Lorain/Elyria, OH
Lorain officer punished for traffic stop
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Officer Corey Earl received a written reprimand Dec. 12 for using foul language and discussing his estranged wife on Nov. 26 when he pulled over Fred Pena, the ex-husband of Earl’s current girlfriend.
The reprimand also mentions a separate incident in which Earl went to Pena’s job while in uniform to inquire about Pena’s employment status.
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Earl, who was placed on leave from Aug. 20 to Oct. 1 when he was put on restricted duty, returned to road patrol Nov. 9 after receiving a fitness for duty evaluation by a doctor, according to his personnel file.
In September, the 17-year veteran of the police department spent a week in the county jail for allegedly violating a civil protection order his estranged wife filed after Earl reportedly entered her home, showed her his handgun and threatened to kill himself.
“Am I worried that this is the sign of a huge meltdown? No, I’m not worried. I haven’t seen any flags yet that would give me a cause for concern,” Davey said.
Davey also said that Earl’s patrols have been restricted so he won’t be responsible for the areas where they live.
“We have supervisors being made aware of what’s going on,” Davey said.
An internal police investigation began Nov. 29 after Ward filed a complaint against Earl.
She told police that Earl had been driving by her house frequently and on the afternoon of Nov. 26, he pulled her over for running a red light while she was driving in the area of
The day before, Earl issued Pena a citation for driving under suspension and said it was Pena, not Ward, who was driving the vehicle on Nov. 26, the report said.
Pena pulled the car into a parking lot and switched seats with Ward after Earl’s police cruiser passed them, Earl told an investigator.
Earl admitted to using profanity during the Nov. 26 stop, saying he warned Pena he would take him to jail if he saw him driving again, and also said he asked about a conversation Pena had with Earl’s estranged wife after one of their divorce hearings outside
Earl said he believed Pena was trying to interfere with the divorce, according to the investigation report.
A few days earlier — an exact date was not provided — Earl went to U.S. Steel while on duty to inquire whether Pena was employed, the report said.
Earl acknowledged that he did visit the plant — saying he wanted to find out whether Pena had been laid off, which Pena told his ex-wife to explain why he couldn’t pay alimony, according to the report.
Earl told investigators he had not been driving by Ward’s home, as she alleged, the report said.
Contact Adam Wright at 329-7151 or awright@chroniclet.com.
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Eark is a kook, He is clearly got something wrong with him, all these cops are wack jobs and need help.
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I am completely surprised they did ANYTHING to him. In almost all these cases, the police departments will cover up criminal behavior by their own, especially here in Lorain County. It’d be nice to think the tides are changing, but I wouldn’t get my hopes up.
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Last year he was beating his wife…now he’s harassing innocent citizens…for his girlfriend…and he’s still a cop?????
Your lovely police union at it’s finest…
If the mayor wants to change the image of the city, I have an idea of where he should start…
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It’s hard to believe that the police captain doesn’t see any red flags. I have a feeling that this isn’t the last time nor the last situation that we’ll see this officer in. I hope there isn’t a tragedy before the red flags are seen.
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…and they want more money via a levy to ‘protect’ us? Why is this lunatic still patrolling?
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this officer apparently has issues and should’nt be allowed to work intil he seeks help from the NORD CENTER not by a doctor that LORAIN finest has hired.
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.LaGrange police are the worse! They are always itching to pull you over because they have nothing better to do than pull people over and harass juveniles. If you come through LaGrange be careful! All of the villages & towns are very low crime why do they even need a police force sounds like a waste of money to me.Have the Lorain county sheriff’s office patrol these areas.And take the money and bulid some skate boarding parks for
the kids that don’t participate in normal regular sport’s sport’s that don’t win the town and school a title or trophy.How may soccer,foot ball,base ball fields dose on town need? bulid parks of every one not just certain groups kid’s(the one’s that win trophies and titles) and I bet crime rates might drop.
Wellington used to have bike/skate type area.
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People shouldn’t abuse power. It’s preposterhensible.
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This man should not be wearing a uniform or carrying a gun. It is only a matter of time before he kills himself or someone else!
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Those charges against Corey Earl from last year were dropped because Laura Earl admitted that she made “false statements”. It’s really unfortunate that Corey had to have all that bad publicity, be arrested etc. and his name besmirched because of her lies.
Just because things are printed does not mean that it is always the truth. Give the guy a break before you do a hatchet job on him.
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