CLEVELAND >> Cleveland has asked a judge to dismiss a federal lawsuit filed by a convicted robber who was shot in the back and paralyzed by a police officer because he’d lied during a deposition.
Cleveland.com reports 24-year-old Alex Littlejohn said in the deposition he gave a gun used in the 2014 robbery of a Family Dollar store to his accomplice, his half brother. Littlejohn told his attorney after the deposition he tossed the gun while running from the store.
Littlejohn subsequently submitted a written statement acknowledging the discrepancy.
A city attorney filed court documents Thursday seeking to have the lawsuit dismissed because of Littlejohn’s contradictory statements.
Littlejohn’s attorney disagreed. Paul Cristallo says the lawsuit shouldn’t be dismissed because Littlejohn’s statement shows he wasn’t armed when the officer shot him.