Saturday, May 27, 2000
Police officer not guilty in jogger's death
By Dan Horn
The Cincinnati Enquirer
A jury ruled Friday that a Cincinnati police officer did not commit a crime when his car struck and killed a jogger last year in Columbia Township.
Donald Scalf, 25, was found not guilty of vehicular homicide in the death of Lloyd Swaringer.
Prosecutors say Mr. Swaringer, 45, was jogging on a sidewalk on the morning of Nov. 25 when Mr. Scalf's Toyota Camry swerved off the road and hit him.
Mr. Scalf, a rookie officer who was suspended after the accident, was on his way home from work. The accident occurred 8:10 a.m. in the 8200 block of Wooster Pike.
Vehicular homicide is a misdemeanor that carries a maximum possible jail sentence of six months.
Ohio law defines the charge as negligently causing the death of another while operating a motor vehicle.
Mr. Scalf originally had been charged with involuntary manslaughter — which carries a penalty of up to five years — but a grand jury indicted him on the lesser charge of vehicular homicide.
The jurors heard evidence for two days this week before Judge Dennis Helmick.
They deliberated less than two hours before reaching a verdict.
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