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P.G. Sittenfeld asks judge to throw out federal corruption charges Ohio Attorney General asks Supreme Court to begin suspension proceedings against P.G. Sittenfeld By Jennifer Edwards Baker and Chris Riva | December 23, 2020 at 9:59 AM EST - Updated December 23 at 11:43 AM CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Suspended Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld is asking a judge to throw out all the federal corruption charges against him. His lawyer filed a motion to dismiss the case Wednesday morning i...

Body camera use and medical aid delayed Mayor Andrew J. Ginther said at a press conference Tuesday that neither Coy nor another officer who responded but did not fire a weapon turned on their body cameras until after the shooting had occurred.  The body cameras have a 60-second "look-back" feature that captures video, but not audio. This look-back recorded the shooting, indicating the officers turned the cameras on within 60 seconds after the shooting took place.  Ginther and Columbus pol...

The Associated Press COLUMBUS — A police officer who shot and killed a Black man holding a cell phone in Ohio’s capital city early Tuesday did not activate his body camera beforehand, and dash cameras on the officers’ cruiser were also not activated, city officials said. Because of an automatic “look back” feature on the body camera, the shooting was captured on video but without audio, said Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther and the city’s department of public safety. As a result, there...

Sittenfeld files motion to dismiss federal charges against him Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld filed a motion on Wednesday requesting the federal bribery charges against him be dropped, claiming his actions were not criminal but a reflection of his pro-development positions as a councilmember in Cincinnati. Posted at 10:18 AM, Dec 23, 2020 and last updated 2021-02-02 15:01:31-05 CINCINNATI — Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld filed a motion on Wednesday requesting the f...

Sarah Ramsey / WVXU Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld on Wednesday took a procedural first step in his legal fight against federal corruption charges as his attorney filed a motion to dismiss the case against him. The suspended council member has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his attorney Charlie Rittgers has disputed key parts of the case brought by David DeVillers, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. The charges in U.S. District Court allege Sittenfeld acce...

Officer on leave; body camera footage not public yet The officer involved is currently on administrative leave while the investigation continues. He will not return to work until he has been cleared by an independent psychologist, the release states. Ginther said Tuesday afternoon he took the additional step of asking Quinlan to relieve the officer of duty — the equivalent of suspension — based on what he said he saw on the footage.  Quinlan has ordered the officer relieved of duty, requ...

Updated: 5:28 PM EST December 23, 2020 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Mayor Andrew Ginther said a Columbus police officer who fatally shot a Black man early Tuesday morning has been relieved from duty after it was discovered the officer did not turn on his body-worn camera before the incident. Officers responded to Oberlin Drive in northwest Columbus just after 1:30 a.m. after getting a non-emergency call about a man sitting in an SUV, turning it on and off. One of those officers was Adam C...

Mayor: Body cam not activated in police killing of Black man by Andrew Welsh-Huggins, The Associated Press Posted Dec 22, 2020 4:03 pm EDT Last Updated Dec 22, 2020 at 4:14 pm EDT FILE - In this Tuesday, July 28, 2020 file photo, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther makes remarks following the announcement by Columbus City Schools superintendent Talisa Dixon that all students would start the 2020-21 school year online during a news conference at Downtown High School in Columbus, Ohio. The mayor of Ohi...

On Dec. 22, Columbus police responded to a non-emergency disturbance call made by a neighbor on the 1000 block of Oberlin Drive on the citys Northwest Side about a man sitting for an extended period of time in an SUV that was running off and on.  A short time later, the man, identified Wednesday as 47-year-old Andre Maurice Hill, was dead after being shot by a responding officer.  The shooting comes at the end of a year that has seen protests across the nation against racial injustice by...

Column: If BIdens smart, hell keep DeVillers as U.S. attorney The Columbus Dispatch A presidential transition is inbound, like a new weather pattern. But the changing winds could blow away Ohio’s ability to hold corrupt politicos accountable. To forestall that, Joe Biden should keep United States Attorney David DeVillers as the top federal law enforcer in the Southern District of Ohio. There’s compelling precedent for such a decision. President George H.W. Bush maintained President Ronald R...