"Dallas County is paying $600,000 to two men who sued after they were arrested in 2019 while testing courthouse security for Iowa's Judicial Branch, their lawyer says. Gary DeMercurio and Justin Wynn were arrested Sept. 11, 2019, after breaking into the Dallas County Courthouse. They spent about 20 hours in jail and were charged with burglary and possession of burglary tools, though the charges were later dropped."
"If Iowa doesn't get its act together, businesses and government will have trouble getting security firms to analyze and test their security. Even after law enforcement was told that Justin Wynn and Gary DeMercurio were Coalfire employees just doing what Coalfire had been hired to do by the judicial branch, the men are still facing criminal charges. The charges were reduced from third-degree burglary (a felony) to trespass (a misdemeanor), but even that is totally absurd."
Dallas County agreed to pay $600,000 to two security researchers, Gary DeMercurio and Justin Wynn, who were arrested on Sept. 11, 2019 while testing courthouse security for Iowa's Judicial Branch. The men, employed by Coalfire Labs under a contract with state judicial officials, were charged with burglary and possession of burglary tools and spent about 20 hours in jail before charges were later dropped or reduced. Judicial officials apologized and faced legislative scrutiny over the conduct of the security test. DeMercurio and Wynn filed suit in 2021 and the parties settled on January 23, three days before the scheduled civil trial.
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