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Officer involved in downed-power line incident disciplined

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Gasia Thomas, severely injured after touching downed power lines Gasia Thomas, severely injured after touching downed power lines
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  • Friday, January 18 2013 6:14 PM EST2013-01-18 23:14:12 GMT
    A family is suing three power companies and the city of Cleveland because a 12 year old girl was shocked and permanently disabled by downed power lines. 12-year old Gasia Thomas nearly died last November
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    Jeff Buehner is a soft spoken paramedic whose actions speak loudly. He helped save the life of Gasia Thomas - a 12 year old girl whose heart stopped beating after she touched a downed power line along
    Jeff Buehner is a soft spoken paramedic whose actions speak loudly.  He helped save the life of Gasia Thomas - a 12 year old girl whose heart stopped beating after she touched a downed power line along this street near E. 130 and Iroquois.
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    Reporter Ed Gallek is investigating whether any safety forces had been monitoring the corner where a 12-year-old girl was critically shocked by fallen wires.
    Reporter Ed Gallek is investigating whether any safety forces had been monitoring the corner where a 12-year-old girl was critically shocked by fallen wires.
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) -

The Cleveland Police Union says an officer has received a 20 day suspension for his handling of a case of downed wires near where a child was severely shocked.

Officer Gary Spiegelmeyer pled no contest to administrative charges Wednesday.

Just after Super Storm Sandy Spiegelmeyer got a call to guard downed power lines on Cleveland's east side. He said he was told they were harmless phone wires.

Hours later Gasia Thomas touched downed wires in that same block. She nearly died.

The incident left her permanently disabled.

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