By Associated Press - Friday, January 27, 2017

CLEVELAND (AP) - Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH’-guh) County prosecutors say authorities seized more than 60 guns from a Cleveland police officer charged with raping and pistol-whipping his girlfriend.

Cleveland.com reports (https://bit.ly/2k81ji2 ) a weapons cache of 67 firearms - including 50 handguns, five assault rifles, an Israeli Uzi submachine gun, seven long rifles and four shotguns - was recovered from an address associated with 51-year-old Officer Tommie Griffin III.

Griffin has been charged with rape, felonious assault and kidnapping in connection with a domestic violence attack on his 40-year-old girlfriend at their home in Parma earlier this month.



Police say Griffin and his victim had a volatile relationship and the attack came about a day after he found her with another man.

Griffin remains jailed despite his attorney’s claims that he isn’t a flight risk.

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Information from: cleveland.com, https://www.cleveland.com

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