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Nov. 6, 2024
Kettering attorney indefinitely suspended following criminal convictions: Dayton Daily News
The Ohio Supreme Court indefinitely suspended a Kettering divorce attorney Tuesday for professional misconduct following criminal convictions.
Cleveland Browns don’t oppose Ohio AG’s intervention in lawsuit over team’s move: Cleveland.com
The Cleveland Browns do not oppose the Ohio attorney general’s intervention in a lawsuit the team filed over a state law that imposes restrictions on when and how a taxpayer-funded team leaves a city.
Judge deliberating in trial for Akron murder suspect representing himself: WOIO
The judge presiding over the bench trial for the 33-year-old man accused of murdering an Akron mother in July 2022 got the case Tuesday afternoon.
Dayton man pleads guilty to lesser charges in sexual assault case: Dayton Daily News
A man accused of preventing a woman from leaving unless she had sex with him is facing between three and seven years in prison.
Republicans win all three Ohio Supreme Court races, increasing hold over court to 6-1: Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Republicans have tightened their grip on the Ohio Supreme Court from 4-3 to 6-1 by ousting two incumbent Democratic justices and winning a third, open seat, the Associated Press projects based on unofficial results. Results remain unofficial until they are certified by local county boards of elections and the Ohio Secretary of State.
Licking County Common Pleas Judge David Branstool defeats challenger Matt Kunsman: Newark Advocate
David Branstool defeated Matt Kunsman in the Licking County Common Pleas Court judge race, unofficial preliminary election results show.
Engler wins race for Trumbull Juvenile Court judge: Tribune Chronicle
Attorney Dave Engler has claimed victory in the race for the Domestic Relations and Juvenile Court judge seat in Trumbull County, promising a new era of leadership focused on efficiency, accountability, and the welfare of children and families.
Haupt, Kreitzer cruise to wins in Stark's contested judicial races: Canton Repository
Incumbent Stark County Common Pleas Judge Natalie Haupt handily won a second term, while Matt Kreitzer cruised to a seat as Family Court judge.
Election 2024: Favor, Cheryl Sullivan win Franklin County prosecutor, treasurer races: Columbus Dispatch
Democrat Shayla Favor will become the first woman and first person of color to serve as Franklin County prosecutor after defeating Republican John P.M. Rutan in Tuesday's general election, according to unofficial results.
Nov. 5, 2024
Judges deny appeal from Warren sexual predator: WFMJ
A former Warren man will continue to serve separate, consecutive life sentences in prison after the Ohio 11th District Court of Appeals affirmed that sentence and conviction.
Family of Toledo man killed in 2023 hit-and-run hopes convicted woman receives maximum sentence: WTOL
Reginald "Reggie" Foster Sr.'s 56th birthday celebration two years ago was his last. On July 14, 2023, he was killed in a hit-and-run in central Toledo.
Area Man Sentenced to Nine Years for Fatal DUI Crash in Belmont County: WTRF
A Flushing man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for aggravated vehicular homicide following a fatal crash that claimed the life of local business manager Sunni Rae Scott.
Georgetown man sentenced to over 5 years in prison for Highland County case, judicial sanction: Highland County Press
A Georgetown man was sentenced to three years in prison recently and ordered to serve additional time for violating terms of post-release control after pleading guilty to two charges in Highland County Common Pleas Court.
Trial to begin for Stark County boyfriend accused of killing girlfriend: WOIO
The jury trial for the Plain Township man accused of killing his live-in girlfriend is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Stark County Court of Common Pleas.
After Adam Coy verdict, here's where cases against other central Ohio police officers stand: Columbus Dispatch
A jury convicted former Columbus police officer Adam Coy of murder and other charges Monday in the Dec. 22, 2020, shooting death of 47-year-old Andre Hill.
Nov. 4, 2024
Ohio Supreme Court rejects challenge to Brook Park fire chief appointment: Cleveland.com
The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously determined the new Brook Park fire chief was properly appointed to the job, rejecting a challenge from an interim fire chief who thought his position was permanent.
Former judge advocate general suspended for 2 years after violent outburst: Cincinnati Enquirer
A Warren County attorney was suspended from practicing law for two years after he assaulted two women in an alcohol-fueled violent outburst.
City judge looks to ‘steer clear’ of license suspensions: Tribune Chronicle
Warren Municipal Court Judge Natasha Natale is taking the wheel to help residents with suspended driver’s licenses.
