Wednesday, November 10, 1999
Officer resigns after pleading guilty to drunken driving
BY SHEILA McLAUGHLIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
CARLISLE — A longtime officer has quit the village police force as he waits to learn his sentence on a drunken-driving charge.
John Perry, arrested a day after he was temporarily appointed to lead the embattled department in March, gave a letter of resignation Oct. 29.
Chief Richard St. John said Mr. Perry's resignation was not directly related to the criminal case.
“He had been on paid suspension. Then he was brought back in an administrative basis for duties in the police department. He went into a treatment program, and he was off on unpaid family and medical leave when he resigned,” Chief St. John said.
Mr. Perry entered a plea of no contest to the drunken-driving charge and was convicted Friday in Franklin Municipal Court, five days before he was scheduled to go on trial.
A sentencing date has not been set.
Mr. Perry could not be reached Tuesday.
Franklin police arrested Mr. Perry on March 24 after he called them for help because he had run out of gas on Ohio 123 at Community Park.
Police officials said Mr. Perry's blood alcohol level was 0.16, over the 0.10 limit to be considered intoxicated in Ohio.
The criminal charge and suspension followed a shake-up that led to the resignations of Police Chief Gary Long and Sgt. Brad Fogle, who were accused of vandalizing a former village manager's house.
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