Ohio Criminal Defense Lawyers

With a total county population of just over 365,000, Butler County, Ohio isn’t too densely populated. But within those 365,000 residents, the Butler County Sheriff’s Office monitors about 460 sex offenders on any given day. When you add in juveniles and offenders that come into the county for work, that number jumps to over 700 and while the merits of sex offender monitoring are questionable, the costs are not. [read more...]

A package of sentencing reforms initially included in the Governor’s budget has passed the Ohio House and now heads to the Senate. There is bipartisan support on this bill that would make several significant changes that would both increase sentencing effectiveness and potentially save the state millions of dollars. [read more...]

Teens in Riverside, OH were recently charged with felony sex offenses for transmitting images of other nude teens via cell phone, or “sexting”. Though the charges were able to be avoided by completing a juvenile diversion program, should Ohio prosecution have the ability to threaten teens with ruinous felony sex offenses and sex offender status for these actions? [read more...]

Beginning this week, the Central Ohio Crime Stoppers will no longer be taking “tips” on drug crimes. This comes as a result of simply too many tips and not enough time. While tipsters might not like the way this sounds, the drug tips haven’t been followed up on for years. [read more...]

In a 5-1 ruling, the Ohio Supreme Court decided that a trained police officer’s visual estimate of a cars speed is sufficient proof to assess a finding of guilty with a speeding ticket. [read more...]

Often when you think of human trafficking you think of big cities and immigrants being conned into servitude. A recent case, crossing state lines from Maryland to small town Ohio, however, proves this isn’t always the case. [read more...]

A 45 year old man who has an extensive history of drunk driving will be spending some time in the custody of the Ohio Department of Corrections after being sentenced to the maximum allowed penalty by Judge Michael J. Sage in Common Pleas Court of Butler County. [read more...]