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Is There Finally Some Agreement On The Need For Bail Reform In Ohio?
By: Foluki Omosun | WKSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKSU) — In the early 1980s, Robin Turner got caught up in the world of drugs. She was arrested and incarcerated pending trial until her brother helped her post bond. “I lost my housing. I had to pack up and move and move back in with my mom,” she said. Today, she is… Read More
‘This Is How I’m Going To Die’: Police Sergeant Recalls The Terror Of Jan. 6
By: Barbara Sprunt | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — In gripping emotional testimony, U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell recounted the “horrific and devastating” violence of Jan. 6 during the first hearing of the select committee investigating the insurrection. “My fellow officers and I were punched, pushed, kicked, shoved, sprayed with chemical irritants, and even blinded with eye-damaging lasers by a… Read More
Chillicothe Man Found Guilty Of Rapes In Athens
By: Curtis Feder
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – A Chillicothe man could spend nearly three decades in prison after being convicted Friday of raping two women in Athens. Grant Sims, 25, formerly of Athens, was indicted in February of last year on four counts of rape. He was also charged with theft and identity fraud. Three college-aged women came… Read More
Advocates Face Challenges In Reforming Ohio’s Sentencing Laws
By: Nahla Bendefaa | WKSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKSU) — The number of offenses for which someone can be charged with a felony in Ohio has increased more than five-fold since the 1970s. And advocates say criminal sentencing remains uneven and tough to navigate. Ohio’s legislators have been passing bills to help people after they leave prison, but little is being… Read More
FirstEnergy Charged In House Bill 6 Scandal, Agrees To $230 Million Penalty
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — FirstEnergy will pay $230 million after entering into a deferred prosecution agreement over charges that the company bribed then-House Speaker Larry Householder and former Public Utilities Commission chair Sam Randazzo. The company admitted it “conspired with public officials and other individuals and entities”, according to a release from Acting… Read More
Cuyahoga County Gun Court Seeks New Ways To Stop Gun Violence
By: Matt Richmond | ideastream
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (ideastream) — Officially, the new docket in Administrative Judge Brendan Sheehan’s Cuyahoga County courtroom is called the violence intervention program. Unofficially, it’s the gun docket. Sheehan got into the details of their lives with several of the program’s participants during recent hearings, asking each: Where are they working? Are they getting their high… Read More
‘Collin’s Law’ Signed To Stiffen Hazing Penalties In Ohio
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Tougher criminal penalties for hazing in Ohio will take effect this fall, nearly three years after the death of the college student for whom the law is named. Gov. Mike DeWine signed “Collin’s Law” on Tuesday. It’s named for Collin Wiant, an Ohio University student who died in 2018. Momentum for… Read More
Six Months After Capitol Riot, 46 From Ohio Valley Face Charges
By: Jeff Young | Suhail Bhat | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — The January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol left five people dead and caused an estimated $1.5 million in damage to the Capitol building. In the six months since then, federal authorities say, about 470 people have been arrested in nearly every state, including at least 46 people in the Ohio Valley…. Read More
Trump’s CFO Turns Himself In Ahead Of Expected Criminal Charges
By: Andrea Bernstein | Ilya Marritz | NPR
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The charges by the Manhattan district attorney’s office are expected to come Thursday after a three-year investigation into the business dealings of the Trump Organization, NPR has confirmed.
