Fairfield County Clerk Of Courts And Husband Were Charged

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Ohio – Reports say that the clerk of courts from Franklin County and her husband were arrested Wednesday and were charged.

Fairfield County Clerk of Courts Deborah Smalley and her husband, David Smalley were charged with felony charges and were arrested on the street near their Canal Winchester home, according to the reports.

The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office were notified about the warrant for the arrest of the couple on Wednesday morning and served the arrest warrant at early in the afternoon, according to the reports.

Other news media outlet reported that the Ohio Auditor’s Office had been investigating the couple for two months. Reports indicated that the investigation started last August 6.

Other news media outlet also reported that when the female suspect appeared before the court, she entered a not guilty plea.

The case was filed against them by Special Prosecutor Robert F. Smith in Fairfield County Municipal Court.

Deborah Smalley is charged with a third-degree felony, a theft in office for using county property and worker time on her political campaign fund, according to the reports

David Smalley was charged with a fourth degree felony, one count of complicity to unlawful interest in a public contract. He was able to post a $ 1,500.00 dollar bond, according to the reports.

Fairfield County Municipal Court Judge David Trimmer ordered the couple to surrender their passports and was told not to leave without prior notification. They were also asked to surrender all their firearms, abstain from drugs and alcohol. They were also commanded to report to the probation office every seven days.

The accused did not contend with the demands of the court and submitted to what the courts demanded. The lawyer of the accused, Scott Wood only asked for a reasonable travel restriction in the state of Ohio.

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Four Robberies In Shaker Heights In Six Days

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio – The law enforcement officials recorded a fourth robbery in six days and in the fourth robbery, a 17-year-old girl was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday.

The law enforcement officials in Shaker Heights said that there were four suspects in the latest armed robbery, according to the reports.

Officers were called to respond to the RTA train stop, where the incident was reported. Investigators later reported that the 17-year-old girl was waiting alone at the Onaway Rapid Station on Van Aken Boulevard at around 8:15 Tuesday evening when the armed robbery took place.

Reports say that there were four male suspects who approached the victim and one of the men lifted his shirt where a weapon was seen on his waist.

After the suspect showed his weapon on his waist, one of the suspects then demanded money from the girl, according to the reports.

Shaker Heights Lt. Jeff DeMuth said that the girl is unharmed and that they are still investigating the incident. It is still unclear whether the robberies were related.

Records show that the first robbery that was recorded took place in Cleveland Heights-University Heights Library on Lee Roa.

The second and third armed robberies took place on Thursday where there were two suspects who were reported to be suspects.

Records show that the second victim was also a female who was with her child when the crime was committed last Thursday in the intersection of Lee and Fernway roads at around 6:00 p.m. The men were also armed with a gun 

when they robbed the woman. The two suspects robbed the woman with her cell phone. The third armed robbery took place on the same day. It happened several hours later. The victim is also a woman who was robbed in a residence in Shaker Heights. The two suspects were on a bicycle when they robbed the woman of her cell phone, according to the reports. There were no suspects that were arrested in connection with the armed robberies.

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Man shot dead in Mifflin Township

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Columbus man was reported to have been shot and killed in the middle of the road in Miami Township on Monday evening.

The shooting took place in the 2800 block of Berrell Avenue near Angler Road where the deputies from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office were called to respond after a report of shots that were fired in the area at around 10:30 Monday night, according to the reports.

When the deputies arrived at the scene, they found the victim who was lying in the middle of the street with a gunshot wound. He was unresponsive when the deputies arrived.

Medic personnel who responded to the scene pronounced the man dead at the scene moments later.

Homicide detectives were called to the scene and they were able to interview a neighbor. The neighbor said that when he went out to check what happened, he saw a man ran a few minutes after the shot was heard and saw a man in the middle of the street who appeared to have been shot, according to the reports.

Other news media outlet reported that another witness told the law enforcement officials that he saw the shooter and heard at least three shots. He told the detectives that he saw the man’s silhouette after two gunshots were fired. He saw the shooter standing over the victim and discharged his weapon towards the victim for the third time.

