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Signs Point To Bridgeport Chief Accepting Plea Agreement
Posted Monday, January 4, 2010 ; 11:09 AM | View Comments | Post Comment
Updated Monday, January 4, 2010; 08:43 PM


Chad Dojack
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A new pre-trial date for Chad Dojack is slated for Thursday and WTRF has confirmed no jury has been called for a trial.

By Dave Elias
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio -- There are signs that Bridgeport Police Chief Chad Dojack, charged in the celebrity surrogate scandal, could enter a plea agreement this week in a Belmont County courtroom.

A new pre-trial date is set for Thursday and Special Prosecutor Shawn Hervey confirmed that jury notices have not been sent out for the January 12th trial date.

Sources also said Bridgeport council has called a meeting for Jan. 14 to decide the fate of Dojack's job. The chief is collecting a paycheck despite having not been on the job since the scandal broke.

It's likely that Dojack would plead guilty to a lesser charge, but its not clear what that charge would be.

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hilbilly_mafia
1/5/10 at 5:50 PM
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I believe that Barney 2 bullets should not get away scot free, and his father in-law. They set up the whole thing from supplying room and board to Barney 2 Bullets calling Berry to set up a meeting @ Bridgeport Post office for Berry to meet with Reporters. Berry trusted Barney 2 Bullets because Barney 2 Bullets use to work @ Matins Ferry Police Department. So Barney 2 Bullets & his father in-law coned Berry in to doing all of the leg work, and used Berry Computer too and Barney 2 Bullets was probably sitting Wright beside him, But Berry is not a RAT he believes in the Code of the F.O.P. An I guarantee you Boss Hog Callarck new about it too. t is about time the People of Bridgeport take their town back from the corruption of the so Called Protectors of their Town that was sworn in to up hold the LAW or to be held accountable for their actions , even if you are the Mayor , the so called Chief, alehouse Barney 2 Bullets the Callarcks Puppet. I hope he sees through Barneys and his Father In-laws game and Dojack gets what he deserves. They cost a man his Future, his lively hood. All because of their greed for themselves. What Berry did was not Wright, but he is being punished for what he did, But Barney and His Father in-law can become Rats for the Prosecution and walk away knowing they destroyed some bodies life, that they set up the whole thing to start with and walk away scot free. I HOPE BRIDGEPORT CITY COUNSEL DOES NOT WANT TO BE THE BLUNT OF EVERYBODIES JOKES BECAUSE THEY LET THIS GO UNPUNISHED. MAKE A STATEMENT AND TAKE BACK YOUR TOWN AN SET AN EXAMPLE. THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS REGARDLESS WHO THEY ARE RELATED TO!!!!!
And I hope there is a code with in the F.O.P. (they take care of their own)

I hope can sleep at night Barney 2 Bullets
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ADRIENE
1/5/10 at 3:45 PM
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I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS--SINCE CARPENTER WAS ALLOWED TO RESIGN WILL HE STILL GET HIS PENSION? AND WHAT IS UP WITH THE ACTING CHEIF HE DIDN'T KNOW SOMETHING WAS IMPORTANT TIL AFTER THE FACT,DID HE NOT GO TO THE ACADEMY?(LOL)THE GUYS HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING COPS.AS FOR DOJACK HE SHOULD GET THE SAME AS CARPENTER.AND HE SHOULD HAVE TO PAY THE CITIZENS OF BRIDGEPORT BACK HE DOES NOT DESERVE HIS PAY.THESE GUYS WERE DEFINETLY BULLYS I DONT KNOW ALOT ABOUT CARPENTER BUT DOJACK ALWAYS ALWAYS MESSED WITH MY NEPHEW FOR NO REASON,MY NEPHEW HAS NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE OTHER THAN A SPEEDING TICKET BUT EVERY TIME HE WALKED TO THE GAS STATION DOJACK HARRASSED HIM.
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obamasmama
1/5/10 at 1:24 AM
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I have a bad feeling this is going to be a get out of jail free card. Callirick had the charges dropped because he could better the case by being a witness. He didnt testify, now this plea bargain with dojack. Maybe he and zambori have the same layyer.
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pay back the money
1/5/10 at 12:08 AM
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Yea, Belmont county commissioners tell the Sheriff to lay off deputies and here we have a police officer collecting checks from the tax payers for nothing he sits at home. I think that if he is found guilty he needs to repay it back, because there are good deputies sitting at home waiting to come back to serve the people of belmont county, because I'm shore that they didnt go through a police academy for nothing, they choose to work for you the tax payers of belmont county. SO TAX PAYERS NEED TO STEP UP WRITE A LETTER OR CALL THE COMMISSIONERS OFFICE AND ASK WERE THERE MONEY IS GOING??????
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CRIMINAL FAMILY??
1/4/10 at 5:21 PM
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HOPEFULLY THIS CRIMINAL FAMILY WILL BE SHOWN THE DOOR! THE UN-POLICE CHIEF NEEDS PRISON, HARSH PENALTIES, FINES and REIMBURSEMENT OF ALL THE BRIDGEPORT RESIDENTS/TAXPAYERS MONIES (PAID FOR NOT WORKING?) BY HIS 'MAYOR GRANDFATHER TO KEEP THE FAMILY HAPPY? THIS COULD BE A MOVIE- IT IS SO INSANE AND CRIMINAL!!! ANYONE HAVE CONTACTS WITH A MOVIE PRODUCER??
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Disgusted
1/4/10 at 4:51 PM
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Dojack and I met once when he was turning his cruiser around in the middle of the 500 block of Howard Street. I sat at the stop sign on the 600 block, wondering why someone was doing that, and then made a left to go home. Next thing I know, Dojack drives past me, then comes back down the street, stops beside my car, where I'm gathering my belongings, to inform me that I didn't stop at a stop sign. Mind you, it was 3am, he was probably expecting to encounter someone drunk. I said "Yes, I did." He said "No, you didn't...." and I looked him in the eyes and said "Yes, I DID." He looks back at his partner while I finished gathering my stuff, and then says to me "Well, just be more careful next time."

I've lived in Bridgeport most of my life. There's two stop signs I encounter on the way to my house and I stopped at both. And all I could think was "What a tool." So, Dojack, I've got some advice for you, my friend: Just be more careful next time!
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AND- WILL HE BE REQUIRED TO RE-PAY HIS SALARY?/
1/4/10 at 12:28 PM
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Whatever the plea agreement- Mr. Dojack and/or his 'MAYOR grandfather' must be required to repay the salary he received during his pending trial. And he must NEVER hold any police authority position ever. THE OHIO VALLEY DESERVES BETTER THAN THIS AND WE MUST DEMAND A RETURN TO 'OUR' VALUE SYSTEM AND STOP ACCEPTING THE CRIMINALS AS THE LEADERS!!
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JaneD
1/4/10 at 12:21 PM
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OMG!!!! does this mean he will get off with just probation and probably keep his job in callarikport aka bridgeport. had to keep his paycheck for building that new house, i wonder if his wife is still working dayturn police dispatcher????? SEEMS ALOT OF CORRUPTION IN THE TOWN OF THE CALLARIKS

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