HENRY COUNTY, Iowa ( IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ) - Henry County officials, accused of waging a campaign of “wild west justice” against a family, are seeking dismissal of a lawsuit alleging false arrest and malicious prosecution.

The family of Curtis and Lori Wagler are suing Sheriff Rich McNamee, Henry County Deputy Carlos Lopez, and the county in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. They allege Lopez’s conduct was “so clearly abusive and in violation of the law that he earned his way to being the sole member of the county’s Brady-Giglio list” — a reference to the list of law enforcement officers known by prosecutors to have been untruthful in the course of their police work.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court, says the Waglers own a family lumber business called Outdoor

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