The suspect was not clearly described because reports say that the neighbor only saw a dark figure. The law enforcement officials were not able to make an arrest in connection with the fatal shooting.

The name of the victim was not immediately released pending the notification of the victim’s next to kin.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.

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Early Morning Chase Ends In Crash In Seven Hills

NEWBURGH HEIGHTS, Ohio – A Westlake man leads the law enforcement officials in Newburgh Heights in an early morning high speed chase that ended in a crash in Seven Hills, according to the reports.

The law enforcement officials in Newburgh Heights said that they tried to stop the suspect’s vehicle after a traffic violation was committed. The driver did not stop the vehicle, instead, he speed away from the officers.

The chase began on I-77 at around 1:00 early Monday morning.  The driveway drove through Broadway Avenue then went back to I-77 and headed eastbound through Independence and Garfield Heights where the  

the Newburgh Heights terminated their pursuit.

Other news media outlet reported that the officers from the Newburgh Heights used spikes in order to slow down the suspect when they were chasing him but the driver drove in reverse just to escape arrest.

Reports of the incident escalated and law enforcement officials from various cities responded to assist in the situation, according to the reports.

The chase ended in Seven Hills when the driver lost control of the vehicle at Rockside Road and Pinnacle Park Drive where the vehicle crashed. The suspect jumped from the vehicle and tried to run but the law enforcement officers were able to tackle him and took him into custody.

Other news media outlet reported that two cruisers from the Independence Division of Police were damaged as a result of the chase.

The suspect was not identified but medic personnel checked him out for injuries before he was taken into custody by the Newburgh Heights police.

The Newburgh Heights Division of Police, Cuyahoga Heights Division of Police, the Independence Division of Police, Garfield Heights Division of Police , Parma Division of Police, Seven Hills Division of Police were all involved in taking down the suspect.

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2 Arrested In Athens Co. Human Trafficking Case

ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio – The week long investigation of the Athens County law enforcement officials paid off after two residents from the Athens County were arrested for human trafficking.

Investigators from the Athens County Sheriff’s Office said that the suspects who were a man and a woman used a 16-year-old girl to have sex with other individuals in exchange for money and drugs.

Athens County Children Services and the Athens County Sheriff’s Office are working on the case and they were able to identify the female suspect as twenty-seven-year-old Ellen Mays. She is a resident of Binder Basin Road in Glouster. She was taken into custody for questioning and later admitted to have set up the girl to perform different acts for money and drugs, according to the reports.

The twenty-seven-year-old Glouster woman was arrested and charged with compelling prostitution and human trafficking. She is being held in the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail.

She told the officers that she arranged the meeting between the 16-year-old girl and a sixty-nine-year-old resident of Rocky Point Road in Athens. The Athens County Children Services identified the suspect as Fred Kittle Sr.

Records show that he is a registered sex offender in Athens County who was convicted and was behind bars for some time on rape charges.

The sheriff’s office issued a search warrant for the home of Kittle located in the Rocky Point Road.  The deputies found evidences inside the home but did not give details when they executed the search warrant.

Kittle was arrested without incident. He was charged with compelling prostitution and importuning. He is being held in the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail.

The Athens man and woman are scheduled to appear before the Athens County Municipal Court Monday morning.

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Child Stabbed During Domestic Dispute

LONDON, Ohio – A father from central Ohio was arrested and charged after he allegedly stabbed his child early Saturday morning during a domestic dispute.

Other news media outlet reported that stabbing started as a domestic violence. The woman resident of the home located in the 100 block of East High Street called for the officers from theLondon Division of Police after her former boyfriend showed up at her home.

Reports say that the woman told the officers that the suspect was mad at the woman because he was seeing another man. The dispute escalated and ended in the stabbing of the 19-month-old boy.

The woman, who is the boy’s mother, is identified as Brittany Cooper. She told the officer that her former boyfriend was trying to break her window and is kicking his back door open. He also said that he was throwing rocks at her window, according to the reports.

