Warren fire chief’s former girlfriend testifies against him

NILES — A former girlfriend of Warren Fire Chief Ken Nussle testified that the chief hit her with an open hand, kicked her in the ribs and spit on her in the early morning hours of Jan. 31.

Nussle testified that he had taken the woman to her Warren home around midnight, left when she woke him up later and ordered him out of the house but did not hit her.

The testimony came today in Niles Municipal Court before Judge Thomas Townley, hearing the case on assignment after Warren Municipal Court judges Thomas Gysegem and Terry Ivanchak recused themselves because of familiarity with both parties.

The evidence was heard by the judge, not a jury.

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