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Inside Courts: A busy month in Athens County courts
Breaking down the JFS case indictments, Athens’ agreement in its cyber theft case and allegations of prosecutorial misconduct.
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Inside Courts: Cyber heist, Nelsonville and QuidelOrtho cases advance
Fire departments asked a judge to dismiss the QuidelOrtho case, among other recent happenings in three major Athens County cases.
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Inside Courts: ICE case presents unique challenges to Judge Lang
Judge Patrick Lang has few precedents to draw on as he decides several unique cases. This week: the Laverde Laguna brothers.
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Court dismisses cases against brothers detained by ICE
The cases were dismissed with prejudice, meaning the charges cannot be brought again by the state.
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County prosecutor declines to exonerate brothers detained by ICE
Gregory Laverde Laguna and Victor Laverde Laguna were brought to Athens County for a hearing in local criminal cases Wednesday.
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Inside Courts: Officials lacked judicial authority to release men to ICE
Judge Patrick Lang has ordered the county to get the men back for a Nov. 12 hearing. Whether that will happen remains to be seen.
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Inside Courts: Updates on Nelsonville, Quidel damage and Athens cyber theft
Civil litigation is a slow process. Here’s what’s happening with some of the cases I’ve written about this year.
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Inside Courts: Fired Federal Hocking principal sues to get his job back
Jake Amlin says the school board broke the law by not evaluating him in 2023–24 — and now he’s demanding his principal’s contract be reinstated or paid out.
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Inside Courts: Athens fights for local control in high-stakes court clash
Local and state statues — and Ohio cities’ home rule — collide as the Fourth District Court of Appeals hears Athens’ defense of its plastic bag ban.
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Inside Courts: Cyber heist case gets curiouser and curiouser (Updated)
Athens isn’t the only entity with a claim on the nearly $350,000 recovered from a fraudulent bank account.