After calling the criminals "mopes," an Ohio Ex-Chief is facing several charges, including four misdemeanors, and a sexual harassment charge filed by a female officer.
According to ABC News, David Oliver, 48, pleaded no objection on the charges filed against him that include: unlawful restraint, assault, unauthorized use of property and attempted theft in office. In his defense, his attorney Brian Pierce claimed that his client was involved with small-town politics. The Ohio ex-chief was in probationary sentence and he is also obligated to surrender his certificate as an officer. The former Ohio servant is also required to pay $1,300 in restitution, a fine and the court costs. He will skip a six-month jail sentence as long as he completes other jail terms.
"You've become the mope that you wrote about in your book," Portage County Judge Laurie Pittman told Oliver, who resigned as Brimfield Township's chief a year ago after being suspended.
On Monday, Oliver claimed that his management style as an officer is used against him, Host Madison reports. He claimed that his people has raised no complaints or problems during his term in the office. Oliver said that there's no hostile work environment or assault happening during his decade service as chief. Crystal Casterline, the officer who complained about sexual harassment against the Ohio ex-chief said that the latter gave her unwanted hugs and groping. She was also pinched, punched and was verbally abused by Oliver.
"To his 177,000 Facebook followers, he was the model police chief, father, husband and man," Casterline said, "but inside the station, he was a sadistic, manipulative sociopath."
As New York Times reported, the victims of sexual harassment are usually not identified. However, in this case, Casterline came out in the open to give justice to what happened to her. She claimed that she's depressed and also afraid of what could happen in her job. The single mother also said that the charges for the Ohio ex-chief were too light for the cases.
Casterline still believes that talking about the case in public has cost her so much than the Ohio ex-chief. Still the lawsuit against Oliver remains pending.
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