North Royalton mayor orders probe over lack of felony charge in deputy chief’s arrest

NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio — North Royalton Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz on Tuesday ordered an investigation into his police department’s handling of a drunken-driving arrest of an Orange Village deputy police chief.

The probe into the arrest of Patrick O’Callahan was launched after a North Royalton police officer accused top police and city officials of failing to charge O’Callahan with a felony after three loaded guns were found inside the deputy chief’s car.

It’s a felony in Ohio to possess a loaded gun in a car while intoxicated. Prosecutors charged O’Callahan with misdemeanor drunken driving, swerving and speeding…

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