4 months ago
An Ohio constabulary main has been fired aft nan politician of a mini municipality accused him of a raft of violations, including nan constabulary section smelling of marijuana and nan faking of overtime clip sheets.
When nan politician of New Miami Village in Butler County asked constabulary Chief Harold Webb to return a narcotics test, he refused and suggested that nan act, to beryllium performed successful beforehand of a nurse, was degrading.
New Miami Village Council unanimously voted to terminate Chief Webb connected June 27.
The town's mayor, pinch a organization of 2,200 has since gone nationalist to spell retired a agelong database of alleged violations committed by nan fired chief.
They see nan ignoring of 911 emergency calls and moreover stealing basking dogs from a section state station, erstwhile only free soda drinks were permitted while connected duty.
Mayor Jewell Hayes-Hensley besides accused Webb of 'theft successful office' by fabricating timesheets, 'cashing his paycheck knowing he was required to show impervious of his being astatine work.'
An Ohio constabulary chief, Harold Webb, pictured, was fired by New Miami Village Council for aggregate violations, including faking overtime sheets and nan constabulary dept smelling of marijuana
The Mayor of New Miami Village, Ohio, Hayes-Hensley had go suspicious nan main had been stating that he had been moving erstwhile successful existent truth he was not connected shift
Hayes-Hensley became suspicious that nan main had been stating that he had been working, erstwhile successful existent truth he was not connected displacement astatine nan constabulary station.
At nan commencement of June, nan main stated he had worked 48 hours successful a azygous week yet had only been seen connected work for 2 days retired of seven.
Upon person inspection, Webb had only 'logged successful for service' for 1 of nan days of nan week.
The politician past asked for video grounds of nan main being connected nan job, but nary was forthcoming. Webb besides useful full-time for nan U.S. Postal Service.
It was when Hayes-Hensley paid a sojourn to nan constabulary section to cod nan chief's regular clip logs that she noticed nan chopped smell of marijuana.
'The first point that came retired of my rima was who has been smoking weed successful here. The smell of marijuana could sound you disconnected your feet,' she wrote successful lengthy and descriptive 5 page missive detailing her allegations.
Webb, who had only been successful nan domiciled for a year, explained nan stench arsenic coming from a ambush successful March successful which much than 850 grams of marijuana flower was seized.
A missive was past hand-delivered to nan constabulary chief's location notifying him that he needed to return a narcotics test.
Webb refused noting that he felt degraded aft being told that he would person to return nan trial successful beforehand of a caregiver arsenic a witness.
'You cognize what you win. This is nan 3rd clip you person questioned my integrity,' Webb texted nan mayor, adding that he would beryllium resigning 'this evening.'
'Do you understand really belittling it is to person personification watch maine urinate? Also, nan logic my agency had an overwhelming smell of marijuana is that location is complete 850 grams of flower marijuana from nan hunt warrant disconnected Reiff Drive successful March.
'Sorry things didn't activity retired for us,' he wrote. 'Hopefully, you tin proceed to move nan colony forward.'
The main was successful problem earlier this twelvemonth for allegedly stealing basking dogs from a section state position erstwhile nan statement was made for him only to beryllium allowed free sodas
Mayor Hensley felt she was near pinch nary prime but to occurrence nan politician aft he grounded to manus successful his resignation missive contempt offering to do so
Despite offering to resign, Webb ne'er submitted his resignation missive leaving the New Miami Village assembly nary prime but to occurrence him.
In a statement, Mayor Hensley wrote: 'It is my occupation to guarantee nan residents of our organization are safe. My extremity is to move our colony astir and make it a safe and thriving organization for all.
'Council and I are moving very difficult to person a greater constabulary beingness successful our colony and do a awesome cleanup some pinch crime and housing. It is clip that residents of nan colony of New Miami cognize they person a politician and assembly moving to put nan community's needs first and do everything wrong their powerfulness to make nan colony of New Miami a safe, clean, and thriving community.'
During his short clip successful nan role, Webb had already had a run-in pinch nan politician and had been placed connected administrative time off without salary aft he appeared to mishandle nan constabulary department's Facebook page.
The municipality of New Miami successful Butler County, Ohio is location to 2,200 residents
Hensley said nan main had allowed inappropriate comments to beryllium posted connected nan connection committee including from his ain wife. Ultimately nan Facebook page was taken down.
'We will not usage a colony tract to tear our colony down,' Hensley stated astatine nan time, successful April this year.
After Webb was reinstated pursuing his suspension, different grievances were revenge against him including immoderate colony labor but it was only a matter of months earlier nan main was yet fired.
'Chief has decades of acquisition successful rule enforcement. He's ne'er been disciplined before, thing to this magnitude. His officers emotion him,' Webb's lawyer, Jeff Gray told Fox 19 earlier successful nan year.
'They are consenting to instrumentality up for him. I deliberation that speaks a batch astir his character.'
English (US) · 
Indonesian (ID) · 