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Police Chief Reportedly Hits Wife 'Upside Head'
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Posted on 10/22/2003 9:18:51 AM PDT by Stew Padasso

Police Chief Reportedly Hits Wife 'Upside Head'

Kostura Spends Two Days In Jail

POSTED: 8:35 a.m. EDT October 22, 2003 UPDATED: 8:43 a.m. EDT October 22, 2003

Story by NewsNet 5

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio -- The Orange Village police chief spent two nights in jail after reportedly hitting his wife during an argument.

The argument Saturday reportedly was over whether he should drink beer or finish painting the house.

Chief Christopher Kostura, 45, denied hitting his wife, but she told officials he hit her "upside the head."

Kostura said he drank three beers and his wife got upset that he wasn't painting. His blood alcohol level was .077 percent.

He pleaded not guilty to domestic violence in court Monday. A preliminary hearing is set for Nov. 4. Kostura was placed on administrative leave, pending an investigation.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: domesticviolence; leo; policechief
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To: Stew Padasso
I demand hand control!
21 posted on 10/22/2003 9:51:57 AM PDT by ItsOurTimeNow ("Forth now, and fear no darkness!")
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To: rolling_stone
Yep, and that is wrong too.
22 posted on 10/22/2003 9:54:51 AM PDT by CSM (Congrats to Flurry and LE!)
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To: CSM
Don't drink too much of that paint, it doesn't digest very well.
23 posted on 10/22/2003 10:00:50 AM PDT by Old Professer
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To: Stew Padasso
Hold muh paint whiles I drinks my beer.
24 posted on 10/22/2003 10:06:20 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody got a peanut.....)
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To: Stew Padasso
What's wrong with drinking beer WHILE painting the house?

Carolyn

25 posted on 10/22/2003 10:09:36 AM PDT by CDHart
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To: CSM
Thank God I am still single and don't have to deal with this stuff. I can drink beer, paint or anything I want on my own schedule.

Paint the damned house or I'm smacking you upside the head.

26 posted on 10/22/2003 10:09:41 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
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To: Stew Padasso
There's an advertising campaign going on in my region, "Commit domestic abuse, lose your guns," or something to that effect. Will this Barney Fife lose his guns, I wonder?
27 posted on 10/22/2003 10:09:45 AM PDT by mountaineer
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To: Old Professer
Ha, ha. I thought using a verb would be acceptable. (drink, paint, do) Main Entry: 1paint Pronunciation: 'pAnt Function: verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old French peint, past participle of peindre, from Latin pingere to tattoo, embroider, paint; akin to Old English fAh variegated, Greek poikilos variegated, pikros sharp, bitter Date: 13th century transitive senses 1 a (1) : to apply color, pigment, or paint to (2) : to color with a cosmetic b (1) : to apply with a movement resembling that used in painting (2) : to treat with a liquid by brushing or swabbing 2 a (1) : to produce in lines and colors on a surface by applying pigments (2) : to depict by such lines and colors b : to decorate, adorn, or variegate by applying lines and colors c : to produce or evoke as if by painting 3 : to touch up or cover over by or as if by painting 4 : to depict as having specified or implied characteristics intransitive senses 1 : to practice the art of painting 2 : to use cosmetics
28 posted on 10/22/2003 10:09:57 AM PDT by CSM (Congrats to Flurry and LE!)
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To: Lazamataz
Na, I am just going to drink the paint!
29 posted on 10/22/2003 10:21:55 AM PDT by CSM (Congrats to Flurry and LE!)
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To: Hegewisch Dupa
Never really saw the two as mutually exclusive

They're not...although my house now looks like a giant can of Busch laying on it's side.

Quite attractive, I must say.

FMCDH

30 posted on 10/22/2003 10:26:29 AM PDT by nothingnew (The pendulum is swinging and the Rats are in the pit!)
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To: nothingnew
I love your work on storage tanks....


31 posted on 10/22/2003 10:31:05 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: CSM
Date: 13th century transitive senses 1 a (1) : to apply color, pigment, or paint to

It surely looks as though it is used as a noun here.

32 posted on 10/22/2003 10:32:42 AM PDT by Old Professer
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To: Old Professer
Sure. It can be used as a noun or verb. If I used it as a verb, then didn't I use it correctly. If I used it as a noun, I would be drinking it!
33 posted on 10/22/2003 10:34:20 AM PDT by CSM (Congrats to Flurry and LE!)
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To: Stew Padasso
He's a police chief? Not for very long if he is convicted of domestic violence. I think it is the Federal Violence Against Women act that prohibits anyone convicted of even misdemeanor domestic viloence from owning a handgun. Also if she pulls a restraining order on him, he also cannot posess a gun.
34 posted on 10/22/2003 10:46:27 AM PDT by clamboat
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To: CSM
Maybe this story has caused police departments to be a bit jumpy about police chiefs (or any of its members) and claims of domestic violence. Also, there may be more to this story that his pals in the force are aware of and the press isn't. They took his gun from him. See this story.
35 posted on 10/22/2003 11:00:23 AM PDT by hotpotato
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To: Stew Padasso
The argument Saturday reportedly was over whether he should drink beer or finish painting the house.

Gee I wonder who took what side.

36 posted on 10/22/2003 11:21:43 AM PDT by MattAMiller
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To: Hegewisch Dupa
Thank you. My neighbor is a Bud drinker and has just asked me if I would paint his house...my prices are very reasonable. Contact idrinkbeer@beerhomes.beer

FMCDH

37 posted on 10/22/2003 11:56:29 AM PDT by nothingnew (The pendulum is swinging and the Rats are in the pit!)
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