Beatrice 6 seek to garnish wages, seize property of Gage County officers

[TexasTowelie]

Last week, one of six people wrongly convicted of killing a Beatrice woman in 1985 asked the state to garnish the wages of two Gage County sheriff’s deputies who helped put them behind bars.

James Dean, one of the so-called Beatrice 6, also is asking the U.S. Marshals Service to seize property from Deputy Burdette Searcey and Reserve Deputy Wayne Price.

Searcey, 68, retired from the Sheriff's Office on Wednesday.

Reached by phone Wednesday night, he said he has been thinking about retiring for two or three months, adding the decision had nothing to do with the Beatrice 6 case or the recent request that his wages be garnished.

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Gage County to challenge insurance coverage for $28M lawsuit

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — Gage County will challenge its insurers' decision not to cover it for a $28.1 million judgment awarded to six people who were wrongfully convicted of murder.

KWBE reports that the county board approved hiring a law firm Wednesday to fight its insurers' decision not to cover the lawsuit filed by six people who were wrongfully convicted in the 1985 murder of a Beatrice woman.

County officials have said Gage County doesn't have the resources to pay the judgment.

The Keating O'Gara law firm will receive more money if it manages to collect from the Nebraska Intergovernmental Risk Management Association or EMC Insurance.

http://www.starherald.com/news/regional_statewide/gage-county-to-challenge-insurance-coverage-for-m-lawsuit/article_56450ef0-b1d0-11e6-ae65-838bed437bc5.html