‘I stopped breathing’: Immigrant tells jury off-duty cops attacked him

MEDINA, Ohio — A truck driver says two Northeast Ohio law enforcement officers attacked him in 2024 after falsely accusing him of being an illegal immigrant.

Yonas Bokredingil, 41, made those allegations during the trial against Donald Kopchak, 41, which kicked off this week.

Kopchak is a Cleveland police officer who was on a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives task force at the time. He and a co-defendant were indicted last year on charges of abduction, ethnic intimidation and assault…

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