Wrong Suspect Jailed For CU Hold-Up

FREDERICK, Md. –A man who spent four months for an armed robbery at Spectrum FCU he didn’t commit filed a $15 million suit against police last week. James Jones was arrested and jailed for the August 2006 hold-up, but was eventually freed after a serial robber was captured and confessed to the credit union robbery.

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The suit names as defendants the local police department, the state attorney general and three credit union employees who identified Jones as the robbery suspect.


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