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I released a detailed investigative breakdown of the Parma Heights Police Department's incident report from April 20, 2026. This video covers critical details that haven't been widely reported, and I'm correcting a mistake I made early in my coverage.

CORRECTION: I repeatedly mispronounced Officer Christopher D. Rossman's name throughout my initial reporting. He deserves accuracy. His detailed narrative in this report is central to understanding what happened at Valley Forge High School that day.



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KEY DETAILS FROM THE POLICE REPORT:

Officer Christopher D. Rossman arrived 3 minutes after dispatch received the call. He found the suspect on the cafeteria floor with a gunshot wound to the right side of her head. Security Officer Ron Rose had already made the firearm safe.

The officer's narrative describes multiple pieces of paper and envelopes on cafeteria tables that appeared to be suicide notes. One note apologized to custodians for the mess. The envelopes were addressed to assorted other parties.

The property inventory lists six separate letters logged as evidence. The officer's narrative and the formal evidence log use different descriptions—either a documentation discrepancy or the same items described differently.

A backpack with at least two different student ID cards attached was found on another cafeteria table. Neither appeared to match the suspect at first glance. School surveillance video later confirmed the backpack belonged to her. The property inventory for this backpack has three full lines of notes completely redacted—more redacted than almost anything else in the entire report.

WHAT'S BEING WITHHELD:

1. The actual incident report about the social media call received minutes after the shooting. Officer Rossman's narrative references this call but the report itself was not provided by Parma Heights Police.

2. Body camera footage. Ohio law is explicit: body camera is a public record. There is no pending prosecution. There is no criminal defendant. Parma Heights Police checked the box claiming legal justification but provided none.

3. Full contents of the redacted backpack notes.

4. Complete details about what was in the six letters.

THE CRITICAL QUESTION:

When was the social media call received? If somebody called in a tip about the suspect's social media posts BEFORE 2:10 PM and no action was taken, that changes everything about the official narrative.

WHAT I'M PURSUING:

- Every redaction in this report
- The missing social media incident report
- The full body camera footage
- Clarification on Marcy's Law invocations
- School surveillance video confirmation of timeline
- Complete documentation of what was in those letters and that backpack

PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS:

If you have been part of any public records request related to this case, or if you work in Parma Heights government/schools and have information about protocols, timeline, or what was known when—please reach out.

CONTACT:

Information, screenshots, or documentation: scott@theinfamouschief.com

This investigation is ongoing. More details will be released as they become available.

IMPORTANT NOTE ON THE VICTIM:

This investigation is conducted with full respect for the family grieving the loss of their daughter. The focus is on institutional accountability and transparency, not speculation or sensationalism.

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1If you're charged with a crime you didn't commit, you still might take the plea deal. That's not a bug in the system — it's a feature.

Criminal defense attorney Edward F. Cohn has spent 23 years inside courtrooms in Arizona, Michigan, and Massachusetts watching this play out. In this episode of The Infamous Ex-Chief, we break down the trial penalty, why prosecutors make their move before you even step foot in a courtroom, and the hidden long-term consequences of a guilty plea that most defendants never see coming.

Attorney Cohn holds an LLM from Boston University School of Law, a certificate in comprehensive negotiation from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and carries an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell — held by fewer than 10% of attorneys nationwide.

Topics covered:
— What the trial penalty actually is and why it exists
— How early prosecutors push for pleas (and the leverage they use)
— Hidden consequences: employment, housing, firearm rights, immigration — When to fight and when to take the deal
— What Cohn would change about American plea bargaining today
🔗 Contact Atty. Cohn: cohn-justice.com | edwardfcohn@gmail.com | (520) 333-3348

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She was two days from walking into that courtroom.

Dawn Pasela wasn't a random victim. She was the office manager of a federal mortgage fraud task force — handling evidence, organizing discovery, working alongside FBI agents and federal prosecutors every single day.

Then she started seeing what was really happening inside that office.
Fabricated cases. Destroyed computers. A prosecutor sleeping with the government's star witness. Exculpatory evidence buried under 45,000 pages of paperwork. Witnesses threatened. Careers destroyed.

Dawn made a choice. She was going to testify. She was going to blow it wide open.

She never made it to court.

Found dead in her Parma, Ohio apartment — April 25, 2012. Window wide open. Thermostat at 85 degrees. No vomit. No cups. Food still on the stove. Three cell phones at the scene. None collected. Her computer? Gone.
Parma Police called it accidental. No canvas. No security footage pulled. No detectives called. Six officers responded to a welfare check in under a minute and walked away like there was nothing to see.

The prosecutor who had been threatening her announced the cause of death before the autopsy was even finished.

Tony Viola joins me for the full story. We cover everything — the task force, the botched undercover operation, the prosecutorial misconduct, the crime scene that doesn't add up, and the new developments happening right now including the Yale Law School ruling and the missing tapes that multiple court orders have failed to produce.

New to this case? We get you fully up to speed. Been following from the beginning? There are things in this video you haven't heard yet.

I'm Scott Gardner. Former cop. Homicide detective. Chief of Police. I know what a real death investigation looks like.

This wasn't one.

Be loud. Be heard. Shake the system until the truth falls out.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction: Tony Viola & the Dawn Pasela Case
3:16 Who Was Dawn Pasela?
8:34 The Botched Undercover Operation & Tony's Trial
19:14 Prosecutorial Misconduct: Caseres, Clover & the Cover-Up
1:02:01 Dawn's Death: The Crime Scene That Doesn't Add Up
1:13:17 Expert Reviews & Parma's Refusal to Investigate
1:27:26 The Yale Law School Case, the Missing Tapes & What You Can Do

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