MANTUA, Ohio — In Mantua, the village will soon be looking for a new police chief — after an overnight council meeting ended with the firing of the current one, who was accused of violating village policy.

The hearing lasted nearly 12 hours, ending at 6 a.m. — and at times, it felt more like a trial.

At the center of it all is Mantua Police Chief Joe Urso, accused of violating policy by directly supervising Officer Miranda Brothers, with whom he is allegedly in a romantic relationship.

"In any professional work environment, a supervisor-subordinate relationship should be a professional relationship. It just lends to favoritism, special treatment, unfair treatment,” said David Sluka, a village councilman.

During the hearing, Sluka listened as both the mayor and a former officer who brou

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