SAN BENITO COUNTY SUED S.S.

A 70 YEAR-OLD HOLLISTER MAN IS SUING THE COUNTY OF SAN BENITO. JOSE JIMINEZ CLAIMS HIS CIVIL RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED WHEN HE WAS BEATEN BY 2 SHERIFF?S DEPUTIES LAST APRIL. JIMINEZ SAYS THEY BROKE HIS RIBS WHILE BEATING HIM WITH A FLASHLIGHT, AND THEN THE DEPUTIES BOOKED HIM INTO SAN BENITO COUNTY JAIL, WITHOUT FIRST TAKING HIM TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. THE DEPUTIES REPORTED THAT JIMINEZ WAS RESISTING ARREST, AND THREATENING THEM WITH PHYSICAL HARM, WHEN THEY SUBDUED AND ARRESTED HIM.