A Tennessee grandmother is suing for $10 million after police in North Dakota allegedly relied on AI facial recognition to arrest her for bank thefts she did not commit. Angela Lipps, 50, was detained for about six months, then brought from Tennessee to North Dakota to face multiple bank theft charges. Fargo city and a Fargo police detective, Lucas Heck, are named in her federal lawsuit. Lipps was arrested in July 2025 while babysitting her neighbor’s children, according to the complaint. Prosecutors later dropped the charges, and she was released on Christmas Eve after Lipps and her attorney provided bank records showing she was in Tennessee at the time of the alleged crimes. The complaint says AI facial recognition software used by a West Fargo Police Department investigator flagged Lipps’ social media photo as a potential lead. It traced back to a fake ID used by a female suspect captured on surveillance footage in Fargo-area bank theft incidents. Lipps, the complaint claims, did not match the suspect on surveillance footage, citing differences in build, facial features and tattoos, and she had never been to North Dakota before her arrest. Lipps alleges Heck requested an arrest warrant without a thorough investigation or enough probable cause. She also claims the Fargo Police Department failed to properly train and supervise officers using facial recognition technology, and that inadequate supervision could lead to wrongful detention and prosecution. During her detention in Carter County, Tennessee, the complaint says she was held on a $100,000 bond she could not pay and experienced traumatic conditions in jail, including being denied medications and dentures. After release, she said she had lost her residence, car and other personal property. The city of Fargo and the Fargo Police Department did not comment, saying they do not comment on pending litigation. Lipps’ bank theft charges were dropped, and the lawsuit seeks damages and accountability.