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Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor wrote that in his affidavit filed in November, Reinhart said that Fleegle was violating the statewide facial covering mandate and failed to implement other precautions such as the use of remote technology to conduct hearings. By doing so, Reinhart said Fleegle was ignoring the recommendations of the chief justice.  "Given the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in Ohio and Muskingum County, Mr. Reinhart believes that contagious individuals will attend the December trials and that the 'risk of infection is unreasonable,'" O'Connor wrote. O'Connor also explained Re...

WHIZ News Zanesville Man Sentenced to Life in Prison in Death of his Grandmother The Muskingum County Prosecutor’s Office says a Zanesville man is sentenced in the death of his grandmother.  In September of 2019, 28-year-old John Jenkins pled guilty to one count of aggravated murder in the death of 64-year-old Elizabeth Alvarez. Authorities say after Alvarez’s death Jenkins took her body to Columbus and dumped it on the side of a road.  Wednesday Muskingum County Common Pleas Judge Mark Fleegle sentenced Jenkins to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Please follow and lik...

Judge accused of failing to follow COVID-19 recommendations is removed from 2 trials   Image from Shutterstock.com. An Ohio judge has been removed from two upcoming criminal trials after a lawyer for the defendants alleged that the judge was failing to implement COVID-19 precautions. Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor removed Judge Mark Fleegle of Muskingum County, Ohio, from the trials last week, report Law360 and the Zanesville Times Recorder. Columbus, Ohio, lawyer Harry Reinhart, 69, had alleged in a November affidavit that Fleegle conducts all hearings in person and doe...