Lowndes County, Mississippi: Ex New Hope student sues county over wrongful sex crime arrest

4 defendents:

• Mike Arledge, Lowndes County Sheriff
• Will Spann, detective, Lowndes County Sheriff's Office
• Ron Cooke, Justice Court Judge
• Ohio Casualty Insurance Company

Mike Arledge (left) & Will Spann (right)


Ron Cooke​

Former New Hope student sues county over wrongful sex crime arrest

Lowndes County is facing a federal lawsuit stemming from an alleged wrongful arrest in 2015. Lowndes County Sheriff's Office arrested Javonte Ellis, then a New Hope High School student, on suspicion of statutory rape on March 26, 2015. Ellis was taken into custody at New Hope High School "in front of his classmates and teachers," according to the suit. He was booked into Lowndes County Detention Center and held on $10,000 bond. The charge was dropped on April 14, 2015, because the age gap between him and the female with whom he was accused of having intercourse did not meet ...

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