Alex Green
Suspended Carroll Township
police Officer William Windnagel’s trial was continued for a second time this
week.
He was granted more time
because he recently switched attorneys, according to his new attorney, Tom
DeBacco.
Windnagel is set to stand trial
in July on a domestic violence charge.
Last November, Ottawa County
deputies were called to Windnagel’s Oak Harbor home, where they found his
then-girlfriend partially clothed and hysterically crying, according to a
deputy’s report.
She told deputies Windnagel
forcefully held her against a couch, demanding to know who she had told about
his extensivepornography collection. A USB drive containing Windnagel’s
pornography was sent to a Toledo crime lab for analysis, the deputy’s report
said.
Investigators
determined the pornography was legal because it did not contain content of minors,
only adults pretending to be children.
Ottawa County Detective Amanda
Cross said the subjects of the pornography acted childish by holding teddy
bears or wearingschoolgirl outfits. Technology at the crime lab was able to
determine the subjects were not children, Cross said.
Windnagel’s original attorney
recently came under fire for allegations of harassment. The victim said the
attorney repeatedly showed up to her workplace, asking her to drop the charges,
according to a Port Clinton police report.
DeBacco said he’s unsure if
this is why Windnagel changed attorneys.
“They were lifelong friends,”
DeBacco said. “They couldn’t work the case out, and (Windnagel) wants to fight
(the case)”
Windnagel is on unpaid leave
with the Carroll Township police department.
Police Chief Jody Hatfield said
he will let the trial play out before any decision is made regarding
Windnagel’s employment. His trial is slated for July 10.
