MEDINA, Ohio — A Cleveland police officer and Portage County sheriff’s deputy are charged in connection with an attack on a man they mistakenly believed was an undocumented immigrant.

Both Donald Kopchak, 41, and Daniel Lajack, 48, were federal task force officers and off-duty at the time they were accused of attacking a truck driver at the Buzzards Roost bar in Hinckley Township.

A Medina County grand jury on Tuesday handed up an indictment charging both with two counts of third-degree felony abduction, one count of fifth-degree felony ethnic intimidation and a first-degree misdemeanor count of assault.

Both were issued summons for their arraignment on Sept. 16.

Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer reached out for comment to Portage County sheriff’s officials and Kopchak’s attorney, Kev

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