Pubdate: Sat, 17 Aug 2002
Source: Idaho Statesman, The (ID)
Copyright: 2002 The Idaho Statesman
Contact:  http://www.idahostatesman.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/204

FAMILY OF MAN KILLED IN DRUG RAID SUES SHERIFF

The Jerome County Sheriff's Office has been sued by the family of a man who 
was killed in a drug raid shootout.

Tim Williams shot and killed two sheriff's deputies - James Moulson and 
Phillip Anderson - before he was killed by police.

The civil suit, filed in federal court by Williams' family members, accuses 
Sheriff Jim Weaver, Undersheriff Jocelyn Roberts, and Jerome County of 
negligence, excessive force, and recklessness.

The family says Weaver used an unreliable informant to get the information 
that led to the drug raid and that the camouflage worn by deputies during 
the raid didn't identify them as members of law enforcement.

The family also alleges that after Williams was already on the ground, 
Roberts approached him and fired another shot at point-blank range.
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