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Customer says he was harmed by officer at Argosy

Valerie Verkamp by Valerie Verkamp
June 12, 2020
in Local News, Parkville, Platte County, Riverside
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A 65-year-old man has filed civil suit alleging he was hospitalized after an incident at Argosy Casino with a Missouri Gaming Commission officer who allegedly had a prior history of threatening and engaging in harmful contact with others while on the job.

According to the six-page civil suit filed with the Platte County Circuit Court, Joel Hale of Kansas City was approached and questioned by Leonard Reed on May 27, 2018.

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While visiting the gambling facility, Hale was specifically asked if he had his wallet. He told Reed that he did not.

According to the allegations, Reed allegedly tried to “pat-down” Hale and instructed him to put his hands behind his back. When Hale rebuffed, Reed slammed Hale to the floor and proceeded to handcuff him, the suit says.

Reed led Hale to a private office, which lacked video surveillance. According to the lawsuit, as a result of his injuries Hale struggled to even walk. Eventually, emergency medical personnel were called to the scene, rendered assistance and loaded Hale into an ambulance. He was taken to an area hospital.

As the suit tells it, Reed “employed force that was more than reasonably necessary.”

The suit accuses the Missouri Gaming Company of negligent hiring and employing a man who has a “propensity to harm” customers.

“Despite Argosy’s capacity to know of Reed’s dangerous proclivities, it employed Reed, anyway, and further, continued to employ him,” the suit says.

Argosy Casino had a duty of care and bears responsibility to protect its customers from harm, according to allegations in the lawsuit.

False imprisonment

Because Hale was allegedly restrained by Reed for a period and was allegedly subjected to an unreasonable search, the suit claims false imprisonment as an element in this case.

“Reed lacked authority or justification to detain” Hale, the suit says.

Trevor Ferguson of the Ferguson Law Office, LLC, is seeking compensation, including punitive damages for his client, Joel Hale.

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Valerie Verkamp

Valerie Verkamp

Valerie decided she wanted to be a newspaper reporter when she was 28 years old and she successfully convinced the editor of the Platte County Landmark to give it 30 days. Now with The Landmark for over a decade, she has written countless stories on local government, education, lawsuits, community news, crime, and the prison system. Valerie hails from Park University with a BA in Elementary Education and a post-baccalaureate degree in paralegal studies from Penn Valley Community College. She has received honorable mention for Best Government News Story and joined her Landmark colleagues as recipient of the General Excellence Award in the Better Newspaper Contest sponsored by the Missouri Press Association.

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