The former chief of the Mantua Police Department has sued to get his job back, claiming the 12-hour hearing that led to his dismissal was improper.
Joe Urso filed a complaint Oct. 30 in Portage County Common Pleas Court, asking the court to reverse Mantua Village Council’s decision to fire him on the grounds that the hearing where he was dismissed “was not conducted … with procedural fairness and due process.” The case is pending before Judge Becky Doherty.
The hearing started after Mantua Village Council’s 6 p.m. meeting Oct. 21, and ended in the wee hours of Oct. 22. The meeting addressed six charges brought by Mayor Tammy Meyer regarding Urso’s romantic relationship with Mantua Police Officer Miranda Brothers. Their relationship was the subject of another investigation three years ago…