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Cleveland police officer Paul Juliano is charged with two misdemeanors after a police sergeant saw him drunk and urinating on a residential street Saturday night, according to court documents.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An off-duty Cleveland police officer faces two misdemeanor charges after a sergeant saw him stumble, slur his speech and urinate on a residential street Saturday night, all with a loaded gun strapped to his hip.

Paul Juliano, 57, is charged with having a weapon while intoxicated and public indecency.

Cleveland police Sgt. Robert Dunn said he first saw Juliano at the corner of Rocky River Drive and Larchwood Avenue about 8:50 p.m. Saturday, according to court records. Juliano had glassy eyes, slurred speech, smelled of alcohol and had to lean on vehicles parked on the street to support himself, Dunn wrote in an affidavit.

At one point during Dunn's investigation, Juliano reportedly got out of the car and urinated on the curb in front of a residential housing building. Juliano had a Smith & Wesson model 5943 handgun holstered to his right hip.

A police report referenced in court documents does not list Juliano, but refers to a traffic stop at Rocky River Road and Larchwood Drive from about 8 p.m. in which Howard Kennedy, 54, was charged with drunken driving.

A 911 caller told police that a car was hitting objects at Rocky River Drive and Lorain Avenue. Police caught up to the car a few minutes later.

"Look, I'm just trying to get my buddy home," Kennedy told police as he pointed to his passenger, according to the report."He's drunker than I am."

The report does not name Kennedy's passenger, but police officials confirmed Juliano's charges were related to Kennedy's arrest. Kennedy had trouble standing on his own and refused to take a field sobriety test or a breathalyzer test, the report said.

"Why do I have to take a test? We all know I'm drunk," Kennedy told police.

Juliano is expected to appear in Cleveland Municipal Court at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 4 to face the charges.