KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man who was jailed in Lawrence, Kansas, for more than five years and released after charges were dropped has filed a lawsuit alleging he was deprived of his constitutional rights.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court Wednesday by Rontarus Washington, a 26-year-old man who now lives in Georgia.
Douglas County Sheriff Jay Armbrister, former District Attorney Charles Branson and Douglas County are named as defendants.