CLEVELAND, Ohio — A former Northeast Ohio deputy has pleaded guilty after prosecutors said he attacked a man he believed was an undocumented immigrant at a bar.
Daniel Lajack pleaded guilty Monday to one count of attempted abduction, a fourth-degree felony, in Medina County Court of Common Pleas.
On April 26, 2024, Lajack and his co-defendant Donald Kopchak were accused of attacking a truck driver they believed was an undocumented immigrant while at Buzzards Roost bar in Hinckley Township. At the time, both Lajack, 48, and Kopchak, 41, were officers for local departments and served on federal task forces…