Ex-airport officer accused of sex acts with minor appeals firing

Dayton’s Civil Service Board has upheld the firing of a former airport police sergeant who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor public indecency charge.

The board last month ruled the city of Dayton’s decision to discharge Christopher Mohn was appropriate given that his actions and criminal conviction would impact his ability to do his job.

But Mohn, who worked at the Dayton International Airport, has appealed the board’s decision in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.

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In April 2018, Mohn was indicted for felony gross sexual imposition for alleged sex acts involving a 12-year-old boy in 1998.

In court, the victim said he was sexually molested by Mohn for multiple years.

The accuser claims he was assaulted as many as 30 times when he was a boy and teen in the late 1990s.

In March, Mohn pleaded guilty by bill of information to a lesser, misdemeanor charge of masturbation in the physical proximity of a minor.

He was sentenced to community control for up to five years. Mohn, who was on administrative leave with pay, was fired by the city in May.

In his job at the airport, Mohn at times might be the highest-ranking officer at the aviation facility, and his ability to function in a supervisory role was compromised, according to the Civil Service Board decision.

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His plea agreement also required he surrender his Ohio Police Officer Training Academy (weapon) certification, the board said. Mohn’s job requires he has the ability to possess a firearm.

Ohio law prohibits people from possessing or using a weapon if they are indicted of certain felonies, like gross sexual imposition, which is a third-degree felony, the decision states.

Mohn, 44, was hired by the city as a rehabilitation specialist in 1997.

He worked as a building attendant and became an airport police officer in 2003.

Last week, he filed an administrative appeal challenging the Civil Service Board’s order. His attorney did not immediately return a request for comment.

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