The woman’s boyfriend is identified as Jonathan Davis.  The victim was his son. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office said that the man threatened to kill the boy if the woman will not come to his home, according to the reports.

The 19-month-old child was at the home of the man when the dispute took place that’s why he was threatening to kill the boy.

Deputies from the Madison County Sheriff’s Office said that they responded to the area where the domestic violence was reported at around 4:00 early Saturday morning.

Deputies later searched for the suspect and were located in the back of Oak Hill Cemetery. Davis had his knife to the side of the boy’s stomach when the deputies found him.

He took off running when he saw the law enforcement officers. He had to be teased in order to be taken down, according to the reports.

The 19-month-old boy was transported to the Nationwide Children's Hospital. He was treated from a stab wound to the side of his stomach.

Davis was also injured during the incident and was transported to Madison County Hospital. He was later transferred to a hospital in Columbus. He was then taken to jail after he received treatment.

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Two Shot In The East Side Of Cleveland

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Two men were shot over the weekend on the east side of the city of Cleveland.

Both of the incidents that the Cleveland Division of Police is investigating are shooting incident that took place in the vicinity of the East 70th Street in Cleveland. The incidents are treated as separate incidents.

The first incident that was reported concerns a 21-year-old man who was shot in the 1000 block of East 70th Street where the officers were called to respond. The shooting incident took place at around 7:12 Saturday evening.

The name of the victim was not immediately given but investigators say that the shooting started as an aggravated robbery. The suspect is still at large.

Medic personnel who responded to the scene transported the victim to the MetroHealth Medical Center. Hospital officials say that he is in a serious condition.

No other information was released.

The Cleveland Division of Police is asking for the public’s help for any information that will help them in their investigation.

The second shooting incident took place early Sunday morning also in the East 70th Street of Cleveland.

Reports say that shooting victim suffered a single gunshot wound to his leg.

Other news media outlet reported that the person who called for the authorities is the woman who heard the shot from her home and went outside to investigate. She saw the victim lying on the ground and was bleeding.

The law enforcement officers responded to the scene and found the victim who is identified as 21-year-old Walter J. Smiley. He was transported to the MetroHealth Medical Center.

The officers said that when they asked the victim for information with regards to the shooter, he refuse to divulge information, according to the reports.

On the other hand, the woman who is a witness told the officers that the suspected assailant pointed a gun at her when she got out of her home to investigate. She described the suspect as a man who is about 22-year-old and was limping as he walked away from the scene.

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Two Shot In The East Side Of Cleveland

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Two men were shot over the weekend on the east side of the city of Cleveland.

Both of the incidents that the Cleveland Division of Police is investigating are shooting incident that took place in the vicinity of the East 70th Street in Cleveland. The incidents are treated as separate incidents.

The first incident that was reported concerns a 21-year-old man who was shot in the 1000 block of East 70th Street where the officers were called to respond. The shooting incident took place at around 7:12 Saturday evening.

The name of the victim was not immediately given but investigators say that the shooting started as an aggravated robbery. The suspect is still at large.

Medic personnel who responded to the scene transported the victim to the MetroHealth Medical Center. Hospital officials say that he is in a serious condition.

No other information was released.

The Cleveland Division of Police is asking for the public’s help for any information that will help them in their investigation.

The second shooting incident took place early Sunday morning also in the East 70th Street of Cleveland.

Reports say that shooting victim suffered a single gunshot wound to his leg.

Other news media outlet reported that the person who called for the authorities is the woman who heard the shot from her home and went outside to investigate. She saw the victim lying on the ground and was bleeding.

The law enforcement officers responded to the scene and found the victim who is identified as 21-year-old Walter J. Smiley. He was transported to the MetroHealth Medical Center. 

The officers said that when they asked the victim for information with regards to the shooter, he refuse to divulge information, according to the reports.

On the other hand, the woman who is a witness told the officers that the suspected assailant pointed a gun at her when she got out of her home to investigate. She described the suspect as a man who is about 22-year-old and was limping as he walked away from the scene.

