Enforcement officers were there paying respects to the fallen trooper and mourning with family and friends. The superintendent of the Highway Patrol knew kenny velez for 27 years. He represented well. The velez name, the Highway Patrol, this thin blue line that we talk about, ken evelez represented well. Ken evelez was in the Highway Patrol graduating class the superintendent called the class, but of velez he used the words honor, integrity, sacrifice. Kenny demonstrated all these qualities. You already know these things about ken evelez. For the velez children, their fats it was a hero in uniform and out. Always he was dad, hero on the job, hero at home. My father showed us more are, we still feel the love. There was also love from the brotherhood of the blue line, as the state Highway Patrol superintendent termed it kenny velez a hero of the Highway Patrol. The tributes and the respect for the memory of ohio Highway Patrol trooper Kenneth Velez run deep and wide and long. At the fune
Valez. He was on drugs when the accident happened. Around 1 00 on i90 westbound near warren road. While valez was off the roadway conducting traffic enforcement. There is no way to express the great human being he took. Reporter today hundreds of friends, family and Law Enforcement lined the south lorain streets to welcome home his body from the medical examiners office. He reporter he plans to follow in his godfathers footsteps. You would never in a million years think he would be gone. Here he is now. Reporter the Highway Patrol sergeant assigned to the case is asking the judge to consider a high bond when he goes before a judge in cleveland tomorrow morning. Live in Cleveland Derek waller news channel 5. His records. Heres what we found out. He has a criminal record that dates back to 2007. Charges include drug possession and theft. His driving regard has over a dozen tickets for speeding, not staying in the proper lane, running a ready light, and not wearing a seat belt. Tonight em
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