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Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young has been indicted on a single charge stemming from a three-year-old texting scandal. A Hamilton County grand jury on Thursday charged Young with tampering with records, a third-degree felony punishable by up to three years in prison. In a statement, Patrick Hanley, the special prosecutor who has been investigating Young for more than a year, said that between January and October of 2018, Young "knowingly and with the purpose to defraud, destroyed text messages that belonged to a government entity."  Hanley told The Enquirer this marks the end of his ...

Gang of Five: Wendell Young rejected plea deal, special prosecutor says Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young (Source: Liz Dufour/Cincinnati Enquirer) By Jennifer Edwards Baker | April 14, 2021 at 2:38 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 7:33 AM CINCINNATI (FOX19 - The special prosecutor investigating whether to criminally charge five current and former Cincinnati City Council members over their text messages says one of them, Wendell Young, rejected a plea deal. “He did reject a plea deal. I can’t tell you what that plea deal is, but he can do whatever he wants. He rejected a plea dea...

Facebook Cincinnati Council Member Wendell Young is under indictment for his part in the text messaging case involving four other city council members in 2018. Young was indicted on one count of tampering with records for allegedly deleting text messages related to the so-called "Gang of Five" case. In a release, Special Prosecutor Patrick Hanley writes, "The grand jury has decided that probable cause exists that Councilman Young has committed a violation of the law, tampering with records. It is my intention of taking that charge into court and establishing he is guilty of that offense bey...

City Councilman Wendell Young indicted on tampering with evidence in texting scandal A grand jury on Thursday indicted City Council member Wendell Young on a felony charge of tampering with evidence connected to the “Gang of Five” — a group of council members who broke the law by conducting public business in private messages during 2018. and last updated 2021-04-15 17:39:29-04 CINCINNATI — A grand jury on Thursday indicted City Council member Wendell Young on a felony charge of tampering with evidence connected to the “Gang of Five” — a group of council mem...

Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young’s attorney: ‘I expect charges to be filed today’ Councilman Wendell Young (FOX19 NOW) By Jennifer Edwards Baker | April 15, 2021 at 8:15 AM EDT - Updated April 15 at 8:53 AM CINCINNATI (FOX19 - The attorney for Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young tells FOX19 NOW he anticipates charges against Young Thursday. A special prosecutor has been investigating whether to criminally charge Young and four current and/or now-former Cincinnati City Council members over text messages they exchanged in 2018, secretly deciding public city bu...