Public Defender Says Sheriff Attacked Him
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The Logan County public defender claims in a lawsuit that County Sheriff Mark Limbird pushed him into a wall and threatened him. Public Defender Seth Irwin, who lives at
Russellville, filed the suit over an incident last week. Irwin claims the sheriff forcibly kept him from entering a room where a hearing was being conducted on August 19th. He is seeking $25,000 dollars in damages.
Irwin claims Limbird used his forearm to push Irwin out of the
doorway of a room in the county courthouse in Paris, where a defendant was entering a plea in a criminal case. The suit claims Limbird threatened Irwin.
Limbird directed all questions to the county`s attorney, Ralph Ohm of Hot Springs. Ohm did not return a telephone call.
