A lawyer for a Hamilton County guy arrested ultimate 12 months on a drug price is threatening to sue Hamilton County’s sheriff due to the fact he says the sheriff arrested the wrong man.
James Matthew Robinson changed into arrested in 2018 in connection with a drug trafficking research that led deputies to a cellphone range they used to set up a heroin buy, legal professional Ty Clevenger says in a letter to Sheriff Justin Caraway.
In a letter sent Thursday to Caraway, Clevenger says Robinson has maintained for extra than 12 months that “his arrest became the end result of unsuitable identity.”
Clevenger says the arrest got here after Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Ray Miller used a smartphone quantity to talk with a “Matt Robinson” for the purpose of buying heroin, but that range is assigned to a commercial enterprise in which Robinson in no way labored and is more than a few Robinson has in no way used.
“It should not be very hard to figure out the man or woman to whom that smartphone range became assigned, hence it has to now not be very hard to decide whether or not your branch arrested the wrong person,” Clevenger wrote.
Clevenger wrote in the letter that he first notified the sheriff last December about the difficulty, but when you consider that the issue has now not but been cleared up, Robinson can’t get a process due to the fact his historical past suggests the prison drug arrests.
“My purchaser is not able to locate work because he has an unresolved legal drug fee on his record,” and “Meanwhile, the longer this drags out, the more potent the civil rights case in opposition to you and the county turns into,” Clevenger wrote.
No lawsuit has but been filed, Clevenger said.
Caraway becomes no longer available for remark Friday.
