BLUE ASH — A retired police lieutenant was arrested during an undercover operation near Cincinnati.
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Officers arrested 58-year-old Keith Schoonover for soliciting prostitution, our news partners at WCPO reported.
Blue Ash police said they were conducting an undercover operation at around 3 p.m. on December 4 at the Holiday Inn Express on Creek Road; Schoonover was arrested “as a result of the investigation,” police said.
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Blue Ash Police Chief Scott Noel said the undercover operation wasn’t specifically aimed at apprehending Schoonover; they didn’t realize who he was until he was arrested, Noel said.
Video from Blue Ash police’s interrogation of Schoonover obtained by WCPO on Friday showed Schoonover’s reaction to the situation.
“I hate that I put you in this spot,” Schoonover told officers. “It was a terrible situation. And like I said, I’ve been a cop for 36 years.”
The Sharonville Police Department said Schoonover was a former employee of the City of Sharonville, who retired in good standing in October.
According to a social media post announcing Schoonover’s retirement, he worked at the department for 31 years.
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