Tioga Borough Council President Steve Hazlett and his wife Marybeth, also a council member both resigned after receiving the attorney general’s letter.
Timothy Loehmann took an oath as a police officer in a small rural community in Pennsylvania, then backed out one day later after a community protest.19 News broke the story last week and has learned that not only has Loehmann resigned, but the town council president has now resigned, along with his wife, who is also a council member in Tioga, Pa.A photo of Timothy Loehmann taking the oath to serve as Tioga’s lone police officer surfaced last week on social media and ignited a fury of comments.
Citizens protested in the streets and put Loehmann on notice that he was not welcome in their town for killing a child who was in a park playing with a pellet gun. Loehmann withdrew his application the day after taking the oath and resigned, following outrage on social media and by Samaria Rice, the mother of Tamir Rice.Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Josh Shapiro sent a letter to Tioga’s Council President Steve Hazlett days later and made it it clear that Loehmann’s hiring was illegal.The mayor says he was told the new officer had been vetted.
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