City of Kettering v. Hollen

As a general proposition, an extraterritorial arrest by a municipal police officer for an alleged misdemeanor is not authorized under existing Ohio law.1 In this case, the ap*234pellant contends that the arrest is authorized because the arresting process commenced while the defendant and the officer were still within the officer’s municipality, i.e., the city of Kettering. The appellant contends alternatively that, assuming, arguendo, the unlawfulness of the arrest, the sanction of exclusion does not apply with respect to the officer’s testimony regarding the defendant’s actions after the arrest…