Former Pepper Pike Police Officer Sentenced to Prison for Stalking Ex-Girlfriend

CLEVELAND, OH - Jeffrey Martin, a former Pepper Pike police officer, has been sentenced to spend nearly three years in prison for stalking, impersonating a police officer, and other charges. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Nancy M. Russo sentenced Martin, 56, to 33 months in prison this afternoon.

Martin was indicted last year on multiple charges after an investigation revealed that he stalked a former girlfriend and pretended to still be an officer in an effort to gain additional information about the woman. The crimes happened over a nine month period in 2015.

"This defendant followed the victim practically everywhere she went and even followed her to the police department when she filed the police report," said Attorney General Mike DeWine. "Not only will the defendant be going to prison, but he will also never be a peace officer in the state of Ohio again."

Martin pleaded guilty last month to charges of menacing by stalking, impersonation of a police officer, unauthorized use of a computer, and aggravated trespassing.

The case was prosecuted by attorneys with Attorney General DeWine's Special Prosecutions Section.

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