Ohio police chief arrested in Florida after allegedly assaulting homeless man

A police chief from a small village in Ohio was arrested in Florida after allegedly attacking a homeless man final week.

Boston Heights Police Chief Chad McArdle, 40, was charged with misdemeanor-level battery early on Friday morning. He was arrested by law enforcement officials in Key West.

Based on an arrest report obtained by Fox Information Digital, a taxi driver known as police at round 1 a.m. and advised them {that a} shirtless man was banging on his door.

The person, who was recognized as McArdle, advised the driving force that he was stabbed and that folks wished to kill him earlier than laying down and crying on the sidewalk.

Key West police quickly arrived and located McArdle, who appeared misplaced and careworn.

He advised officers that he was pushed and dragged right into a car and stabbed by two suspects, however police couldn’t discover any stab wounds.

“Mcardle [sic] couldn’t describe the stick or which of the 2 males stabbed him…[he] said that he was in a position to seize the stick from the male and stabbed the male within the throat with that stick; Mcardle [sic] mentioned that the person was in all probability lifeless now,” the police report learn.

Police famous that there was no blood on McArdle’s arms and believed he was giving contradictory info.

Officers later discovered a homeless man who was mendacity on the bottom within the alley. The person reported that he was attacked.

“[The victim] mentioned he was standing within the alley, and the unknown male kicked him within the again,” the arrest report learn. “[The victim] mentioned he fell to the bottom and that an unknown male kicked him within the again a number of instances.”

The homeless man later advised police that he acknowledged McArdle was the person who kicked him.

McArdle’s sneakers had been additionally discovered within the alley.

“To be famous, that no proof was discovered through the investigation that would show Mcardle’s [sic] statements,” police mentioned.

Fox Information Digital reached out to the Village of Boston Heights for an announcement, however has not heard again.