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Two homicides reported in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The law enforcement officials in Youngstown are investigating the death of two men over the weekend, according to the reports.

The two homicides that are being investigated are separate incident. One took place Saturday and the other was Sunday. It was a fatal shooting and fatal stabbing incidents.

The first homicide took place on Truesdale Avenue. The law enforcement officials were dispatched at the area after reports were made that shots were fired at around 4:00 Saturday morning.

When the officers arrived at the scene, they found a man who was shot to the head and was bathe with blood. There were shattered glasses that were found at the scene.

The fatally shot victim is identified as 33-year-old James Brown. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the medic personnel.

Investigators said that the shattered glass at the scene probably came from a vehicle. It is believed that the shooter shot the victim inside a vehicle, according to the reports.

No suspects have been identified in connection with the fatal shooting.

The second homicide is a stabbing incident where one man was killed in a Younstown apartment.

Other news media outlet reported that the incident took place at around 1:30 early Sunday morning. A neighbor was the one who called 9-1-1 emergency.

Police officers identified the victim as 28-year-old Demorris Ivan West. He was found stabbed to death to his chest on the second floor of an apartment on Hilton Avenue. 

The resident of the apartment said that the man was already stabbed when the victim walked inside the residence and asked for help. He walked into the dining room and fell to the floor. The resident then ran to the neighbor and asked the neighbor to call for help, according to the reports.

Other news media outlet reported that the investigators said that there is no trace of blood coming from outside the residence where the victim fell to the floor.

It is not yet clear whether the resident of the apartment where the victim was found dead is a suspect.

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Child Stabbed During Domestic Dispute

LONDON, Ohio – A father from central Ohio was arrested and charged after he allegedly stabbed his child early Saturday morning during a domestic dispute.

Other news media outlet reported that stabbing started as a domestic violence. The woman resident of the home located in the 100 block of East High Street called for the officers from the London Division of Police after her former boyfriend showed up at her home.

Reports say that the woman told the officers that the suspect was mad at the woman because he was seeing another man. The dispute escalated and ended in the stabbing of the 19-month-old boy.

The woman, who is the boy’s mother, is identified as Brittany Cooper. She told the officer that her former boyfriend was trying to break her window and is kicking his back door open. He also said that he was throwing rocks at her window, according to the reports.

The woman’s boyfriend is identified as Jonathan Davis.  The victim was his son. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office said that the man threatened to kill the boy if the woman will not come to his home, according to the reports.

The 19-month-old child was at the home of the man when the dispute took place that’s why he was threatening to kill the boy.

Deputies from the Madison County Sheriff’s Office said that they responded to the area where the domestic violence was reported at around 4:00 early Saturday morning.

Deputies later searched for the suspect and were located in the back of Oak Hill Cemetery. Davis had his knife to the side of the boy’s stomach when the deputies found him.

He took off running when he saw the law enforcement officers. He had to be teased in order to be taken down, according to the reports.

The 19-month-old boy was transported to the Nationwide Children's Hospital. He was treated from a stab wound to the side of his stomach.

Davis was also injured during the incident and was transported to Madison County Hospital. He was later transferred to a hospital in Columbus. He was then taken to jail after he received treatment.

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2 Arrested In Athens Co. Human Trafficking Case

ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio – The week long investigation of the Athens County law enforcement officials paid off after two residents from the Athens County were arrested for human trafficking.

Investigators from the Athens County Sheriff’s Office said that the suspects who were a man and a woman used a 16-year-old girl to have sex with other individuals in exchange for money and drugs.

Athens County Children Services and the Athens County Sheriff’s Office are working on the case and they were able to identify the female suspect as twenty-seven-year-old Ellen Mays. She is a resident of Binder Basin Road in Glouster. She was taken into custody for questioning and later admitted to have set up the girl to perform different acts for money and drugs, according to the reports.

The twenty-seven-year-old Glouster woman was arrested and charged with compelling prostitution and human trafficking. She is being held in the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail. 

