LORDSTOWN, Ohio - Earlier this year, 21 News reported on an investigation into allegations of misconduct surrounding the Lordstown Police Department that was abruptly closed once handed to Village Prosecutor Joseph Fritz.

Newly released documents from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation shed new light on why.

The allegations centered around a recording played at a Lordstown council meeting that appeared to imply that officers working side jobs at Ultium Cells were ordered not to serve warrants on workers inside the plant.

That recording included Captain Chris Bordonaro telling an officer that they would serve warrants for serious crimes, such as domestic violence, but that for minor misdemeanors and traffic warrants, they should try to serve them after workers

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