Ex-Warren cop Shaw gets two years of probation

WARREN

Reuben Shaw, longtime Warren police officer, has been sentenced to two years probation for having a car towed from a vacant house in the city to a garage he controls.

Judge Peter Kontos handed down the sentence this morning in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

Shaw pleaded guilty earlier to misdemeanor charges of theft, dereliction of duty, falsification and criminal trespassing.

As part of his plea agreement Shaw agreed to resign from the police department, dismiss a U.S. Equal Employment opportunity commission complaint and give up his commission to serve as an Ohio police officer.

Police Chief Eric Merkel fired him earlier.