Urso appeals firing in lawsuit against Mantua officials

Mantua police chief Joe Urso takes notes as his attorney Eric Fink asks questions of a witness. Wendy DiAlesandro/The Portager

Urso appeals firing in lawsuit against Mantua officials

- Wendy DiAlesandro

The recently fired chief of Mantua police, Joe Urso, has appealed his dismissal in Portage County Common Pleas Court, arguing that the village council hearing against him was unfair and that he was denied due process.

Seeking to regain his post, which he had held since November 2017, Urso’s Oct. 30 court filing names the Village of Mantua, Mayor Tammy Meyer and the village council.

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