Punxsy Police Officer Fired
A Punxsutawney police officer has been fired after a man who was picked up for public drunkenness died in a police cruiser.
Mayor James Wherle says he can't comment on Brian Andrekovich's firing because the officer has the right to appeal the decision.
48-year-old Stephen Obbish was found dead in the car on August 15, five hours after he was picked up.
A coroner says Obbish died from a combination of his own medications and a blood-alcohol content nearly four times the legal limit.
The state attorney general is investigating Obbish's death.
Mayor James Wherle says he can't comment on Brian Andrekovich's firing because the officer has the right to appeal the decision.
48-year-old Stephen Obbish was found dead in the car on August 15, five hours after he was picked up.
A coroner says Obbish died from a combination of his own medications and a blood-alcohol content nearly four times the legal limit.
The state attorney general is investigating Obbish's death.
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