{"id":2653711,"date":"2026-09-02T16:47:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arrest-records-show-dem-candidate-hit-man-at-baseball-game-swallowed-crack-when-confronted-by-cops\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T16:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:50:49","slug":"arrest-records-show-dem-candidate-hit-man-at-baseball-game-swallowed-crack-when-confronted-by-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arrest-records-show-dem-candidate-hit-man-at-baseball-game-swallowed-crack-when-confronted-by-cops\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest Records Show Dem Candidate Hit Man at Baseball Game, Swallowed Crack When Confronted by Cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farrest-records-show-dem-candidate-hit-man-at-baseball-game-swallowed-crack-when-confronted-by-cops%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2653711&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ohio Democratic candidate Brian Poindexter for Congress in the 7th District has two arrest records made public. The first, from January 23, 1998, involves police observing him at age 18 allegedly wave at a car, take small objects from his coat, and attempt to swallow them, resulting in his arrest for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dea-seizes-narcotics-including-crack-cocaine-and-fentanyl-at-bronx-pizzeria\/\" title=\"DEA confiscates crack cocaine and fentanyl at Bronx pizzeria.\">suspected crack cocaine<\/a>.His campaign denies drug use. The second, from August 10, 2013, involves Poindexter, then 34, being arrested for assault after allegedly slapping a man at a Cleveland Indians game, an incident the victim described as unprovoked and possibly linked to intoxication. Poindexter is running against incumbent Republican Max Miller. Old arrests are not convictions, but the records have raised questions during his campaign.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ohio Democrat Brian Poindexter is running for Congress with two old arrest files now in public view.<\/p>\n<p>He is the party\u2019s candidate in the 7th District against Rep. Max Miller, a Republican.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/ohio-democratic-congressional-candidate-arrested-crack-cocaine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Free Beacon<\/a> published police records and an eyewitness account this week.<\/p>\n<p>The first file is dated Jan. 23, 1998, when Poindexter was 18.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland vice officers were watching a corner known for drug traffic at West 91st Street and Denison Avenue, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/98-006665_VSDL_rpt_R-_1_-_1_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incident report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They said they saw him wave at a passing car, then take \u201csmall objects from his coat pocket and put them into his mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An officer ordered him to spit. The report said he started to swallow instead.<\/p>\n<p>The two men went to the ground. The officer recovered \u201ca rock of suspected crack cocaine\u201d near Poindexter\u2019s mouth.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested for drug abuse.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Free Beacon said it is not clear whether prosecutors ever took the case to a conviction.<\/p>\n<p>A Poindexter representative told the site, \u201cAny implication that Brian has used hard drugs is false. Any suggestion otherwise is bulls***.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second case is dated Aug. 10, 2013, at a Cleveland Indians game.<\/p>\n<p>Police pulled Poindexter, then 34, out of the ballpark and arrested him for assault after he allegedly slapped a stranger \u201cfor no known reason,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Rzepka, who lives in the district, told the paper he had watched Poindexter swallow a whole dollar hot dog in one bite and walked over to joke about buying Poindexter another one.<\/p>\n<p>Rzepka said Poindexter seemed drunk, took offense, and \u201csmacked me right across the f***ing face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officers standing nearby grabbed Poindexter and threw him out.<\/p>\n<p>Rzepka said he declined to press charges. He and his son had to change seats after Poindexter yelled from outside the fence.<\/p>\n<p>Rzepka called it an anger problem.<\/p>\n<p>Poindexter is asking 7th District voters to send him to the House. Miller already holds the seat.<\/p>\n<p>Old arrests are not the same thing as a rap sheet of convictions.<\/p>\n<p>The 1998 report describes suspected crack. 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He is the Democratic candidate in the 7th District challenging Rep. Max Miller, a Republican. The Washington Free Beacon released police reports and eyewitness accounts this week. 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