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Niles police officer files federal suit against the city and his former chief

NILES, Ohio - A Niles police officer has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the city and his former chief.

Robert Ludt filed the suit Friday claiming the city of Niles failed to enforce a noise ordinance.

Ludt also claims former chief Bruce Simeone instructed officers to ignore violations at McMenamy's on Route 422.

Ludt alleges Chief Simeone is a friend of McMenamy's owner Robert Leonard and issued a written reprimand to officer Ludt to discourage him from trying to enforce the noise ordinance.

Officer Ludt lives about a quarter of a mile from McMenamys, which has been the target of noise complaints over the past few years.