Commissioner Should Not Have Been Arrested for Speaking Up, Judge Rules
Niki Frenchko, a county commissioner in Trumbull County, Ohio, was arrested after she criticized the sheriff. A federal judge ruled that her constitutional rights were violated.
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Niki Frenchko, a county commissioner in Trumbull County, Ohio, was arrested after she criticized the sheriff. A federal judge ruled that her constitutional rights were violated.
Perry Steele faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and trafficking related to the 2022 death of Scioto County jail inmate Cory Cantrell.
An Ohio man had a right to direct obscene language at law enforcement officers escorting him off a county fairgrounds and arresting him for disorderly conduct, a federal appeals court ruled.
Police violated an Ohio man's constitutional rights when they arrested him for insulting them in an expletive-laced tirade while he was being escorted off a fairgrounds in 2016, a judge ruled