TIFFIN, Ohio — Off-duty Tiffin Police Detective Shawn Vallery pleaded guilty Friday to operating a vehicle while under the influence and failure to control, resolving charges stemming from a single-vehicle crash on Circular Street in March, according to Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court records.
Vallery entered guilty pleas on April 24 in two of three cases filed against him. A second OVI count — filed separately as a breath-test charge — was dismissed by plea agreement.
On the OVI conviction, Judge Robert Hart sentenced Vallery to 30 days in jail, suspending 27 of those days. Vallery received credit for 3 days already served and was credited with completing a Driving Intervention Program in lieu of the remaining jail time. He was placed on two years of probation under conditions that prohibit him from entering bars, consuming alcohol, using illegal drugs or marijuana, and require random drug and alcohol testing and completion of a formal drug and alcohol assessment and follow-up.
Vallery was fined $865, with $300 suspended, and assessed $532 in court costs. A payment plan is in place; a fines hearing is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. September 4. His administrative license suspension was terminated by the terms of the plea agreement, and he was approved to apply for restricted driving privileges.
On the failure-to-control charge, Vallery pleaded guilty and was fined $50, which court records show was paid the same day.
Vallery, a detective with the Tiffin Police Department, was identified as the driver following a crash at approximately 10:07 p.m. on March 16 in the 200 block of Circular Street. Officers determined the vehicle had struck two parked cars, with airbags deployed. Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers, requested by Chief David Pauly to ensure an independent investigation, collected a breath sample registering a blood alcohol concentration of .153 — nearly double the legal limit of .08.
The department’s internal investigation, which concluded before the court proceedings, determined that departmental policy was violated. Pauly previously stated that “appropriate and significant disciplinary action has been taken.”
TIFFIN, Ohio — Off duty Tiffin Police Detective Shawn Vallery pleaded guilty Friday to operating a vehicle while under the influence and failure to control, resolving charges stemming from a single vehicle crash on Circular Street in March, according to Tiffin Fostoria Municipal Court records. Vallery entered guilty pleas on April 24 in two of three cases filed against him. A second OVI count — filed separately as a breath test charge — was dismissed by plea agreement. On the OVI conviction, Judge Robert Hart sentenced Vallery to 30 days in jail, suspending 27 of those days. Vallery received credit for 3 days already served and was credited with completing a Driving Intervention Program in lieu of the remaining jail time. He was placed on two years of probation under conditions that prohibit him from entering bars, consuming alcohol, using illegal drugs or marijuana, and require random drug and alcohol testing and completion of a formal drug and alcohol assessment and follow up. Vallery was fined $865, with $300 suspended, and assessed $532 in court costs. A payment plan is in place; a fines hearing is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. September 4. His administrative license suspension was terminated by the terms of the plea agreement, and he was approved to apply for restricted driving privileges. On the failure to control charge, Vallery pleaded guilty and was fined $50, which court records show was paid the same day. Vallery, a detective with the Tiffin Police Department, was identified as the driver following a crash at approximately 10:07 p.m. on March 16 in the 200 block of Circular Street. Officers determined the vehicle had struck two parked cars, with airbags deployed. Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers, requested by Chief David Pauly to ensure an independent investigation, collected a breath sample registering a blood alcohol concentration of .153 — nearly double the legal limit of .08. The department's internal investigation, which concluded before the court proceedings, determined that departmental policy was violated. Pauly previously stated that "appropriate and significant disciplinary action has been taken."
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