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TexasTowelie

(117,236 posts)
Mon Sep 23, 2019, 04:08 AM Sep 2019

Interim police chief recommends Columbus fire two officers over Stormy Daniels arrest

COLUMBUS: Interim Columbus police Chief Thomas Quinlan has recommended that two former vice officers be fired as a result of their actions last year in arresting adult film star Stephanie Clifford, better known as Stormy Daniels.

The disciplinary recommendations, announced Wednesday, will ultimately be decided by Safety Director Ned Pettus Jr., who will conduct hearings with the officers within the next few months.

Quinlan said he has recommended terminations for Officers Steven Rosser, a 18-year veteran of the division, and Whitney Lancaster, a 31-year veteran, as well as lengthy suspensions without pay for two supervisors involved in the unit’s arrest of Clifford in July 2018.

Quinlan recommended a 240-hour suspension for Lt. Ronald Kemmerling, a 23-year veteran, and a 120-hour suspension for Sgt. Scott Soha, a 17-year veteran, who will also have hearings before Pettus before final discipline is imposed.

Read more: https://www.ohio.com/news/20190918/interim-police-chief-recommends-columbus-fire-two-officers-over-stormy-daniels-arrest

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Interim police chief recommends Columbus fire two officers over Stormy Daniels arrest (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2019 OP
This is a very strange article. murielm99 Sep 2019 #1
Here are a couple of threads from a year ago: TexasTowelie Sep 2019 #2
Thanks for refreshing my memory. n/t murielm99 Sep 2019 #3

murielm99

(31,478 posts)
1. This is a very strange article.
Mon Sep 23, 2019, 04:43 AM
Sep 2019

It was rather vague about why the chief recommended firing the officers. Do you remember anything else about this story?

TexasTowelie

(117,236 posts)
2. Here are a couple of threads from a year ago:
Mon Sep 23, 2019, 04:48 AM
Sep 2019
The FBI is Now Investigating the Shady Vice Squad That Cuffed Stormy Daniels
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211209157

STORMY DANIELS STRIP CLUB ARREST TRIGGERS FBI CORRUPTION PROBE
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211210543
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