LORAIN, Ohio -- Two veteran Lorain police officers are under investigation for separate alleged violations, police said.

Sgt. Jeff Jackson, a 22-year veteran, is being investigated for discrepancies between the time he reported he worked and the hours he actually worked.

Officer Ralph Gonzalez, who joined the department in 1992, is being investigated for reporting that his department-issued Glock handguns were destroyed when his house burned down last year.

Lorain City Councilman Dennis Flores said he received phone calls and emails from residents saying that Gonzalez’s guns, still fully working with serial numbers matching the ones supposedly burned, were found during a recent drug raid.

"We can’t really jump to conclusions until the facts are available," Flores said Wednesday. He said he passed on those comments to Lorain Mayor Chase Ritenauer.

Ritenauer confirmed Wednesday that the police are investigating Gonzalez, who is still working and has not yet had a pre-disciplinary conference.

Lorain’s Safety-service Director R. Michael Fowler and Officer Kyle Gelenius, president of the Lorain Fraternal Order of Police, said Gonzalez has yet to have a pre-disciplinary hearing and is still working.

Gonzalez and police Chief Cel Rivera could not be reached for comment.

On March 5, 2011, a mattress caught fire in Gonzalez’s Sheffield Township house,

. The former homeowner, Joe Strehle, was nearby and tried to put out the fire, but was stopped by Gonzalez and his then- 19-year-old son, the article said. Ammunition set off by the fire delayed firefighters trying to combat the fire.

Sheffield Township Fire Chief Joe Bandagski said the state fire marshal could not determine the cause because of the amount of damage.

Previously, In October 2008,

(see document below) to the Lorain County Sheriff that burglars robbed him of three bottles of liquor and his department-issued Glock. The sheriff’s office couldn’t find the perpetrators.

After the fire, Gonzalez turned burned gun parts over to the police department. The fire also wrecked two magazines for each gun, his bulletproof vest, his uni´ form, badge, Taser, radio and digital camera, he said at the time.

Gonzalez’s colleague Jackson has been on paid administrative leave since June 20, said Flores, who said he also fielded numerous complaints from Lorain residents about the perceived lax punishment from his alleged violations.

"I guess he’s getting paid to do nothing," Flores said, "so people are outraged."

Ritenauer said it is better for the two investigations to be thorough instead of simply fast.

"They will receive due process, rather than just expediency."