The attorney for Miller County Sheriff Ron Stovall has issued a statement denying claims in a lawsuit that Stovall violated a former employee’s civil rights.
The lawsuit filed in August by 79-year-old Fred Hacker says Stovall forced him to retire because of his age. The lawsuit says Stovall forced him to quit by transferring him from monitoring a control console at the county jail to working as a guard and having contact with inmates who could threaten him.
The lawsuit asks for reinstatement and unspecified compensatory damages and punitive damages.
The Texarkana Gazette reported Sunday that the response by attorney Ralph Ohm denies any practice or policy that violates Hacker’s rights.