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Ohio cop fired for pulling over daughter and boyfriend without cause
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:37 pm
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:37 pm
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John Kovach Jr., a 26-year veteran, was fired after the Lorain Police Department found the traffic stop was an “abuse of power.”
Dashcam footage from the patrolman’s cruiser showed the officer pulling over a silver car on April 16, the Chronicle-Telegramreported. The car contained three passengers: Katlyn Kovach, 18, his daughter; Makai Coleman, 18, her boyfriend and a friend. The footage showed that Kovach did not tell dispatch that he pulled over a car.
ICE RAIDS OHIO MEATPACKING PLANT, 146 ARRESTED
Kovach told Coleman to step out of the vehicle because “he’s going to jail.” When Coleman asked why the officer said, “Have a seat in my car. We’ll make [expletive] up as we go.” The teenager proceeds to sit in the back of the cruiser.
The patrolman was able to locate Coleman’s car after tracing his daughter’s computer to a friend’s home, FOX 8 reported. Kovach threatened to give the friend, who was in the car, a ticket for failing to wear her seatbelt.
Good. NSIAP
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Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:39 pm to TJGator1215
I want to know more about ICE raiding the meatpacking plant tbh
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:40 pm to TJGator1215
Good for the department.
That cop is an a-hole who cannot be trusted with a badge.
That cop is an a-hole who cannot be trusted with a badge.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:41 pm to TJGator1215
Another case of the Thin Blue Lyin'
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:41 pm to TJGator1215
Man could you imagine how much worse that could have turned out?..
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:42 pm to Sentrius
Imagine what he would to his wife's boyfriend.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:42 pm to TJGator1215
White girl dating a black boy, so pops was gonna end that shite.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:44 pm to TJGator1215
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The investigation also discovered that Kovach lied to his supervisors about the traffic stop. He told investigators he did not approve of his daughter’s relationship with Coleman, but didn’t give a reason.
If there's anything that should have a zero tolerance policy, it's employees lying to their bosses about sensitive matters that would reflect on them poorly.
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He said he would appeal his termination.
This is why civil service rules suck arse.
In the private sector, this would've been an open and shut case and courts would tell him tough shite.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:45 pm to TJGator1215
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Katlyn Kovach, 18
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Makai Coleman, 18, her boyfriend
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Makai
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:45 pm to TJGator1215
Cop did nothing wrong. That pos boyfriend should know better
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:46 pm to Sao
Back the badge a-hole
You mad because you got busted breaking the law, criminal scum
You mad because you got busted breaking the law, criminal scum
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:51 pm to Sao
The thug probably had weed in the car
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:58 pm to patnuh
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White girl dating a black boy, so pops was gonna end that shite.
He was so racist he was willing to lose his job over it.
Oh and this article from CBS has more details that are missing from the OP. He's a piece of shite that has no business being trusted with a badge and a gun.
Violations of privacy, lying to his bosses, failure to mirandize, illegal searches, lack of probable cause and an illegal detainment and arrest.
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The paper obtained documents related to the dismissal which said Kovach's actions warranted "immediate dismissal." In a memo obtained by the paper, police chief Cel Rivera said the actions were "an abuse of police authority and a serious departure from appropriate protocol…they are contrary to the mission, values and policies of the Lorain Police Department."
According to the paper, Kovach pulled over the car with a driver and three passengers in it outside of a home without alerting dispatch. He then tells the driver, his daughter's boyfriend Makai Coleman, to get out of the car because he's "going to jail."
PROFANITY WARNING: Officer pulls over daughter's boyfriend by The Chronicle Telegram on YouTube
"Have a seat in my car. We'll make (expletive) up as we go," he said.
Kovach appears to be looking for his daughter, and doesn't realize that she is one of the backseat passengers.
The boy sits in the squad car. The mother of two of the teens in the car, Gloria Morales, comes outside of a home and talks to Kovach. He asks Morales if his daughter is in her house, and when she says no, he asks why his daughter's computer is in her house.
"If I check and you're lying to me, you're going to jail," he says.
He reportedly later told fellow officers he tracked the girl's computer to Morales' home because he believed she was suicidal and wanted to take her to the hospital, the paper reports, citing documents related to the firing. He reportedly said he waited at Morales' home and pulled Coleman's car over when he saw it.
Kovach later told officers that he didn't think Coleman was a good person and that his daughter had been staying with him against his wishes, the paper reports.
In the video, he tells Morales his daughter is "suicidal" and says "that boy has been harboring her."
Morales tells him to obtain a search warrant if he wants to search her home. Kovach threatens to give her daughter a ticket for not wearing her seatbelt and then tells Morales she is being disorderly.
"How am I being disorderly? You're making this personal," Morales says in the video."You want to ticket my daughter for not wearing her seatbelt because you think your daughter is in my house."
When Morales says she will call 911, Kovach threatens to arrest her.
When Kovach realizes his daughter is in the backseat, he orders her to get in the backseat of his patrol car and pushes her inside as the girl screams that she is 18 and can't be detained for no reason.
"Why are you pushing me? Why are you doing this?" she is heard screaming.
The investigation reportedly found that Kovach violated the department's policies by initiating the traffic stop without cause and failing to inform dispatch; for threatening to arrest Morales; for taking Coleman into custody and saying he would make up cause; and for using his police authority to locate his daughter.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 7:01 pm to LSUbacchus
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I want to know more about ICE raiding the meatpacking plant tbh
ICE arrested over 145 illegals mostly from Guatemala. It was a year long investigation. The children of those arrested where taken in by the local Catholic Church, they didn't release how many.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 7:03 pm to TJGator1215
That’s messed up. The former cop needs someone to shove him into the back of a squad car and haul him away.
Posted on 6/22/18 at 7:05 pm to TJGator1215
I'm surprised his daughter doesn't press charges of holding someone against their will, kidnapping, etc
Posted on 6/22/18 at 7:06 pm to TJGator1215
The union will back him. He will get the termination over turned and he will retire. Book it
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