In 2010, Sheriff Rickey A. Jones was implicated in a lawsuit filed by Police Chief Miles Jenkins, alleging a conspiracy to harass, intimidate, arrest, imprison, and illegally remove Jenkins from his position. The lawsuit claimed that Jones, along with District Attorney James Paxton and others, orchestrated a campaign involving false arrests, harassment, and physical violence against Jenkins and Mayor Bobby Higginbotham. Specific incidents included multiple arrests of Jenkins on charges such as theft and disturbing the peace, which were allegedly fabricated. Additionally, Jenkins reported being attacked and choked by a deputy sheriff under Jones’s command, who allegedly stated, ‘We are the sheriff and the sheriff controls Tensas Parish.’ The lawsuit highlighted systemic issues of racial discrimination and abuse of power within the Tensas Parish Sheriff’s Office.
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