Portage County deputy convicted of felony after 2024 altercation

A Portage County Sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty to a fourth-degree felony charge of attempted abduction related to an April 2024 altercation outside a Hinckley bar.

During the late-night incident, Daniel Lajack and a fellow police officer, who were both off duty, forced a man outside the bar, where the friend put the man in a leglock on the ground. At...

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