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New jail transport program has already helped 173 people

In the first six months of a new Portage County Jail transportation program, 173 people recently released from the jail have taken advantage of free rides to a PARTA hub, personally accompanied by a social worker offering help with employment and housing.
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Local activist behind ‘Bad Bruce Exhibit’ sues Zuchowski for alleged retaliation

A Palmyra resident filed a federal lawsuit against Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski last month alleging the sheriff and his subordinates retaliated against him for creating a social media page critical of the sheriff’s office.
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Sheriff’s office won’t answer questions about costs related to ICE agreement

Many questions remain about the recently signed agreement between the Portage County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that empowers deputies to enforce federal immigration law.
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Plaintiffs drop civil rights suit against sheriff’s office in carpet cleaner case

An August 2023 traffic stop landed two Ravenna men in jail on felony drug charges. The charges were eventually dropped when the alleged cocaine in the car they had occupied turned out to be carpet cleaner, and the two men filed suit in federal court, claiming Portage County Sheriff Bruce D. Zuchowski and three deputies violated their civil rights.
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Questions for the Portage County Sheriff’s Office following federal agreement with ICE

The Portage County Sheriff’s Office last week issued a news release stating its officers would receive training by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to enforce immigration law.
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The new Portage County post-jail ride program is working

About 30 people — and counting — have been spared the walk along Infirmary Road since Emerald Transportation started twice daily runs about a month ago.
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Mantua cop sues sheriff’s office after deputies took her child and shared pictures of her

Village of Mantua Police Officer Miranda Brothers is suing Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski and the Portage County Sheriff’s Office, alleging malicious prosecution, violation of her constitutional right “to parent her child,” removing her child and prosecuting her without probable cause.
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Sheriff’s office will work with social services agency to shuttle people released from jail

Newly released former inmates who don’t have rides from the Portage County Jail will soon be spared from walking along Infirmary Road.
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County, Kent, Streetsboro and Ravenna reach agreement on Drug Task Force lawsuit

The cities of Kent, Streetsboro and Ravenna have reached an agreement with the county over the value of property retained by the Portage County sheriff when he withdrew his agency from a joint drug task force in 2021.
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Apparent change to jail release policy raises safety concerns for former inmates and residents

On Nov. 21, Judge Laurie Pittman drove along Infirmary Road, eyes anxiously scanning the ditches for what she hoped she wouldn't find.
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Sheriff’s office denies allegations in ongoing civil rights case

The Portage County Sheriff’s Office broadly rejected the allegations included in a civil rights lawsuit against the agency brought by two men jailed on false drug charges in 2023, according to new court filings.
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Latest incident highlights problems in Portage County’s after-jail drop-offs

On the morning of Oct. 22, Ravenna police fielded a call about a woman vandalizing scarecrows in the city’s new “pocket park” next to Guido’s restaurant.
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