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Gina Russo. (Photo courtesy of the Ohio Governor s Office) Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Friday announced the appointment of Gina Russo to the Franklin County Municipal Court.
Russo, of Columbus, will assume office on March 22, 2021, and will be replacing Judge Paul Herbert, who has retired. Russo’s appointed term to the Franklin County Municipal Court will expire on Jan. 3, 2022. She will need to run for election in November 2021 for a full term commencing on Jan. 4, 2022.
Russo served as Judge for the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas from March 2019 to December 2020. In this role, she managed and presided over trials involving civil matters and felony criminal indictments. Previously, Russo served as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney at the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office for seven years.
Three reproductive rights activists who were charged last month for their actions during a January protest at the Respect Life Mass at St. Joseph Cathedral Downtown were arraigned on Friday.
The misdemeanor charges filed Feb. 18 in Franklin County Municipal Court against Jordyn Close, 24; Michelle M. Davis, 39; and Mason Hickman, 24 include disorderly conduct and criminal trespass. All pleaded not guilty on Friday morning and are scheduled for pretrial hearings in March and April.
Anne Morrice, 35, who faces these misdemeanors. as well as a charge for criminal damage, will be arraigned on March 19.
The four charged were part of a group of eight activists who stormed into the cathedral during its morning Mass on Jan. 22. At the time, no arrests were made, said George Jones, spokesman for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus.
Granville officials said goodbye to their longtime law director at the March 3 village council meeting.
The village has contracted with a law firm to fill that role as officials continue to consider possibly elevating the law director’s post to full-time status.
As reported Feb. 21, Gov. Mike DeWine recently named Michael King – who has served as law director and prosecutor for the village of Granville for nearly a decade – to the position of judge with the Franklin County Municipal Court.
King replaces Judge William Pollitt, who died last year. King took office March 1, and his term expires on Jan. 3 of next year. To remain judge, King must run for election in November to receive a full term, beginning Jan. 4.