Seizure and search: Civil rights lawsuit alleges feud-inspired conspiracy by Garfield County sheriff

Escalante business owners allege the southern Utah lawman is merely trying to settle an old score against their son-in-law, a former police chief.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Garfield County Sheriff Danny Perkins, shown in 2017, is accused in a civil rights lawsuit of trying to build a criminal case against an Escalante couple because of his lingering resentment against their son-in-law, the former police chief of Escalante.

Seizure and search: Civil rights lawsuit alleges feud-inspired conspiracy by Garfield County sheriff

Escalante business owners allege the southern Utah lawman is merely trying to settle an old score against their son-in-law, a former police chief.

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