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Thursday April 28, 2005 PHOENIX (AP) A federal prosecutor asked the Justice Department to check for possible civil rights violations by an Army reservist who held seven undocumented immigrants at gunpoint at a rural rest stop last month. U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton said he made the request after an initial review of the case found no federal laws that applied to the case. The Maricopa County Attorney's Office decided last week not to prosecute Sgt. Patrick Haab in the April 10 incident off Interstate 8 in Sentinel, about 60 miles north of the Mexican border. Haab, 24, who is assigned...

Sargent Patrick Haab, the reservist who was accused of aggravated assault by political showman, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, says that he is the victim in the affair. In an interview on the 14th of April, Haab says that he was at the rest stop near Sentinal, Arizona, when a group of seven men with backpacks confronted him in a threatening manner. His dog inserted himself between the threatening men and Haab, allowing Haab time to access his pistol. Haab then prevented the men from escaping and called authorities. The men were later apprehended and accused Haab of threatening them for no...