Porto added that he is “pretty upset about the way” Sackschewsky was arrested.

“I’ve been in regular contact with law enforcement throughout this entire process,” Porto said. “We’ve been open and up front about everything. We’ve provided documents to them so they didn’t need to subpoena things. They know where he lives. They know where my office is, and nevertheless, he was arrested at 4:30 on a Friday of a holiday weekend, when it’s pretty apparent that I wasn’t going to be able to get in touch with a judge to get a bond set.”

The timing of the arrest means that Sackschewsky “is in jail over the weekend, and he was arrested while he was in the car with his family on the way to Easter with their family,” Porto said. “I think it could have been handled drastically different, and it’s unfortunate that this is how they chose to conduct this.”

The announcement of the arrest was made by Capt. Kerry Mehlin, who heads the Police Department’s criminal investigation division.

Earlier this month, Northwest accepted Sachschewsky’s resignation. He has been on medical leave since a motor vehicle accident last fall.

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