Dayton evictions: Record sealing process gives tenants a ‘fresh start’: Dayton Daily News
Nearly 150 people have filed to have their eviction records sealed since Dayton Municipal Court created a new process this past summer that can shield this information from public view.
'Life without parole': Convicted rapist Earl Whipple to spend rest of his life in prison: Mansfield News Journal
Earl Whipple would have to live at least two more lifetimes before getting out of prison.
Akron man sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to rape of two children: Akron Beacon Journal
An Akron man was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole after he was found guilty of raping two children in his care, the Summit County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release.
Jury in murder trial of ex-Columbus police officer sent home for weekend without verdict: Columbus Dispatch
The jury in the trial of a former Columbus police officer charged with murder in the December 2020 shooting of an unarmed Black man will resume deliberations Monday.
Judge denies Cleveland police officer bond in shooting at Painesville elementary parking lot: Cleveland.com
A Cleveland police officer was ordered held without bond Friday after a shooting in a Painesville Township elementary school that the officer said stemmed from “a mental break.”
Nov. 1, 2024
Toledo attorney disciplined by Oho Supreme Court: Toledo Blade
A Toledo attorney has been disciplined by the Ohio Supreme Court for misconduct in regard to the management of his client trust account.
Ohio Supreme Court upholds 60-year prison sentence in Hamilton County case: Columbus Dispatch
In a 4-3 decision issued Friday, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld a 60-year prison sentence for a man who went on a two-month kidnapping and robbery spree in Hamilton County.
Ohio AG seeks to intervene in Cleveland Browns lawsuit over ‘Modell Law,’ says team is ‘wrong’: Cleveland.com
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s office asked a federal judge on Thursday to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the Cleveland Browns to test the “Modell Law,” a state law designed to stop teams from leaving cities that subsidized them with taxpayer money.
Columbus-based doctor and his firm found guilty of $1.5M state Medicaid fraud: Columbus Dispatch
A Franklin County Common Pleas jury on Thursday found a Columbus-based physician as well as his clinic guilty of fraudulently billing the Ohio Department of Medicaid for $1.5 million in medical equipment that he never ordered, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Thursday.
Independence man pleads guilty to attempted murder of medical worker: Cleveland.com
An Independence man has pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted murder in the stabbing of a medical worker earlier this year.
Mineral Ridge man pleads guilty: Tribune Chronicle
A former Akron police officer faces a potential maximum sentence of 61 to 65 years after pleading guilty to eight felony sex offenses involving a minor, according to the Trumbull County Prosecutor’s Office.
Oct. 31, 2024
Appellate court hears arguments in case over Ohio school district’s transgender bathroom policy: Ohio Capital Journal
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case challenging a Tipp City school district’s bathroom policy that allows students to use the restroom that matches their gender identity.
Appellate court rejects Maumee appeal regarding rental-property ordinance referendum: Toledo Blade
A state appellate court has upheld the inclusion on Maumee’s general-election ballot of a referendum regarding the city ordinance that requires landlords to register rentals and submit to code inspections every three years.
3 vie for soon-to-be-vacant Stark County Probate bench: Canton Repository
A sitting judge, an appeals court mediation attorney and a city law director all want to be Stark County's next probate judge.
Columbus man convicted of fatally shooting estranged girlfriend in face at close range: Columbus Dispatch
A Franklin County Common Pleas Court jury has found a Columbus man guilty of fatally shooting his estranged girlfriend earlier this year.
Rape nets city man 15 years: Tribune Chronicle
A Warren man was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to five counts of rape involving a young girl.
Mother of 1-year-old who shot himself in Harrison Twp changes plea: Dayton Daily News
The mother of a 1-year-old boy who reportedly shot himself while at their Harrison Twp. apartment earlier this year has changed her plea.
East Liverpool man sentenced in stabbing case: WKBN
A man from East Liverpool was sentenced on Tuesday in a stabbing case.
Former Youngstown Schools Dean of Students reaches plea deal in domestic violence case: WFMJ
The former Youngstown City Schools Dean of Students has reached a plea deal in a domestic violence case according to Girard Municipal Court records.
Adam Coy trial: Jury now deliberating if Andre Hill's death was reasonable or murder: Columbus Dispatch
A Franklin County jury began deliberations Thursday to decide whether a former Columbus police officer committed a crime when he fatally shot an unarmed Black man or whether his testimony that he mistook a set of keys for a revolver was a reasonable defense.
