HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — The family of a woman whom a former deputy led into Soddy Lake to be baptized has reached a proposed settlement with the county.
Shandle Riley, who died in 2022, was baptised by then-Deputy Daniel Wilkey as a way for her to get out of a ticket, back in February 2019.
Wilkey’s partner, Jacob Goforth, recorded the incident on his body camera:
That footage was revealed when Riley’s attorney filed an $11 million lawsuit against Hamilton County in federal court.
As part of the proposed settlement, Riley’s family will receive $100,000.