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Bridgeport cops accused in federal lawsuit of using excessive force at Success Village board meeting
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BRIDGEPORT A former board member of the Success Village co-op claims she was assaulted and her civil rights violated by four city police officers during a board meeting nearly three years ago.
In her lawsuit, filed in U.S. District court, Lisa Moragne claims officers Chealsey Lancia, Luis Ortiz, James Boulay and Sgt. Ronald Jersey used excessive force against her and falsely arrested her.
She is seeking unspecified damages against the officers, then-Police Chief Armando Perez, Mayor Joe Ganim and the city of Bridgeport.