HINCKLEY, OH — Two off-duty federal task force members are facing criminal charges connected to an April 2024 incident at a Hinckley bar.

A Medina County grand jury indicted Dan Lajack and Donald Kopchak on felony abduction, ethnic intimidation and misdemeanor assault charges.

The pair is accused of illegally detaining a truck driver outside Buzzard’s Roost Tavern because they worried the man was in the country illegally and could be a terrorist, according to police body camera video.

According to the recordings, officers called to a disturbance at the bar, arrived, and found a man being held on the ground outside the bar. WATCH: Off-duty cops under investigation for detaining man in bar

“I have you in a leg lock,” Kopchak is heard telling the man. “You’re not getting out anyways.”

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