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Cuyahoga County corrections officer Eric Ambler, 41, is being investigated after drunken arrest.

(Sara Dorn, cleveland.com)

CUYAHOGA COUNTY, Ohio -- A Cuyahoga County Jail corrections officer with an extensive discipline history is the subject of an internal investigation after his November arrest in Elyria where he kicked and yelled inside a police cruiser.

Eric Ambler, 41, was charged with disorderly conduct while intoxicated in the Nov. 20 incident and pleaded guilty the following morning in Elyria Municipal Court. He was fined $150, according to court records.

The arrest prompted an internal investigation, Cuyahoga County spokeswoman Mary Louise Madigan said.

Officers were called about 9:30 p.m. to Boomer's Bar on Broad Street to investigate a report of a man with a knife, according to a police report.

The officers encountered the man, later identified as Ambler, who reached into his pocket, the report says. The officers demanded that he show his hands, and they found a six-inch folding knife in his pocket, the report says.

Ambler could not give the officers his name or where he lived. He slurred his speech and appeared drunk, according to the report.

Once officers got Ambler in handcuffs, he became dead weight and wouldn't walk. Officers pulled him into the back seat of a police cruiser, the report says.

Ambler yelled at the officers and told them he was going to "kick their ass," according to the police report. He kicked the plastic divider between the front and back seats of the cruiser on the drive from the bar to the Lorain County Sheriff's Office, the report says.

Corrections officers carried him to the booking room and placed him in a restraining chair, the report says.

Ambler's background includes suspensions and written reprimands, according to letters obtained from the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department:

In July 2015 he was suspended for two days after an incident at the Cuyahoga County Jail. The May 5, 2015 incident involved Ambler and several inmates who were in a conversation. The conversation turned into a physical altercation between three inmates offended by the conversation. The inmates were treated for injuries. The

He was suspended for three days after being arrested Feb. 28, 2015 by the Middleburg Heights Police Department for operating a vehicle while under the influence and carrying a concealed weapon. He was found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.

Ambler failed to properly punch a time clock or sign a time sheets on four days in August 2012. He received a written reprimand.

He received a written reprimand for verbal abuse of fellow employee, sheriff, the public or jail inmate on July 1, 2011.

Ambler received a one-day suspension for absent without official leave on Jan. 19, 2011. He got a one-day suspension for the same violation on Nov. 10, 2011.

He received a written reprimand on Dec. 9, 2010 for absent without official leave.

Ambler received a written reprimand for verbal abuse of fellow employee, sheriff, the public or jail inmate on April 2, 2008.

On Dec. 11, 2006 he received a written reprimand for an attendance violation. Ambler received a working suspension for the same violation on Jan. 16, 2007.

On March 21, 2005, he was suspended for 16 days for using excessive force on an inmate and failure to submit a complete incident report. His report contained no additional details about the altercation.

On December 9, 2004 he was given a written reprimand for failure to comply with a written or verbal from the sheriff or supervisor.

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