Court revives suit against Roswell police officers
The federal appeals court in Atlanta has revived a lawsuit filed by an Atlanta lawyer who contends she was wrongfully arrested by three Roswell police officers.
Sandra Gray filed suit for her arrest early last year when a homeless man she had allowed to stay in her home — and later ordered to leave — called police and accused Gray of damaging his belongings. Gray said she was arrested even though no harm was done to the man's property. A judge had dismissed Gray's suit against Officers Patrick Ferdarko, Brandon Crawford and Nick Mariani, but the appeals court reinstated it.
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