Page 45 - David Devillers News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

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 in U.S. District Court in downtown Cincinnati. The 36-year-old Democrat was considered by many to be ...

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 police Chief Thomas Quinlan are furious because division policy for the body cameras, which were a $5 m...

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’s no way to hear what the 47-year-old man or the officer said during the interaction, Ginther sai...

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 federal bribery charges against him be dropped, claiming his actions were not criminal but a reflecti...

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 accepted 10 checks totaling $40,000 from undercover FBI agents in 2018 and 2019. Sittenfeld is accused o...