PARMA, Ohio - A former Parma police sergeant wanted for tampering with records

and falsification turned himself into police Tuesday.

David Ferrante resigned in May when police discovered during another investigation that Ferrante had lied on his application to cover up being colorblind, according to Detective Thomas Connor, spokesman for the Parma Police Department.

When Ferrante applied for the job in 1994 his former father-in-law found out which company was administering the police department, took the color blind portion of the test and then gave Ferrante the answers, Connor said.

Ferrante was hired in January 1995 and promoted to sergeant in August 2006. He was a police officer in Kent before being hired by Parma.

Ferrante is scheduled to appear in Parma Municipal Court on Jan. 10 for a preliminary hearing.