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Officers Cleared in Federal Civil Rights Suit
   posted 9:52 am Fri August 31, 2007 -
Three Fairfax County police officers have been cleared in a lawsuit accusing them of violating a planning commissioner's civil rights. A federal jury deliberated for about three hours Thursday before ruling against 62-year-old Ronald Koch on civil charges of assault, battery, false arrest, defamation, unnecessary use of force and conspiracy.

Koch was acting as a private process server when he tried to serve a subpoena at the police station in July 2005.

ABC 7 News myTAKE - What's Your Opinion?He accused the officers of badgering him and trying to return the subpoena before arresting him.

The officers - Lieutenants Lance Schaible and Michael Grinnan and Officer Sean Cheetham - testified that Koch became belligerent and irrational when they approached him to explain police procedures.



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Information from: The Washington Post
Latest Comment on Officers Cleared in Federal Civil Rights Suit
DKB
Of COURSE 3 Fairfax County cops were cleared. When are they ever not?

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