She told the officers that she arranged the meeting between the 16-year-old girl and a sixty-nine-year-old resident of Rocky Point Road in Athens. The Athens County Children Services identified the suspect as Fred Kittle Sr.

Records show that he is a registered sex offender in Athens County who was convicted and was behind bars for some time on rape charges.

The sheriff’s office issued a search warrant for the home of Kittle located in the Rocky Point Road.  The deputies found evidences inside the home but did not give details when they executed the search warrant.

Kittle was arrested without incident. He was charged with compelling prostitution and importuning. He is being held in the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail. 

The Athens man and woman are scheduled to appear before the Athens County Municipal Court Monday morning.

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Boyfriend, Suspect in Tallmadge Mother & Son Murder

TALLMADGE, Ohio – The law enforcement officials in Tallmadge are close to solving the case with regards to the death of a mother and her son last month.

Latest reports reveal that the investigators believed that the boyfriend of the Tallmadge woman is the suspect in her death and her son.

The two victims were reported missing last August 7 and were found dead in the wooded area near their home on August 10. They were identified as 31-year-old Wendy Ralston and 5-year-old Payton Ralston.

Other news media outlet reported that their bodies were stuffed in a duffle bag and were wrapped with a comforter and a sheet. The bodies were in an advanced state of decomposition that it had to be sent to a professor of anthropology at Mercyhurst University in Pennsylvania in order to help determine the cause of death.

The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office is still waiting for the result from the autopsologist.

The suspect and the woman had history of domestic violence since 2005, according to the police reports. Their relationship was on and off.

There are no details that were released but Tallmadge Police Lt. Ronald Williams said Thursday that the boyfriend was the suspect in the deaths of the woman and the boy. The case will be presented to a Summit County grand jury.

Reports say that 39-year-old live-in boyfriend did not report that the two victims were missing until such time that the woman’s mother grew weary of her daughter’s well being and notified the police.

It was the Tallmadge mother who was able to locate the remains of her daughter and her grandson. The suspect was the father of the boy who was murdered, according to the reports.

The live-in boyfriend is also living in the vicinity but he is now nowhere to be found.

Other news media outlet reported that the investigators are treating the case as a homicide.

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Cleveland Catholic High School Stabbing

CLEVELAND, Ohio --- A student from a Cleveland Catholic High School was reported to have been cut by a razor inside the school’s bathroom Thursday morning.

The Cleveland Division of Police says that the incident is being investigated as a stabbing incident, according to the reports.

Reports say that the incident took place at the Villa Angela-St. Joseph School which is located in the 18491 Lake Shore Boulevard where the officers were called to respond at around 10:00 Thursday morning following a report that a student was assaulted by his fellow student inside the school’s bathroom.

Other news media outlet reported that the victim is a 14-year-old student. He was assaulted by another student with a razor and was cut. He was cut in the leg, according to the reports.

Medic personnel transported the victim to the Euclid Hospital where he received treatment and was later released, according to the hospital officials.

The name of the victim was not identified and it was not clear if the student that was responsible for assaulting the victim was taken into custody. Cleveland Division of Police is investigating the incident as a felonious assault, according to the reports.

Reports also indicated that the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland is now coordinating with the school in connection with the incident.

In another incident, the second suspect in the stabbing death of a Maple Heights man is already in custody Thursday morning.

The Maple Heights man is identified as twenty-two-year-old Kwan Cook. He was stabbed on Belmar Road near Superior Avenue at around 11:30 late Tuesday evening. It was his twentieth birthday when he was stabbed, according to the reports.

The names of the two suspects were not immediately given but there were evidences that points to the two suspects.

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Mother And Boyfriend Arrested After Marijuana Found in Home

HOCKING COUNTY, Ohio – Deputies from the Hocking County Sheriff's Office arrested a Hocking County mother and her boyfriend after marijuana and weapons were found inside their mobile home, according to the reports.

The mobile home where the woman and her boyfriend were arrested is located on Knox Road. The Hocking County Sheriff's Interdiction Unit was dispatched to the home following a tip that marijuana is being grown in the said mobile home.

