A Rossford, Ohio police officer resigned in June 2020 after a woman’s Facebook post about messages he sent her went viral, according to the Toledo Blade and WTOL.
Emily, 21, wrote on Facebook that a black truck followed her while she drove home from Planet Fitness. A few hours later, she says she got a direct message from Officer Glenn Goss Jr. It reportedly began with a line about having fun racing her earlier, and it said he had run her license plate through the police database to find her on Facebook. Emily said she was speeding only because someone was following her, not racing.
Emily told the Blade she felt uneasy about it. She said the officer was in his personal vehicle, and she questioned why her plate was searched at all. She felt his actions amounted to stalking and harassment.
City officials placed Goss on administrative leave on Monday. He then resigned before the investigation was finished. Reports said the city concluded his actions called for termination, and that the findings would go into his personnel file. A public response from Goss was not included in the reports available at the time.
The case was handed to the Ohio State Highway Patrol for a criminal investigation, since using a police database for personal reasons is against the law. Rossford Mayor Neil MacKinnon III told the Blade the city wanted the review taken outside the department, calling it the most transparent option.
After Emily’s post spread, another woman named Taylor said she was stopped by Goss for speeding the year before and that he later messaged her on Facebook. Taylor did not reply, and she said he apologized and did not contact her again.
This is where the story stood as of mid June 2020.
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