The suit does not name the city of Edgewater or the police department. Still, Melanie Thornton, interim police chief, said no one with the city had reviewed the suit or could comment on it.

Thornton, born in May 1967 in South Carolina, was for many years the voice of La Bouche with whom she had worldwide success with songs such as “Sweet Dreams”, “Fallin’ In Love” and “Be ...