NJ man’s lawsuit over 2019 wiretap arrest tossed as court says it’s six years too late

CAMDEN, NJ – A New Jersey man’s lawsuit against the State Police and a former county prosecutor over an allegedly unlawful wiretap arrest has been thrown out by a federal judge who ruled the claims were filed years after the legal deadline.

Evans Exantus brought the civil rights case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that in August 2019, New Jersey State Police detectives unlawfully intercepted his phone calls and wrongfully arrested him based on the recorded conversations. He claimed the resulting first-degree charges were later dismissed and that the officers and prosecutors involved committed malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, and other constitutional violations.

In a ruling issued Monday, U.S. District Chief Judge Renée Marie Bumb dismissed the lawsuit without prejudice, findi