A week before sentencing, former Butler County Auditor Roger Reynolds is requesting a new trial, saying the prosecution failed to turn over exculpatory evidence.
The conviction was related to Reynolds advocating for a private golf academy at Four Bridges County Club with tax money Lakota Schools received from the auditor s office.
Reynolds, who was charged with four felonies and one misdemeanor, was found guilty of unlawful interest in a public contract, a fourth-degree felony charge, on Dec. 21.