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A former police officer in Columbus, Ohio, has been indicted on murder charges in the August 2022 killing of a Black man who was fatally shot in bed while the police tried to serve a felony warrant. Nearly a year after the fatal encounter, a Franklin County grand jury on Friday handed up the indictment […]
FILE – Then-Ohio Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges participates in a question-and-answer session in Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 11, 2016. Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges, a former chair of the Ohio Republican Party, were both convicted in March of a single racketeering charge each, after a six-week trial. Borges is scheduled […]
When sentencing former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder on Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Black blasted the Perry County Republican for abusing the public trust, lying on the witness stand and failing to take responsibility. Black gave Householder a verbal thrashing as reporters scribbled down his remarks. He sentenced
“Beyond financial greed, I think you just liked power,” U.S. District Judge Timothy Black said. “You weren’t serving the people. You were serving yourself.” Householder expressed no remorse for leading an extensive bribery scheme at the Ohio Statehouse but instead focused on the harm a prison sentence would impose on his relatives and loved ones. […]
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