West Chester police officer accused of tampering with evidence in death investigation: Cincinnati Enquirer
A former West Chester police officer was indicted Wednesday on four felony charges, including tampering with evidence in a death investigation.
Oct. 30, 2024
Attorney general erred in rejecting title of voting rights proposal: Toledo Blade
The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously found that Attorney General Dave Yost overstepped his authority when he rejected summary language for a proposed constitutional amendment to create a voters’ bill of rights.
Lawyer’s law license suspended indefinitely by court: The Vindicator
The Ohio Supreme Court has ordered that imprisoned attorney Robert J. Rohrbaugh II, 51, serve an indefinite suspension of his law license with credit for 18 months already served of his interim suspension.
Dan Petticord is focus of judicial board complaint filed by opponent Giovanna Scaletta-Bremke: Elyria Chronicle
The Ohio Supreme Court's Board of Professional Conduct on Friday filed a formal judicial complaint against Dan Petticord, a candidate for Common Pleas judge, based on a complaint referred to the board by his opponent, Giovanna Scaletta-Bremke.
Appeals court upholds murder conviction: Tribune Chronicle
The 11th District Court of Appeals has denied the appeal of a man convicted of murder and attempted murder in connection to an April 2023 attack on a man and his girlfriend.
Attorney files 2nd lawsuit involving officials: The Vindicator
Attorney Martin Desmond, the former assistant county prosecutor who filed a petition Oct. 9 asking for a special prosecutor to be appointed to investigate Desmond’s allegations against top county officials, has now filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of Rudzik Excavating Inc. of Struthers.
Two cases net city man 15 to 20 years: Tribune Chronicle
A city man has been sentenced to 15 to 20 years in prison after being convicted on charges of aggravated robbery, felonious assault and trespass in a habitation.
Conrad murder trial begins: Mansfield News Journal
Attorneys delivered opening statements Monday in the trial of a man accused of the stabbing death of a 38-year-old woman.
Separate high-felony cases in Putnam County resolved with reduced charges: The Crescent-News
Separate high-level felony cases here recently were resolved with reduced charges.
Judge to decide if ex-teacher who called himself 'perv' and 'pedo' goes to prison: Cincinnati Enquirer
A Hamilton County judge on Wednesday will announce whether a former elementary school teacher who possessed and traded images and videos depicting children being sexually abused will go to prison.
Plea talks ongoing in fatal hit-skip: The Vindicator
Negotiations continue for a plea deal for a man charged in a fatal hit-and-run in March. Attorneys delivered opening statements Monday in the trial of a man accused of the stabbing death of a 38-year-old woman.
Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge individuals from voter rolls: NPR
Just six days before Election Day, the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Virginia to continue its purge of more than 1,600 individuals from the state's voter rolls.
Oct. 29, 2024
Ohio Supreme Court indefinitely suspends Canfield attorney for fraudulent tax scheme: WFMJ
The Supreme Court of Ohio has issued an indefinite suspension of Robert Rohrbaugh II, a Canfield attorney, due to his involvement in a fraudulent scheme to obtain federal tax refunds.
Blind Jackson Township attorney ready for statewide advocacy role: Canton Repository
James T. Fetter holds a bachelor's degree from Emory University, where he majored in political science and classical studies and earned a master's and a doctorate in the same field of study.
COMMUNITY NEWS: Adoption Day Celebration set at courthouse: The Vindicator
In support of National Adoption Month, Mahoning County Probate Court Judge Robert N. Rusu Jr. and Mahoning County Children Services are co-hosting the 11th annual Adoption Day Celebration Event at 11 a.m. Friday at the Mahoning County Courthouse, 120 Market St., Youngstown.
Man sentenced to life in prison for murder, kidnapping of Ohio infant in 2023: WTOL
A man found out his sentencing Monday, delivered in Seneca County for the 2023 murder and kidnapping of an Ohio infant.
Man gets life for killing ex-girlfriend’s mother: Akron Beacon Journal
A 27-year-old Akron man could serve the rest of his life in prison for his role in the ambush that killed Tina Case.
Kettering man to spend a year of weekends in jail for child sex abuse material: Dayton Daily News
A 62-year-old Kettering man will spend a year’s worth of weekends in jail for having child sexual assault material on his computer.
