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Dan Ficker
United States · Aged 27 · Died 07/04/2011
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Deadly force
Two Cleveland police officers cross jurisdiction into Parma without notifying them. Daniel Ficker, 27, and his girlfriend attended a party at the Cleveland home of officer David Mindek. After they left the party, Mindek's wife--a cousin of Ficker's girlfriend--noticed $8,000 in jewelry and cash had been stolen. She suspected Ficker. Mindek, who was off-duty, called an on-duty officer, Matthew Craska, and together they went to Ficker'™s girlfriend'™s house in Parma, where they confronted the suspect, who was drunk. There was a fistfight, and Craska shot and killed Ficker. Mindek was charged with dereliction of duty for failing to assist Craska in the arrest, but he was acquitted at a trial. Ficker'™s family filed a federal wrongful death suit against the officers, the police department and the city.
Alleged responsible partyCleveland Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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