City attorneys filed objections to a judge’s recommendations on their attempts at summary judgment in a district court case levied by an ex-police chief ousted and a former deputy chief demoted in an alleged “scheme of Mayor Jerry Willis.”
The city’s objections elicited a fiery response from the attorney of ex-Wetumpka Police Chief Cecelia Dixon and former deputy chief Anthony Crenshaw, now a lieutenant.
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