When the officers arrived at the home, the door was answered by the 23-year-old Jessica Lehman after knocking at the door. She was carrying her 2-year-old daughter when she answered the door, according to the reports.

Other news media outlet reported that the deputies can smell marijuana from outside of the residence and they saw marijuana plants from the window of the mobile home.

Deputies searched the home after the woman granted them the permission. She admitted to the deputies that there was marijuana inside the home but not much, according to the reports.

Other news media outlet reported that deputies found about twelve pounds of dried marijuana, three firearms, potting soil, a grow light, three large machete knives, and a large quantity of ammunition.

The woman had two other children who were not around when the home was searched. She was living with her 3-year-old and 5-year-old children inside the home together with her boyfriend who is identified as 29-year-old Donald Williams, Jr. who was not at home.

Hocking County Children Services were also called to the scene to assist.

The Hocking County woman was arrested and charged with one count of possession of marijuana, three counts of endangering children, and one count of illegal cultivation of marijuana, according to the reports.

Williams was also arrested and charged with one count of possession of marijuana, three counts of endangering children, one count of illegal cultivation of marijuana, and one count of trafficking in drugs.


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Two Shot at West Side Cleveland barbershop

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The law enforcement officials in Cleveland reported that two people were shot outside a barbershop in the west side of Cleveland on Tuesday.

Other news media outlet reported that the owner of a beauty salon near the barbershop was arrested in connection with the shooting incident.

Investigators say that the incident that started the shooting was a dispute over a parking space, according to the reports.

The incident took place in the Epic barbershop at West 112th Street and Lorain Avenue where the officers from the Cleveland Division of Police were called to respond after shots rang in the area.

Upon the arrival of the officers, they found a victim in a stairwell between the Epic barbershop and the Heads Up salon with a gunshot wound to the leg.

The other victim of the shooting incident was located inside the salon. The owner of the salon was arrested without incident. No charges have been filed.

Reports say that one of the victims in the incident was having his hair cut in the barbershop when the woman got inside the barbershop and demanded that the man move his car. Foul languages were used by the woman.

The woman went out of the barbershop and returned approximately fifteen minutes later. She was with four guys whom the victim said had guns that are protruding on their waists, according to the reports.

The woman pointed at the man who was having his hair cut and the man walked out of the barbershop. One of the men tried to punch the victim but missed. The other suspect pulled out his weapon and started unloading it towards him, reports say.

The suspects then fled from the scene in a tan Lincoln Navigator.

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Former Police Officer Arrested On Drug Charges

PICKAWAY COUNTY, Ohio -- Two men from Central Ohio, including a former Laurelville police officer, were arrested Monday evening after drugs and paraphernalia were found inside their vehicle, according to the reports.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol was doing a traffic stop in Pickaway County when the two men were intercepted. It was conducted on U.S. 23 at mile marker 13 at around 6:00 Monday evening.

The troopers stopped the vehicle because of broken tail light and criminal indicators. When the vehicle stopped, the troopers searched the vehicle and found three dosage units of suspected heroin, and a syringe, according to the reports.

Other news media outlet reported that a woman told the law enforcement officials that the drugs did not belong to the former police officer but to the passenger whom the ex-officer was giving a ride.

The former Laurelville police officer is identified as 26-year-old Ronnie L. Gillispie. Reports say that he was only giving a ride to a friend whom he did saw for years and never suspected that he was carrying illegal drugs with him.

Records show that the former officer was fired from the service at the Laurelville Police Departmentafter failing to return to work following a hand injury. He took a leave from work for approximately four months. He was fired mid-September. He did not have any bad records except for his tardiness.

The second person who was taken into custody is a Circleville man who is identified as 29-year-old Romey R. Davis. He and the former officer were arrested and charged with possession of heroin and possession of drug instruments, according to the reports.

The two men are being held in the Pickaway County Jail.

Reports say that Gillispie will appear before the court next week.

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