ORANGE, Ohio

Follow-up investigation, falsification (misleading a public official): Brainard and Miles roads

After responding to the Village Diner-Pizza Joint plaza parking lot around 6 p.m. Oct. 13 for a caller reporting an intoxicated driver, police learned it involved a couple going through a divorce.

Officers went back over the husband’s call to dispatchers when he stated his wife was trying to hit him with her car, prompting a rapid police response, with sirens and emergency lights.

Upon further review of audio and video, police noted that he seemed more concerned about his wife being arrested than public safety. He’s also accused of changing his story to officers once they arrived on scene.

Camera footage indicated that the wife did not come close to striking him or his car and

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