WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — A Long
Island cabbie says he was falsely arrested after eight students used a police
connection to prevent their own arrests for refusing to pay a $28 fare.Newsday
(http://bit.ly/1ikorlk ) says Mevyo Jean of Westbury claims in a lawsuit his
civil rights were violated. The suit names an unidentified Nassau County police
chief, the district attorney and eight LIU Post lacrosse players.It alleges an
arresting officer told him police knew the charges were false but had orders to
arrest him because one of the students was the police chief's nephew.Jean's
lawyer says a judge dismissed the March 2013 robbery case in February. A DA
spokesman referred questions to the county. The county and police declined to
comment. The students and their families couldn't be reached or declined to
comment.