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LISBON — A Ravenna man facing several charges, including aggravated vehicular homicide and assault charges following a traffic crash in 2018, was taken into custody during a status conference in Common Pleas Court Friday.
Judge Megan Bickerton chastised Justin W. Stalnaker, 42, after calling his Covid-19 excuse for missing a hearing on Monday “a fabricated document” and “an insult to the court.” Bickerton said the document he had presented as his proof of being tested for Covid-19 was something that can be easily found and printed from the internet.
“I have no patience for a person who would use Covid, a pandemic that has killed people in our country by the thousands, the hundreds of thousands, use it as an excuse for you not to come to court,” Bickerton said. “I will not tolerate it. That is disgusting to me. It is not a joke.”