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Dan Ficker

Dan Ficker

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Gender Male
Age 27 yrs
Nationality United States
Marital Status Unknown
Date of Death 07/04/2011
Location Pelham Drive and Wareham Drive Cleveland OH 44129 Cuyahoga
Cause of Death

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.

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Alleged Responsible Party
Cleveland Police Department
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Sources & References

1 youtube.com Open source
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