WARREN TOWNSHIP - A township police officer who was released recently from jail after violating a protection order failed to show for a predisciplinary hearing Friday.
Township law director Mark Finamore said that before any discipline can be given, a person has the right to show up at a hearing and defend himself. Because Anthony Tvaroch failed to show for his hearing before police Chief Thomas Rush, Rush is free to act, Finamore said.
Rush now will recommend to trustees what action they should take against Tvaroch, Finamore said.
Rush did not return messages Friday seeking comment.
The hearing was scheduled because of two protection orders and a burglary charge filed against Tvaroch this summer. He was placed on unpaid leave July 16 after a woman who accused Tvaroch of assaulting her at a bar got a protection order against him.
Tvaroch recently was released from the Trumbull County Jail, where he was being held in lieu of $250,000 bond from Central District Court after he was arrested by Boardman police in August on a charge of violating a protection order that was issued by the Central District Court.
Tvaroch was arrested July 25 at an Anderson Avenue N.E. home in Howland on burglary charges, where he was accused of breaking into the home of another woman who had a protection order against him, only her order had expired.
In May, Tvaroch was placed on indefinite paid administrative leave while police conducted an internal investigation of two domestic disputes reported within two weeks at the Anderson Avenue N.E. home, where Tvaroch was living at the time. That woman was granted a protection order May 3 that required Tvaroch to stay away from her and forbade him from carrying a weapon.
Tvaroch returned to work after the protection order expired but was placed on unpaid leave July 16 after a different woman was granted a civil protection order against him. That woman accused Tvaroch of assaulting her at a bar in February.
Besides the conduct, one of the orders states that Tvaroch cannot carry a firearm, which jeopardizes his job as a police officer, Finamore said.
Finamore said it is expected to take about a week for Rush to complete the necessary paperwork and make his recommendation to the trustees.