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Lawsuit settled against Mingo officials over allegedly forced plea

By Kayla Asbury A man who sued several former Mingo County officials, alleging they forced him to plead guilty to a drug charge, has settled his lawsuit for $90,000. Albert Childress Jr. sued former Mingo circuit judge Michael Thornsbury, former Mingo prosecutor Michael Sparks, former Williamson police chief David Rockel, the Mingo County Commission and the state Supreme Court. Childress spent about eight months in jail after being sentenced on the charge by Thornsbury.

 

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