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Intimidation backfires, man pleads guilty
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
Lima resident Anthony Houston on Monday averted his jury trial and pleaded no contest to a charge of aggravated burglary that included specifications for the use of a firearm and designating him a repeat violent offender. Prosecutors successfully argued that Houston had intimidated at least one key state witness in the trial. Anthony Houston was found to have intimidated a witness in his trial through threats made by a third-party. He pleaded guilty Monday to a first-degree felony charge of aggravated burglary that included a specification labeling him as a repeat violent offender.
Jim Krumel: Late Christmas cards, bills; It’s the US mail
Jim Krumel
Cleaning off the desk before the new year.
Item 1: U.S. Rep. Bob Latta is hoping to bring a Christmas present to Northwest Ohio.
He’s pushing for better mail service.
If things work out like he hopes, he’ll be able to deliver his gift sometime next year. He would have loved to have made it happen this year, but he’s dealing with the United States Postal Service, after all, which has seldom been accused of moving quickly.
Last week he asked the House Committee on Oversight and Reform to investigate the matter.