ZPD officer arrested for allegedly firing gun from vehicle driven by former sergeant
Officer Charles Lewis stands outside a patrol vehicle during an incident in Downtown Zanesville in September.
February 3, 2020
A Zanesville police officer was arrested over the weekend for allegedly firing a gun from a vehicle driven by a former police sergeant while both were intoxicated.
According to a release from the Licking County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received reports of a person shooting a gun from the passenger side window of a moving vehicle in the area of SR 16 and Marne Road around 4:55 p.m. Saturday.
Deputies in Muskingum County later located the vehicle and stopped it near Kearns Drive.
Inside were current patrolman Charles Lewis, 34, and former Zanesville police officer Jarred Miracle.
Miracle had previously been demoted to patrolman before resigning from his position for a new job in September. Lewis has most recently been on medical leave after breaking his hand during a struggle with a man during an arrest on Jan. 3. Zanesville Police Chief Tony Coury said Lewis remains on leave at this time.
Miracle, who was driving the vehicle at the time of the stop, was arrested by the Ohio State Highway Patrol for OVI but not taken to jail. Lewis was taken to the Licking County Sheriff’s Office for questioning and later booked for discharging a firearm on prohibited premises, a third-degree felony, and using weapons while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
Officers searching the vehicle located two firearms and several spent shell casings inside.
Zanesville Police Chief Tony Coury and Mayor Don Mason could not comment further pending investigation.
Shannon Dixon • Feb 19, 2020 at 1:07 pm
Not all cops are bad but, Miracle was! The false charges I was arrested on and forced to plea out on because I couldn’t afford an attorney should be removed from my record. He had me in the back seat of the car and stopped in the middle of Maple Ave to talk to a truck in front of us. Was he planning to do something? Was the truck the other officer in this article? I think all cases need reviewed that involves either officer.
Jon D.O.A. • Feb 8, 2020 at 12:55 pm
ZPD officer’s have drooled over the guilty who tell them anything about anyone else to get released after 72 hours. They go set up innocent people who are unsuspecting like myself.
I was Plant supervisor of operations and production for Ridge Corporation a year and a half ago. A father and remodeling 2 houses in Zanesville.
But I rented my 2nd vehicle to a woman who was imprisoned for having the largest weapons and ammo seizure, in my rented vehicle. I had no keys (one set of key)s and was out of town also.
She convinced ZPD everything was mine. I looked like a king pen drug dealer. But I was not. I had a career and made a salary of a thousand dollars a week. ZPD only saw a couple of vehicle’s, remodel houses, and nobody saw that the other’s were the only one’s who were into guns and drugs.
I lost my career, 40 thousand dollars in vehicles, all my belongings, the city mysteriously and suddenly condemned both of my remodel houses and set them to be torn down.
I was faced with investigations and officer’s dead set on arresting me while the guilty were released and seemed to go right back to criminal activity and ZPD seemed to be oblivious to their constant terrorizing people.
So then the poisonous seed was planted. I refuse to be arrested for anything other than renting out my Jeep Patriot. I rented it out vacuumed and washed. Take the stuff out, vacuum and wash my Jeep and return it with an apology.
No the poisonous seed was planted and brought forth rotten fruit that I refuse to acknowledge.
These officers have attempted to and made it clear that I will be killed. I watched them beat a friend in hand cuffs. I have resisted and refuse to be captured cuz I don’t believe god will let me spend life in prison for something I didn’t do. But blindly ZPD has believed I definitely deserve to be in prison for the rest of my life and haven’t bothered to investigate or consider anything other than that fairytale bullshit story about the guy with a couple of new cars and a couple of cheap houses he was remodeling. But it sounded good so case closed.
I have plenty of evidence and situations that ZPD has, is, and will try to kill me. I’ve been shot in the back, broke my leg jumping out a 2nd story window from them, tried running me over. Senseless violence against me who was innocent.
I’m going back to running for my life now for almost 2 years.
Whiteboy
Russ kessler • Feb 4, 2020 at 11:09 pm
What gives. Felonies by both cops. As they were together. When crimes drunk and with guns . Wow. I think the prosecutor in this case also needs gone. Mister trooper. Why not both to be charged with felonies? If you just driver in bank robbery .or a murder both changed with same crimes. Just being together when crimes were done. Justice . People demand it. By all involved . Thanks.
Jackie kelso • Feb 4, 2020 at 1:53 pm
My opinion, ZPD thinks they are above the law, at least most of them think they are. I dont care what they stop you for, attitude immediately. If they dislike the job that much they need to find another one!!
Daniel Jones • Feb 3, 2020 at 9:07 pm
Somehow I think charges for a cutu,en not connected with the Dept would be worse.
I really hope to hear the outcome of these charges.
This conduct was so unbecoming that a slap on the wrist is a slap in the face of the citizens who give this guy a paycheck!
Cop Watcher • Feb 3, 2020 at 9:02 pm
Why is it that some police officers think they’re above the law? The vast majority of cops in this county are good cops, but every now and then, there comes one idiot to make all the others look bad. This time though, there were two.
Sharon Saxton • Feb 3, 2020 at 8:33 pm
Not taken to jail? Of course protect your own!!
Citizen would go to jail and car impounded. Both should be jailed and charged. Regular citizens would have been. Evidently the good ole boys law applies.
Tim • Feb 3, 2020 at 7:49 pm
Unacceptable!! They should be setting an example, the judge needs to throw the book at both of them!