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Black firefighter out of prison after arresting officer falsified documents By: Terace Garnier, Newsy and last updated 2021-04-26 21:48:46-04 A Black firefighter who worked at a station in Washington, D.C., is back at home with his family after spending nearly two years falsely imprisoned.  “He was really happy to see his mom and dad and then spend some time with him yesterday and last night. Today, hes with his 2-year-old, and Im sure hes happier than many people in the w...

April 26, 2021 SHOW TRANSCRIPT A Black firefighter who worked at this fire house in Washington, D.C., is back at home with his family after spending nearly two years falsely imprisoned.  “He was really happy to see his mom and dad and then spend some time with him yesterday and last night. Today, hes with his 2-year-old, and Im sure hes happier than many people in the world get to be,” Marvin Miller told Newsy.  Marvin Miller represents Elon Wilson, a firefighter sent to prison after his ...

Black Firefighter Released from Prison After Evidence Surfaces Showing Virginia Officer Lied About Every Single Reason for Traffic Stop A former Black firefighter was released from prison on Wednesday after a Fairfax County Circuit Court overturned his 2019 conviction on drug and gun charges. The judge wrote in the decision that the case had been built on “false statements.” Judge Daniel Ortiz threw out the conviction on Tuesday, April 20, writing, “Freitag’s false statements undermined...

D.C. Firefighter Released From Prison After Fairfax County Police Stop Deemed Unlawful 820 Former D.C. firefighter Elon Wilson has been released from prison after his arrest was deemed unlawful. Image: Twitter/@BSO A former D.C. firefighter was released from prison Wednesday after evidence surfaced that a Fairfax County officer lied about the reason for a traffic stop. Elon Wilson, a Black father and a respected member of his community, was released Wednesday after almost two years in prison. J...

"We dont see the vehicle cross the solid line," Sgt. Jason Chandler of Fairfax County Police Internal Affairs told Freitag. “Well, lets play the video but we played this literally at the suppression hearing where you can see his tires touch the solid line," Freitag said. “So they touched the solid line?" Chandler asked Freitag. "Yeah, they touch, they literally touch it,” Freitag replied. “Hes crossing over the line." Freitag pulled Wilson over and claims he smelled marijuana and that...

DC firefighter released from prison after evidence shows officer lied "I’m proud that we’re one step closer to having him back in the community." Loading the player... A former D.C. firefighter who spent more than 20 months in prison on gun and drug charges has been released after the arresting officer was accused of lying.  Elon Wilson is officially a free man after a Fairfax County Circuit Court judge overturned his 2019 conviction, saying evidence in the case revealed the incident was r...

Former Fairfax County police officer Jonathan Freitag is accused of racial profiling and lying in the police report that lead to Wilsons conviction. Judge Daniel Ortiz threw out the conviction, writing, "Freitags false statements undermined judicial integrity in the publics eyes and left a man sitting in prison for almost two years." Freitag resigned from Fairfax County police and is under investigation by Fairfax and the FBI for building cases on lies. "What occurred in this case exposed a fa...

Updated on April 22, 2021 at 9:40 am NBC Universal, Inc. Former D.C. firefighter Elon Wilson was released from prison Wednesday after evidence surfaced that the Fairfax County police officer who pulled him over in 2018 lied about the reason for the traffic stop. Wilson was freed after spending nearly two years in prison.  Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. Former Fairfax County police officer Jonathan Freitag, who stopped Wils...

A Brevard County deputy who was on the job since last August was abruptly let go in March. The Brevard County sheriff recently found that the deputy shouldnt have made it into the agency to begin with.Jonathan Freitag received a termination letter from the sheriff early this month.A copy of it says, "this agency has determined that you intentionally provided inaccurate, incomplete and blatantly deceptive information" before getting the job.Freitag previously worked for the Fairfax County P...