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Every since I started reading articles about the arrest of Leslie Allen Merritt Jr., I suspected he was being framed by the Arizona DPS. It's nice him to file the claim against the state of Arizona.
And remember that outrageous bullsh*t like this happens ALL the time to innocent people. All you have to do is look at how the cops are arresting medical marijuana patients for bogus violations of Prop 203 or Arizona's Medical Marijuana Act.
Suspected I-10 freeway shooter in Phoenix serves $10 million claim Megan Cassidy, The Republic | azcentral.com 1:37 p.m. MST March 14, 2016 The 21-year-old man awaiting trial in connection with a string of shootings on Interstate 10 last summer has served a $10 million notice of claim against a handful of state agencies, alleging he was wrongfully arrested. Leslie Allen Merritt Jr. is asking for $2.5 million apiece from the state of Arizona, Gov. Doug Ducey, Maricopa County and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery for what his attorneys say was a rush to judgment in response to "intense political and financial pressure," according to the notice of claim. Merritt was arrested Sept. 18 following a spate of freeway shootings that kept the Valley on edge late last summer. Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said they connected Merritt to four of the 11 incidents through ballistics testing, matching bullets and fragments to a gun he owned. The notice of claim — a precursor to a lawsuit — was filed Friday as DPS released hundreds of pages of records related to the investigation. Merritt's attorneys say scientific evidence and alibi witnesses prove his innocence, confirming that he was at or near work or home during at least three of the incidents. The claim alleges that county prosecutors deliberately failed to present cellphone and employment records to the grand jury in their zeal for an indictment and criticized Ducey for tweeting "We got him" during Merritt's arrest. Merritt's defense attorneys have made similar allegations in his criminal pre-trial proceedings, but a judge denied their motion for remand to the grand jury. The claim was served by Phoenix attorney David Don, as well as Merritt's criminal attorneys, Jason Lamm and Ulises Ferrigut. |