Feb 11, 2026

OSC FF CASE


OSC FF CASE 

THE OHIO SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR THE CASE OF THE DEATH OF A CLEVELAND FIREFIGHTER TO DETERMINE WHETHER HE DRIVER WHO HIT AND KILLED THE FIREFIGHTER ACTED KNOWLINGLY AND SHOULD HIS ORIGINAL MURDER CONVICTION BE RESTORED. 
THIS ALL GOES BACK TO 2022 ON I-90. THAT'S WHEN FIREFIGHTER JOHNNY TETRICK WAS RESPONDING TO A CRASH ALONG THE SHOREWAY. AND AS HE BENT DOWN TO CLEAR DEBRIS FROM THE ROAD, HE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AND KILLED. IN 2023, THE DRIVER, LEANDER BISSELL, WAS CONVICTED OF FELONY MURDER AND SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE AFTER 16 YEARS. BUT IN 2024, THE APPEALS COURT OVERTURNED THAT MURDER CONVICTION, SAYING PROSECUTORS DIDN'T PROVE HE ACTED KNOWINGLY. NOW PROSECUTORS WANT THE STATE'S HIGHEST COURT TO RESTORE THAT MURDER CHARGE.


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