Officers File Suit Against DA

Two Clearfield police officers say they were wrongly accused of lying about an alleged encounter with a knife-wielding man because the district attorney held a political grudge, and have filed a federal lawsuit against Clearfield County District Attorney William Shaw Jr. State police charged officers Brian Dixon and Gregory Neeper in February with several misdemeanors in connection with their actions during a domestic dispute call. A district judge later dismissed the case against the officers at a preliminary hearing. The officers say Shaw prosecuted them because they supported a political opponent during his re-election campaign last year. They say their free speech rights were violated.