Christopher Loeb files lawsuit against Suffolk County, police department
Suffolk County and its police
department are facing a federal lawsuit from a Long Island man who says he was
beaten and terrorized by officers.
News 12 has learned the suit
filed by Christopher Loeb alleges five Suffolk officers directed a police dog
to attack him, seriously injuring him.
The 36-year-old was arrested
in March of 2019 after police say he tried to run over officers, deliberately
crashed into a police car and drove across lawns to get away.
A police helicopter
eventually located Loeb and a police dog retrieved him.
Loeb’s attorney says
that attack was linked to his client's efforts to bring ex-Chief of Department
James Burke and other officials to justice after a prison assault in 2012.
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