Zoo exec dubbed 'most egregious' offender gets prison for role in $2.3 million theft scheme: Columbus Dispatch
The last of five former employees of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium was sentenced to five years in prison Monday, ending a 4-year investigation into a nearly $2.3 million theft scheme along with legal maneuvering and prison sentences for the zoo's top executives.
Deal nets guilty plea in Youngstown assault case: The Vindicator
Richard J. Armstrong Jr., 46, who has had numerous evaluations over the past four years to determine whether he is competent to stand trial since he was indicted in September 2020 on aggravated robbery, felonious assault and other charges, accepted a plea agreement Monday.
Former Columbus police officer Adam Coy: 'I thought I was going to die' before shooting: Columbus Dispatch
A former Columbus police officer said he fired four shots at a man coming out of a Northwest Side garage in December 2020 because he was terrified he was going to die.
Republican Central Committee names Brandon Gobrecht full-time Bucyrus law director: Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
Brandon Gobrecht has been selected to be the full-time Bucyrus law director.
Is there a conspiracy at the state teachers' pension fund? Former board member thinks so: Columbus Dispatch
A former teachers' pension board member is suing two other former board members, alleging they are part of a "civil conspiracy" that stymied his quest to investigate the retirement system's failings.
Judge rejects former Cleveland City Councilman Ken Johnson’s request for early prison release: Cleveland.com
A judge on Monday rejected former Cleveland City Councilman Kenneth Johnson’s request for an early release from prison.
Oct. 28, 2024
Sex offender who used Snapchat to lure one of his minor victims gets four years in prison: Zanesville Times Recorder
Former Zanesville man who recently moved to Phoenix, Arizona, returned to Muskingum County to face 18 counts related to porn and sex crimes involving minors in two separate cases.
Defiance woman sentenced in Van Wert domestic violence case: The Crescent-News
A Defiance woman recently entered a plea here in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court to a domestic violence charge in a case that had begun as attempted murder.
Teen found guilty of killing 14-year-old Cleveland boy: WEWS
A 17-year-old was found guilty on multiple charges for the shooting death of Braylon Hardges, according to the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.
Former Ohio school employee guilty of sexually abusing a minor: WCMH
A former Scioto County school employee has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a minor.
Former Columbus police officer Adam Coy will testify in own defense in murder trial: Columbus Dispatch
The jury in the trial of a former Columbus police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man in December 2020 will hear from the officer on Monday.
Northeast Ohio taxpayers have paid at least $24 million in police-shooting settlements since 2016 —even after courts found officers blameless. Why?: Cleveland.com
Akron taxpayers will pay $4.85 million to the family of Jayland Walker, even though a grand jury and an internal police investigation cleared the eight officers who shot him of any wrongdoing.
Akron Civil Rights Commission considers legality of car dealership's grooming policy: Akron Beacon Journal
The Akron Civil Rights Commission is weighing whether a car dealership had the right to ask a salesman to either wear a hat, cut his locks or take another job off the sales floor.
Last minute lawsuits are flying as Ohioans head to the polls: Ohio Capital Journal
As of Friday morning, almost 1.4 million Ohioans had already cast their ballot in this November’s election.
Bicycling 60 miles on his 60th birthday: Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge David Matia raising awareness for a good cause: WKYC
As Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge David Matia celebrates his 60th birthday Friday, he’s also giving back.
Ohio judge strikes down ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban: Cleveland.com
An Ohio judge on Thursday tossed the so-called fetal “heartbeat” law, ruling that the ban is unconstitutional after Ohioans enshrined reproductive rights in the state constitution in 2023.
Man sentenced to least 32 years in prison for burglary, shooting 2 people last year in Licking County: WBNS
Larry Lewis has been sentenced to 25 to 30 1/2 years in prison after being found guilty of multiple drug-related charges, including trafficking and possession of fentanyl and cocaine.
Cleveland Browns file lawsuit against city of Cleveland to test ‘Modell Law’: Cleveland.com
The Cleveland Browns late Thursday filed a lawsuit against the city of Cleveland challenging the “Modell Law,” a state law designed to stop teams from leaving cities that subsidized them with taxpayer money.
Defense reveals new details about Andre Hill shooting during trial of former cop Adam Coy: Columbus Dispatch
Nearly four years after a Columbus police officer fatally shot an unarmed Black man inside a Northwest Side garage, jurors heard new details about the shooting.
Former Columbus police officer says he was mocked for combat injury: WCMH
A former Columbus police officer has filed a lawsuit against the city for discrimination in the workplace.