Suit over police-impersonation case can proceed

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When a Fairfax County judge threw out a case against a former top corrections official in Prince George’s County accused of impersonating a police officer, he said there was “no case” and dismissed the charges for lack of evidence.

Fairfax County authorities should have known that and never brought the charges against Rose C. Merchant, the former deputy director for the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections, according to a lawsuit Merchant has filed against the county and police officers involved in the case.

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