Police report reveals details of Polivka complaint

HOWLAND — Trumbull County Commissioner Dan Polivka drove a golf cart into the side of his estranged wife’s golf cart, then screamed at her, threw the golf clubs belonging to her male golfing partner “onto the course,” grabbed his wife by the neck with two hands and then struck her on the cheek, a Howland police report says.

Dan Polivka then took the cell phone of his wife, JoAnn Polivka, told her she would never see their daughter again, and drove away, the report said.

JoAnn Polivka was sitting in the passenger seat of the golf cart, the side where the collision took place, police said.

The report says a police officer checked JoAnn Polivka for injuries and observed some redness on her cheek but did not see any signs of injury to her neck. She refused medical treatment.

The Polivkas, who were married in 1997, were living on Country Club Drive with one daughter at the time JoAnn Polivka filed for divorce from Dan Polivka on May 7, 2009.

Dan Polivka, 46, still lives on Country Club Drive, he said by telephone Monday. He declined to comment on his wife’s allegations except to say that, “It’ll all come out in the end.”

JoAnn Polivka did not return a phone message seeking comment.

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