[njsteve]

That amount he is suing for is not that crazy given the damage to his reputation by someone lieing to the police to get an arrest warrant issued. He was arrested, he will have a criminal record which no matter how hard he tries, will never be fully expunged and his reputation has been damaged forever. There's an old saying: "You can't unring a bell". He has a helluva good case here.

I do see some charges against the dealership personnel in the near future for falsely swearing out a complaint against him, too.

As for why he was arrested when he had proof of his innocence? Unfortunately, that is not for the police to decide when they are issued a valid arrest warrant by a prosecutor. They do not have the discretion to decide whether to take someone into custody when they have the arrest warrant in hand. That is for the court to decide later.