CONWAY — The Carroll County Attorney’s Office declined to prosecute a witness-tampering charge against Madison hockey dad Kevin Clifford because they said the felony charge filed by Conway police did not apply to his conduct of showing up at the Ham Arena and yelling at one of the student players there.
Meanwhile, Clifford has filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against the Kennett High School student whom he has accused of bullying his son in the Ham Arena locker room. That student denies Clifford’s accusations recently lawyered up and is demanding a jury trial.
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