Stephen Bytheway's attorney said that, regardless of what he was accused of, the officers should not have treated him the way they did. Read more File photo / MCT

by Vinny Vella Published Nov. 12, 2025, 3:05 p.m. ET

A Delaware County man has sued Sharon Hill police, saying officers hit him with a car and dragged him several feet while taking him into custody on an arrest warrant outside a home in the borough last year.

In a federal civil rights lawsuit filed this week, Stephen Bytheway, 42, said a group of officers used excessive force during the incident in March 2024, then ignored the pain he was experiencing as he sat for hours in a holding cell, and later instructed doctors at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital to “rush” his medical treatment.

The suit names as defendants three

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