What happened to Caitlin Taylor? Ohio woman files excessive force lawsuit against Sylvania Township PD
John Parsons
Published Feb 05, 2026
Caitlin Taylor of Ohio has recorded a $30 million claim against the Sylvania Municipality Police Division and two of its officials for supposedly utilizing exorbitant power. She affirmed that on June 5, 2020, she was pulled over for terminated tag labels by Officials Michael Wyatt and John Leather expert, who physically attacked her.
Caitlin Taylor’s lawyers documented a grumbling in the Northern Government Court of Ohio, blaming the Sylvania Municipality Police Division for battery, attack, infringement of the Constitution, and carelessness, or a cognizant negligence for privileges.
As per Law&Crime, Official John Leather treater seen Caitlin in rush hour gridlock and saw that she had a Michigan permit with terminated labels. He then, at that point, sought after her to a local where she maneuvered into an apartment building carport and sat for some time to find her conveyance objective.
“As I saw him, he opened up his entryway and he turned on his light and he stood up and bowed behind his entryway with his weapon and I was really shocked by it and that is the point at which he began to yell to his requests and I simply needed to realize what was happening since I was exceptionally confounded why he was pointing a firearm at me.”
According to the dashcam video acquired by 13ABC, Caitlin Taylor over and again addressed why she was being captured while Official Leather treater handled her before she was placed in binds.
Law&Crime announced that Caitlin Taylor guaranteed that the officials confined her for four hours without clinical treatment for the wounds she supported because of the attack. She was captured and accused of deterrent and opposing capture, which were subsequently dropped after investigators saw dashcam film of the occurrence.
“I was toward the rear of the squad car for some time I actually didn’t have the foggiest idea why and I continued to ask him ‘for what valid reason am I back here’ and all he could share with me is ‘for discouraging and opposing and when I asked him again ‘might you at any point if it’s not too much trouble, tell me for what valid reason you pulled me over?’ he said ‘you’ll have your day in court.'”
As per the report by Law&Crime, Caitlin Taylor likewise claimed that she was mauled, set in a strangle hold, and banged to the ground by the officials.
The claim expressed that the showdown damaged Caitlin and irritated past injury of verbal and physical maltreatment.
As per the report by Law&Crime, for a very long time following the traffic stop for terminated labels in Ohio, Caitlin was too upset to even consider getting into a vehicle to convey food and at last left her staple conveyance task to start another one at lower pay.
Law&Order likewise revealed that the claim looks for harms for embarrassment, physical agony, profound trouble, mental pain, and loss of happiness regarding life.
Sylvania Municipality Police Boss Paul Long told WGTV he wouldn’t remark on forthcoming prosecution.
As per Law&Crime, on May 19, 2023, lawyers for Sylvania Municipality Police recorded a movement in government court to toss out the case. That’s what they discussed, according to Ohio regulation, the division can’t be indicted as a different substance. The recorded movement stays forthcoming.