Biography
Anthony Novak is an Ohio man arrested in 2016 after creating a parody Facebook page about the Parma Police Department. He spent four days in jail, according to the Institute for Justice, and a jury later acquitted him of disrupting public services.
Anthony Novak was arrested in Parma, Ohio, on March 25, 2016 after creating a parody Facebook page about the Parma Police Department. The Institute for Justice reports that he spent four days in jail. He was indicted on April 11, 2016 under Ohio Revised Code § 2909.04(B), and a jury acquitted him on August 11, 2016.
Sources: Institute for Justice case account; district court judgment; 2022 Sixth Circuit opinion.
