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Young pleads not guilty to tampering with evidence, waives first court appearance
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CINCINNATI. Aug. 24, 2016. Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young speaks at a special session of City Council.
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CINCINNATI â Cincinnati City Council member Wendell Young pleaded not guilty Thursday to a tampering with evidence charge connected to the Gang of Five scandal.
On April 15, a grand jury indicted Young on the felony charge connected to the âGang of Fiveâ â a group of council members who broke the law by conducting public business in private messages during 2018. The group consisted of Young and fellow Democrats P.G. Sittenfeld, Greg Landsman, Tamaya Dennard and Chris Seelbach. All admitted they had texted and emailed each other about city business, but Ohioâs Open Meetings Act requires meetings of public bodies to be accessible to the public.
Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young pleads not guilty, first court appearance waived
Special prosecutor asking Ohio Supreme Court to suspend Wendell Young from city council By Jennifer Edwards Baker | April 30, 2021 at 7:46 AM EDT - Updated April 30 at 11:05 AM
CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young entered a written plea of not guilty Thursday to a felony tampering with records charge ahead of his arraignment Friday.
He also received permission from a special prosecutor to waive his first court appearance at 8:30 a.m. Friday and will remain free on his own recognizance, court records show.
The case is scheduled to return to court for a scheduling conference May 12 before Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Ruehlman, other court documents state.
Councilman Wendell Young waives appearance in court
Cincinnati Councilman Wendell Young waived his appearance in court for his arraignment Friday.
Young pleaded not guilty to felony tampering with records charge Thursday and was released on his own recognizance.
He is next scheduled to appear before Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Robert Ruehlman on May 12.
Young, a Democrat, was indicted earlier this month and is facing up to three years in prison.
Judge Ruehlman presided over that case as well, which involved Young, Greg Landsman, P.G. Sittenfeld, Chris Seelbach and Tamaya Dennard.
A settlement was reached in the case, and in the final hearing, Ruehlman scolded the councilmembers and said they should all resign.
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Temporary eviction protections are now in place in Cincinnati, but council voted against a proposal Wednesday to make the change permanent. Council Member Greg Landsman introduced both ordinances after the Hamilton County Municipal Court decided to no longer enforce a national eviction moratorium.
The measure with temporary pay to stay protections will be in effect only as long as Ohio s pandemic state of emergency is active. It allows tenants facing a lack-of-payment eviction to halt proceedings if they can pay all back rent and fees. This is obviously one of the most significant things we can do to protect our children, to protect our families, to protect our neighborhoods, and ultimately ensure that landlords are made whole, Landsman said.