Contra Costa will pay $4.9M to family of man fatally shot by Danville officer

by Tony Hicks, Bay City News October 29, 2021October 29, 2021

Veronica Benjamin, co-founder of Conscious Contra Costa, hugs Laudemer Arboleda’s mother, Jeannie Atienza, outside the District Attorney's office in Martinez on Tuesday. The county has agreed to pay Arboleda's family $4.9 million for his death at the hands of Danville Police in 2018. (Photo by Harika Maddala/Bay City News)

Contra Costa County will pay $4.9 million to the family of Laudemer Arboleda, the Newark man killed by former Danville Police Officer Andrew Hall in 2018.

County spokesperson Susan Shiu said Wednesday a settlement had been reached but not yet signed yet by both parties.

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