No jail time for the former Miami Township police officer who was off-duty and drunk when pointed a gun at a crowd at his neighbor’s 4th of July party after they would not stop shooting off fireworks.
Jason Etter used to work at the Miami Township Police Department.
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He was fired by the police department after the incident.
In court, Etter declined to comment after the judge told him he could address the court before sentencing.
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In exchange for his guilty plea, prosecutors dismissed half of the 16 aggravated menacing charges against him.
The one count of possession of a firearm while intoxicated remained, all the charges are misdemeanors.
The judge suspended a six-month jail sentence and put him on probation for two years.