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Local pastor Donald Lockhart, arrested by Fresno police Wednesday on suspicion of rape and other sex crimes against a 30-year-old woman, says the arrest charges were faked by police in retaliation for a lawsuit he filed against the city of Fresno.
“I deny those charges. They’re totally false. They’re fake or built up,” said Lockhart, pastor of Central Community Development Center of Fresno. “I’m considered an enemy of the state because I sued the city of Fresno.”
Lockhart, 59, said he filed the suit in mid-May, claiming police failed to enforce a restraining order against “disgruntled clients” living at one of the houses Lockhart operates for homeless people.
City officials could not be reached to comment about the lawsuit.
The suit “triggered a lot of anger” by police, who “solicited complaints” against him, Lockhart said.
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