rowleys are seeking to have the suit dismissed, arguing that they never agreed to anything, and that even if they had, any contract would have been made under duress. Also, there could be no contract because the contract would have been for the illegal act of hiding a fugitive.
Dimmick is suing for $235,000.
Topeka Capital-Journal
Hat tip: Lowering the Bar