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BLOOMINGTON — A two-day hearing on the termination of a Bloomington police officer investigated for an incident involving a special-needs child at Stevenson School has concluded. A ruling could come before summer.

The Bloomington police union filed a grievance in June challenging the termination of then-officer Scott Oglesby. The first grievance arbitration hearing took place Jan. 30, the second on Monday.

Bloomington city attorney Todd Greenburg said each side has until April 20 to file post-hearing briefs with independent arbitrator Jeanne Vonhoff of Chicago. Vonhoff then has 30 days to announce her binding decision.

Oglesby had been placed on paid leave following a Dec. 21, 2010, incident at Stevenson Elementary School. Police reports obtained by The Pantagraph said Oglesby lifted a 7-year-old student by the throat. The officer was at the school for another incident and went into a room where the child was having a seizure, a condition his parents said causes him to scream and throw a tantrum.

Police reports said Oglesby told the boy he was giving him a headache, then picked up the child by the neck. Oglesby then grabbed the boy by the arm, lifted him over his shoulder and carried him to the principal’s office where, according to one witness, he “threw” the boy into a chair.