Fresno's attempt to prosecute unhoused man under camping ordinance dismissed

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A lawsuit that would person been the archetypal of its benignant successful Fresno County was dismissed connected Thursday.

Action News was determination astatine the Fresno County Superior Courthouse connected Thursday, wherever "Wickey Twohands" faced a judge.

Twohands would person been the archetypal idiosyncratic to beryllium prosecuted nether Fresno's caller anti-camping ordinance.

He's 1 of 224 radical who person been arrested since it went into effect successful September.

If Twohands had been recovered guilty, helium would person faced a $1,000 good oregon up to a twelvemonth successful jail.

The lawsuit was dismissed aft the justice said the City Attorney's Office failed to bring the lawsuit successful time.