Felony Charges Against Gramza Dropped By Mike Leischner
Feb 18, 2021 11:19 AM
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) A judge has thrown out all felony charges against Marshfield Police Chief Rick Gramza.
The visiting Portage County judge handling the case says there’s not enough evidence to bring three counts of misconduct in public office with the use of excessive authority against Gramza. Leaving a misdemeanor count of 4th-degree sexual assault and disorderly conduct on the docket.
Gramza will return to court on those charges on March 22nd. He has entered a not guilty plea to those counts.
Charges in the case stem from accusations brought forward by a female member of the Marshfield Police Department who says Gramza made unwanted sexual contact with her, dating back six years. Gramza has said that the contact was consensual.
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MARSHFIELD In a new video released by the Massachusetts Chief of Police Association, Marshfield Police Chief Phil Tavares tells the story of his fathers death, the police brutality that led to it and how he went from being anti-police to the head of a department.
The video, posted to the Massachusetts Police Chiefs and Marshfield Police Department’s social media channels Tuesday, Tavares tells the story of an event from his early life that spurred his career in law enforcement: a brutal, 1987 assault on his father by police officers that ultimately killed him.
After Phil Tavares Sr. failed to leave the home of his second wife, who had a restraining order against him, police responding to the scene placed him under arrest before beating and kicking him, pulling his hair and slamming his head on a heater. Tavares Jr. bailed his father out of jail the next morning and took him straight to the hospital.