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- A suit says police mistakenly arrested Kyle Kramnic in 2025 on a 2017 warrant.
- Kramnic alleges deputies denied food, water, toilet paper and a mattress.
- The suit says his jail cell had dried blood on walls, was “filthy” with diarrhea.
A man who was mistakenly arrested last year says in a lawsuit that, at one point, he was deprived food and other essentials at the Sacramento County Main Jail and had to spend several hours in a cell with blood smeared on the walls and “filthy” with diarrhea.
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Kyle Kramnic, who was 60 at the time, was sentenced to a misdemeanor in 2017, for which he had completed his sentence, according to the lawsuit, filed Sept. 16 in Sacramento Superior Court. The suit states that in August 2025, Citrus Heights Police Officer Joshua Zuniga conducted a traffic stop of Kramnic without probable cause, found an active misdemeanor warrant and transported him to jail.
If Zuniga or the deputies at the jail had pulled the court order, they would have seen Kramnic already served his sentence, but they did not, the suit alleges.
While in the jail’s holding cell for several hours, Kramnic asked the deputies for food, water, toilet paper and a mattress, which they did not provide, the suit alleges.
When deputies moved Kramnic to a fifth floor cell, they told him to sleep on the top bunk, the suit alleges. Kramnic was unable to climb on to the top bunk without injuring his knees and back. The suit states he asked for a mattress to sleep on the floor, but deputies did not bring one, so he tried to sleep on the floor, but the TV was on all night at full volume and kept him awake.
Kramnic’s cellmate had a case of severe diarrhea, but did not have toilet paper, so the cell was “filthy,” the suit alleges. There was also dried blood on the walls.
For breakfast, because Kramnic cannot eat dairy, deputies gave Kramnic two ounces of a potato.
The suit claims damages of false imprisonment, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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At about 11 a.m., deputies told Kramnic there had been a mistake and he would be released soon, the suit alleges. But deputies kept him until his 3 p.m. court appearance. The judge realized the mistake and ordered deputies to release him immediately. They released him at 10 p.m.
Who is being sued
The suit names as defendants the county, six deputies, the City of Citrus Heights and Zuniga.
County spokesperson Kim Nava declined comment because policy prohibits her from commenting on active litigation, she said.
Zuniga is still a Citrus Heights officer, said Lt. Nicki Garing, a police spokesperson.
“Because this matter is the subject of pending litigation, the Department will not comment further at this time,” Garing said in an email. “The Department looks forward to defending Officer Zuniga and the Department in court.”
Sheriff Spokesperson Sgt. Edward Igoe did not respond to an email seeking comment, nor did the deputies. Igoe did not answer questions about whether the deputies were still employed or whether they had been disciplined.
Kramnic has no other criminal charges in Sacramento Superior Court other than the 2017 misdemeanor, according to court records.
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