A St. Peter’s University student has filed a federal civil rights suit claiming the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office lacked probable cause when it charged him with sexually assaulting a fellow student.

Plaintiff Samy Jecrois was arrested Nov. 12, 2014, two days after a sexual encounter in his dorm room with a female student, the complaint says. He was held in the Hudson County Jail until Dec. 2, 2014, because he could not make the $250,000 bail, the suit claims. The prosecutor’s office administratively dismissed his charges Dec. 22, 2014, before the case could be submitted to a grand jury.

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