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Cincinnati Council Member Wendell Young reached a plea agreement for a misdemeanor charge in a case related to the "Gang of Five" situation in 2018.

On Wednesday, Wendell Young pled to a second-degree misdemeanor charge of tampering with evidence connected with the 2018 Gang of Five scandal.

Six Cincinnati City Council members decided fellow Councilman Wendell Young had to go, but Wednesday their votes fell one short of the total needed to

Cincinnati City Council voted Wednesday not to suspend Council Member Wendell Young following his April indictment on a tampering with evidence charge related to the 2018 "Gang of Five" scandal.

A Cincinnati City Council vote to suspend indicted councilmember Wendell Young has failed.

Who can vote on Young’s suspension from council? Ohio Ethics Commission urged to step in Brian Planalp © Provided by WXIX Cincinnati Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Cincinnati Vice Mayor Chris Smitherman wants the Ohio Ethics Commission to decide which City Council members may vote on the suspension of fellow council member Wendell Young, who is charged in a public records dispute over text messages that arose in 2018. Smitherman submitted a fo...

View Comments There are no provisions in the Cincinnati Charter that address what should happen if an elected official is charged with a crime. But under state rules. either the state attorney general or prosecutor – in this case Hanley – can move to suspend an elected official who has been charged with a crime. Cincinnati voters approved a Charter Amendment last week that would allow Cincinnati City Council, with a vote of seven members, to suspend a council member. But that does not go in...

Special prosecutor asks Ohio Supreme Court to suspend Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young A special prosecutor asked the Ohio Supreme Court earlier this week to initiate suspension proceedings against Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young following his felony indictment. By Jennifer Edwards Baker | May 12, 2021 at 2:22 PM EDT - Updated May 12 at 5:15 PM CINCINNATI (FOX19) - A special prosecutor tells FOX19 NOW he has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to initiate suspension proceedings ...

View Comments The Indian Hill man who owns Used Car Supermarket was sentenced Tuesday to 12 months in prison for tax fraud and other charges. Greg VanDemark, 65, was found guilty at a jury trial last year in federal court in Cincinnati of six counts. Prosecutors said he skimmed cash from his businesses and hid it from the IRS. Prosecutors said VanDemark netted more than $1 million a year but claimed on his 2013 and 2014 tax returns that he owed no taxes. At the time, prosecutors said VanDemar...

Fingerlakes1.com Menu Have a tip for the newsroom, press release, local event listing or digital content to share? Send it here. Support our mission by visiting patreon.com/fl1 and becoming a monthly subscriber. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a man following an investigation into an incident at the Kwik Fill gas station in Lyons. Patrick Hanley, 62, of Lyons was charged with harassment after walking up to a vehicle at the gas station and arguing with a woman inside it...