Dennis McEaneney

1 month ago | beaconjournal.com | Dennis McEaneney |Bob Downing

Editor's note: This story was originally published on Sept. 24, 1998Former Akron Police Capt. Douglas E. Prade -- who spent part of his career working to keep other officers honest -- is going to prison for the murder of his ex-wife. But Prade, an officer with the Police Department's Internal Affairs Division from 1993 to 1995, didn't accept his conviction easily or silently. "I didn't do this," Prade said, turning to the spectators in the courtroom rather than to Common Pleas Judge Mary Spicer.