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Report: Ohio official lied under oath about scrubbed patrol sting
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| Contributor | particleman |
| Last Edited | particleman Apr 30, 2010 06:36pm |
| Category | Scandal |
| News Date | Apr 29, 2010 06:35pm |
| Description | COLUMBUS, Ohio - One of Gov. Ted Strickland's top cabinet officials lied under oath about a decision to scrub a criminal investigation at the governor's mansion to save Strickland from political embarrassment, according to a state report released Thursday.
Just as damning for the Democratic governor, an honors work program for inmates that Strickland used at his home "veered off-course," with prisoners smuggling tobacco and small weapons like razor blades and utility knives from the governor's mansion into prison, according to the report from the Ohio Inspector General's office.
Inspector General Tom Charles launched his probe in January after State Highway Patrol officials complained that Department of Public Safety Director Cathy Collins-Taylor had unnecessarily canceled a police sting at the governor's residence. The sting was planned after a prison official intercepted a letter from an inmate to his wife, asking her to drop off a "six pack" behind the mansion.
Patrol officials have said they thought they were investigating a drug deal, though they cannot be sure. The administration has said the "six pack" meant tobacco. |
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