Off-Duty Officer Assaulted After Showing Badge
CLEVELAND — An off-duty Cleveland police officer was assaulted after identifying himself and showing his badge.
According to Sgt. Sammy Morris with the Cleveland Division of Police,
the incident happened at 2:30 a.m. on Monday in the 1400 block of W. 9th Street.
The off-duty officer was escorting two women to their vehicle when they were approached by two men in car.
When the men began to harass the women, the officer showed his badge and told the men to stop.
The men allegedly ignored the officer’s instruction, got out of their car and assaulted him, Cleveland police said.
The men then left the scene.
When on-duty officers responded to the incident, the off-duty officer was found sitting on the curb, bleeding from the mouth.
EMS took him to MetroHealth Medical Center where he was confined.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Cleveland Division of Police at (216) 623.5464.
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- lm1b2 2012/06/11 17:22:26He should have been more careful,lucky they did not shoot him!reply
- Matt 2012/06/11 15:17:34 (edited)The West side is the nicer side of town. I used to go to the bars and comedy clubs, there.reply
- ~Adrien~ 2012/06/11 15:00:49I've heard Cleveland is a rough place. . .reply
- Queen B ~Adrien~ 2012/06/11 18:24:49Not really. It's like any other big city and all big cities have good parts and bad parts, and people who are complete @$$holes.reply
- Heisenberg 2012/06/11 14:37:32+1It sounds like those two punks have no respect for anything and deserve to get whatever punishment is coming to them.reply