Mother Accused Of Covering Up Family Sexual Abuse Pleads Not Guilty
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — An Athens woman accused of trying to hinder investigations into alleged sexual abuse of her children pleaded not guilty to several felony charges Wednesday. Deborah Bellar, 49, was placed under a $1 million bond. She was arrested Tuesday after indictments were issued against her, her husband and two of her sons…. Read More
Nelsonville Teen Admits To Shooting Death Of Another Boy
By: WOUB News TeamBy: WOUB Staff reports
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A 14-year-old Nelsonville boy admitted in court Tuesday that he killed another boy while playing with a gun. Meanwhile, the boy’s father, Donald Platt, 37, was indicted Tuesday on charges of involuntary manslaughter, endangering children and tampering with evidence. The accused boy was charged Friday with reckless homicide in connection with… Read More
Family Of Previously Missing Girl Face Charges Related To Sexual Abuse
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Four family members of a previously missing Athens County girl were indicted Tuesday on multiple felony charges that include rape and child endangerment. Serah Bellar, originally of Amesville, was reported missing in April 2020, a few weeks before her 17th birthday. She resurfaced a little over three weeks ago through a… Read More
‘Monster’: 7 Life Sentences For Ex-VA Hospital Worker In Deaths
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former nursing assistant has been sentenced to seven consecutive terms of life in prison for injecting seven elderly veterans with fatal doses of insulin. Reta Mays was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Mays didn’t say why she did it before being sentenced on seven counts of… Read More
Sentencing Set In Insulin Injection Deaths Of 7 VA Patients
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sentencing is set this week for a former nursing assistant who admitting to killing seven elderly veterans with fatal doses of insulin at a West Virginia hospital. What remains a mystery is what provoked Reta Mays to commit the crimes. Mays pleaded guilty last year to intentionally killing the patients with… Read More
Man Pleads Guilty In Fatal Shootings Of Rhoden Family
By: Mark Gillispie | Kantele Franko | AP
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WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A man pleaded guilty in the murders of his child’s mother and seven other members of her family on Thursday, the fifth anniversary of when the shootings were discovered in southern Ohio. Edward “Jake” Wagner pleaded guilty to 23 counts in Pike County court in a deal with prosecutors that spares him… Read More
Third Person Sentenced In Death Of Woman Struck By Log
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A third person has been sentenced in the death of a woman killed when she was struck by a log that two teenage boys had pushed off a cliff at an Ohio state park. Miranda Spencer received a suspended 90-day jail sentence Tuesday after she pleaded guilty to obstructing official business,… Read More
Man Gets 30 Years To Life In Deaths At Medical Center
By: Associated Press
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LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to killing two people by driving a pickup truck into the lobby of an Ohio medical center a year and a half ago has been sentenced to 30 years to life in prison. Forty-six-year-old Raymond Leiendecker of Baltimore, Ohio, pleaded guilty last month to two counts… Read More
Former Pike County Sheriff Gets 3 Years Prison For Theft
By: Associated Press
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WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A former Pike County sheriff who rose to prominence for the investigation of the execution-style slayings of eight family members was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for theft in office and other charges. Charles Reader, 47, sobbed and begged Visiting Judge Patricia Cosgrove for mercy during his sentencing… Read More
Senators Urge Creation Of State Commission To Combat Violence Against Asian Americans
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A shooting spree in Georgia left eight people dead, most of whom are of Asian descent. Leaders in Ohio say this is just the latest example of the uptick in violent acts occurring against Asian American and Pacific Islanders since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and legislators say they… Read More
An Old Debate Renewed: Does The U.S. Now Need A Domestic Terrorism Law?
By: Greg Myre | NPR
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With all the talk about domestic terrorism, you might assume there’s a law against it. There’s not. The storming of the Capitol has again raised the question about whether one is needed.
Former Nelsonville Deputy Auditor Indicted On Additional Theft And Corruption Charges
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – The former deputy auditor in Nelsonville pleaded not guilty to new felony charges related to theft while in office after previously pleading guilty to similar charges. Stephanie Wilson, 47, of Stewart, was arraigned Thursday in Athens County Common Pleas Court after being indicted on a felony charge of engaging in a pattern… Read More
Former Parkersburg City Councilman Charged In Jan. 6 Attack On U.S. Capitol
By: Dave Mistich | WVPB
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Updated Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WVPB) — A third West Virginian has been charged and arrested for taking part in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Former Parkersburg City Councilman Eric Barber appeared in federal court Wednesday afternoon in the Southern District of West Virginia for an initial… Read More
Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty To Improper Shipping Of Nuclear Waste
By: Associated Press
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man charged with illegally dumping low-level nuclear waste at an Estill County landfill has pleaded guilty in federal court to two charges of shipping the waste without the proper labeling. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Cory David Hoskins faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up… Read More
Report: Ohio Lawmakers Still Propose Too Many Crime Bills
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A report finds that nearly one of every 10 bills introduced by Ohio lawmakers during the last legislative session were criminal justice-related and at odds with efforts to reduce the state’s prison population. The American Civil Liberties Union Ohio chapter conducted the review, part of an ongoing analysis. The “Statehouse to… Read More
Arrest Made In Suspected Catalytic Converter Theft Ring
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A monthslong investigation into a rash of catalytic converter thefts in Athens County led to an arrest last week. David L. Willison of Chauncey was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday on a charge of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. Willison, 45, was arrested Thursday. He was arraigned Friday… Read More
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