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(ATHENS, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today
announced that an indictment has been issued in the special grand jury
investigating allegations against Athens County Sheriff Patrick Kelly.
Kelly, 63 years old, of The Plains, has been indicted on 25
counts, including 23 felony counts:
- Three counts of Theft in
Office, a fourth-degree felony
- Ten counts of Theft in
Office, a fifth-degree felony
- Four counts of Theft, a
fifth-degree felony
- One count of Engaging in a
Pattern of Corrupt Activity, a first-degree felony
- One count of Money
Laundering, a third-degree felony
- One count of Tampering
with Evidence, a third-degree felony
- One count of Tampering
with Records, a third-degree felony
- One count of Perjury, a
third-degree felony
- One count of Failure to
Keep Cashbook, an unclassified felony
- One count of Obstructing
Official Business, a second-degree misdemeanor
- One count of Dereliction
of Duty, a second-degree misdemeanor
Attorney General DeWine also announced that his office, as
required by Ohio Revised Code Section 3.16, would request that the Ohio Supreme
Court initiate proceedings for “suspension of a local official charged with (a)
felony related to official conduct.”
A copy of the indictment and charts explaining degrees for Theft in Office charges and
possible sentences are available on the Ohio Attorney General’s website.
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