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(in)Defensible: Prescott area officials likely to face lawsuit in controversial self-defense case
PRESCOTT, AZ — The City of Prescott and several top area officials will face a lawsuit unless they settle with a man who claims he was arrested and maliciously prosecuted based on false allegations from a local fire chief.
Attorneys for Matthew Massucci filed a notice of claim on January 13.
Unless officials settle for $2.5 million, the official legal demand states that Massucci will file a lawsuit against the City of Prescott, Prescott police Chief Amy Bonney, Prescott police Detective John Hanna, and Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority Deputy Chief Dustin Parra.
The City of Prescott declined to comment on the claim.
Throughout ABC15’s reporting on the case, Parra has repeatedly ignored requests for comment and interviews.
The case against Massucci began on July 16, 2023.
Parra’s wife called 911, claiming Massucci had pulled a gun on their family outside a gas station.
Everyone left the scene before police arrived. Acting solely on the family’s account, officials arrested Massucci days later and charged him with four felonies, which cumulatively carried decades of prison time.
It would take two years and surveillance video to eventually show it was Parra – intoxicated after his brother’s funeral – who followed Massucci to his car and confronted him. That’s when Massucci says he pulled a gun from his center.
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I’ve got a SXP. Can’t say I’ve fired it. Like most of the 36 guns I bought during my two years at at Bass Pro, it was an impulse buy. Mine has a regular stock and is Woodland. The one in the picture requires the heatshield to be attached when putting the barrel on. I can’t say how many I assembled for displays; the price probably fed the popularity, and the SXPs rarely sat on the shelf too long, be they home defense or hunting guns.
I also got my 1897 Riot and 1300 pistol grip shotgun while there. I’ve had my 1200 Riot for years and it used to be my go to gun when I stayed in shady motels.
As for the assistant chief, he and his cop buddies done screwed up A. ARON.
There’s a gun in the pic?
Shit, wrong pic.
They’re going to get the drunk judge peeing on the park bench to oversee the case. Sarc