Lawyers for the man suing the city of Toledo and Lucas County for wrongful arrest after the Old West End Festival shooting said Thursday they have now heard from others alleging wrongful prosecutions in Toledo.
Alex Bodiford, the Akron-based lawyer representing Eljay Crisp-Carr, said during a news conference on the Lucas County Courthouse steps that one goal of the $20 million federal lawsuit Crisp-Carr and his mother filed Wednesday is to stop what they believe is a pattern of civil-rights violations by Toledo police and the Lucas County Prosecutor’s Office…