Ohio: Scott Leland faces prison time for killing Willoughby Police Officer Jason Gresko in OUI wreck

Jason Gresko
Officer Jason Gresko killed in crash caused by Scott Leland

From News-Herald

Scott R. Leland will be sentenced this morning for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed Willoughby Police Officer Jason Gresko.

Leland, 45, previously pleaded guilty in Lake County Common Pleas Court to aggravated vehicular homicide and OVI.

On Sept. 21, Leland was driving southbound on Harmony Lane in Willoughby. At the same time, Gresko was driving northbound with his emergency lights on, responding to Lake Health’s West Medical Center to help another officer with an unruly patient.

Leland, who had drank alcoholic beverages before driving and voluntarily submitted to a blood test after the crash, had a blood alcohol content
of .14, prosecuting attorney Paul Kaplan….MORE

Leland had two kids in his car when he caused officer to die in wreck