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Friday 27 January 2017
Bond set for driver in Cleveland officer’s hit-and-run death

construction laborer the police department in July
last five years. 2014. His Facebook page
A prosecutor asked the says he previously served in
judge for a high bond be- the U.S. Navy as an aviation
cause of Alvarez’s criminal boatswain mate and then
past, noting that Alvarez worked as an emergency
had just been released medical technician for a
from probation in Lorain private ambulance com-
County in December. Court pany and a technician at
records show he pleaded the Cleveland Clinic. Fa-
guilty in 2015 to drug traf- hey’s mother and stepfa-
ficking, heroin possession ther are retired Cleveland
and other charges. police officers. His brother
A court affidavit filed in joined the department in
court Wednesday by a 2013. Cleveland.com has
Cleveland police accident reported that Fahey’s fa-
investigator said Alvarez ther was killed by a hit-and-
disregarded emergency run driver on a highway
lights on numerous vehicles exit ramp near downtown
when he struck Fahey at Cleveland in 1978. The
more than 60 mph in the news site reported that the
high-speed lane of the in- 21-year-old David Fahey Sr.
terstate. Alvarez’s badly had stopped to help a co-
Israel Alvarez, right, is escorted into the courtroom for his arraignment, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, damaged car was found worker change a tire when
in Cleveland. Alvarez kept his hands clasped in front of his face Thursday while a judge set a several hours later by a he was struck by a motor-
$500,000 bond in Cleveland Municipal Court. Alvarez was charged with aggravated vehicular Department of Homeland ist who sped off. A viewing
homicide and failing to stop after a fatal accident in the death of Patrolman David Fahey. Security agent in the rear for Fahey is scheduled Fri-
(John Kuntz/The Plain Dealer via AP) driveway of Alvarez’s fa- day at Chambers Funeral
MARK GILLISPIE Israel Alvarez, 44, of Lorain, an earlier fatal accident. ther’s home in Lorain, about Home in North Olmsted. A
Associated Press is charged with aggravat- Alvarez did not enter a plea 30 miles west of Cleveland. funeral Mass is scheduled
CLEVELAND (AP) — The ed vehicular homicide and Thursday. It’s expected He was arrested outside for Saturday at Our Lady of
driver accused in the fatal failing to stop after a fatal that he’ll be assigned an the home at gunpoint. Angels Catholic Church in
hit-and-run of a Cleveland accident in the death of attorney at a hearing next Cleveland police officers Cleveland. Ohio Gov. John
patrolman kept his hands 39-year-old Patrolman Da- week. A public defender in brought Fahey’s handcuffs Kasich has ordered flags
clasped in front of his face vid Fahey. Fahey was struck the courtroom on Thursday from the Cuyahoga Coun- flown at half-staff at the
Thursday while a judge set Tuesday morning while set- said Alvarez has five chil- ty Medical Examiner’s Of- Statehouse and Cuyahoga
a $500,000 bond in Cleve- ting down flares to close dren, including a 10-day- fice to use on Alvarez. County buildings on Satur-
land Municipal Court. lanes on Interstate 90 after old, and has worked as a Fahey joined the Cleveland day to honor Fahey.q
Video appears to show Texas officer push teen with foot

CLAUDIA LAUER to The Associated Press on when he allegedly used a Brea Hymond, who had charged with resisting ar-
Associated Press Thursday from attorneys Taser on a black teenager recorded the interactions rest and interfering with
DALLAS (AP) — Bodycam representing Jacqueline to end a foot chase. between Craig and Officer public duties. Jacqueline
video from a white Fort Craig, who had called po- Police spokeswoman Ta- William Martin in a sepa- Craig was charged with re-
Worth police officer who lice last month to report mara Valle said the depart- rate video they posted on sisting arrest, failure to iden-
was suspended for wres- that a neighbor choked ment could not authenti- Facebook in December. tify herself as a fugitive and
tling a black woman and her 7-year-old son for alleg- cate the video or the disci- Attorneys for Craig said at three outstanding traffic
her daughter to the ground edly littering in his yard. The plinary report at this time. a Thursday afternoon news warrants.
appears to show the officer attorneys also provided in- Also Thursday, Fort Worth conference that charges The AP doesn’t typically
using his foot to push the ternal affairs documents police said they had also had been dropped identify juveniles accused
15-year-old girl into a po- showing the officer had dropped all charges against Craig’s 15-year-old of crimes, but the family
lice car. been disciplined for a previ- against Craig and her daughter, Jacques Craig. and the teen have spoken
The footage was provided ous use of force complaint 19-year-old daughter, The daughters were out publicly.q