CLEVELAND — Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski and three deputies have been sued by a pair of Ravenna residents alleging that they were arrested and incarcerated on felony drug charges despite testing results showing the men did not possess any controlled substances.
The lawsuit, filed on Aug. 29 by plaintiffs Zephiniah Robinson and Jack Metcalf, revolves around a 2023 traffic stop conducted by deputies Sean Bradley, Robert Paolucci and Anthony Zappone, who are named alongside Zuchowski as co-defendants.
In the suit, Robinson and Metcalf allege the sheriff’s deputies created “false evidence” to charge the pair with trafficking in cocaine and possession of cocaine, resulting in the men being jailed for nearly two weeks, losing their jobs and being denied other employment opportunities due to their arrest records…