Video of drunk, heavily-armed East Cleveland cop impersonator with narcotics exposes cover-up

EAST CLEVELAND, OH – Joseph Marche’s Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) credentials had expired when Bratenahl police found him drunk, armed and possibly drugged with bottled narcotics behind the wheel of an unmarked public safety vehicle on December 22, 2017 outside East Cleveland’s jurisdiction where he worked. The booking video Mariah Crenshaw of Chasing Justice obtained through a public records request is disgustingly eye-opening. At the moment Bratenahl police interacted with him Marche was in violation of Section 109:2-18-06(A) of Ohio’s administrative code and impersonating a peace officer. ” … any peace officer or trooper who, in any calendar year,…