Telegraph-Forum from Bucyrus, Ohio • 15

Weekend February 18-19 2012 Telegraph-Forum STATENATION 15A MUNICIPAL COURT Worteirs gelt tot present 180 days in jail with all suspended receiving stolen property fined $244 sentenced to 180 days in jail with all suspended theft fined $464 with $50 suspended sentenced to 1 80 days in with all suspended theft fined $100 with $50 suspended sentenced to 180 days in jail with suspended theft fined $9250 with $50 suspended sentenced 180 days in jail with all suspended theft fined $25150 with $50 suspended sentenced 180 days in jail with all suspended theft fined $8097 Thomas Roller 45 Shelby attempted theft fined $699 with $300 suspended sentenced to 30 days in jail with all suspended Alicia Clum 32 Galion disorderly conduct fined $304 sentenced to 30 days in jail with 29 suspended William Woodman 24 New Washington carrying a concealed weapon fined $244 sentenced to 180 days in jail with all suspended Aaron Fike 20 Tiro drug paraphernalia fined $344 sentenced to 30 days in jail with all suspended driver's license suspended for six months possession marijuana fined $50 driver's license suspended for six months APPLICATIONS FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE Thomas A Ruehle 49 Bucyrus electronic specialist and Nichelle Gasuras 42 Bucyrus caretaker I the elderly Gregory Dauchenbaugh 36 Galion and Amber Adkins 27 Galion Congress votes to keep 2 percent payroll tax cut for rest of year By Andrew Taylor Associated Press WASHINGTON Americans are getting an election-year tax present Congress voted with rare-speed and cooperation Friday to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and to renew unemployment benefits for millions more who seen a paychedk in six months With ratings in the gutter the legislation sped through both the House and Senate and was on its way to President Barack Obama who saluted the quick passage Taxpayers have grown accustomed to the 2 percentage point cut in the payroll tax over the past year around $80 a month for someone earning $50000 a year and it now will be continued So will jobless benefits averaging about $300 a week for the long-term unemployed Both provisions which were to expire in less than two weeks had been extended only two months during a December congressional fight that seared Republicans They were determined to avoid a repeat in campaign season The hard-fought but ultimately bipartisan measure contains the core of jobs agenda and promises to pump more than $100 billion into the economy before Election Day It hands the president a political victory as well as Republicans called a tactical retreat in hopes of minimizing the gains for Obama and his Democratic allies on Capitol Hill The Senate approved the measure on a bipartisan through the end of the year Many Republicans opposed some or all of the legislation but were eager to wipe the issue from the election-year agenda The measure would pack $141 billion onto the federal deficit over 2012-2013 and slowly recoup more than $50 billion of that over the coming decade CONVICTIONS Jessica Shambaugh 27 Lucas complicity fined $594 sentenced to 45 days in jail with all suspended Christopher Conklin 29 Crestline theft fined $1454 sentenced to 75 days in jail with all suspended Raymond Mickol 51 Middle-burg Heights driving under suspension fined $547 sentenced to 180 days in jail with 177 suspended drivers license suspended for six months Jeremy Schaffer 29 Bucyrus obstruction of official business fined $459 sentenced to 90 days in jail with all suspended Brandy Milligan 28 Shelby soliciting fined $194 John A Alspach 38 Bucyrus violation of traffic lanes fined $20 operating a vehicle under the influence fined $589 sentenced to 30 days in jail with 27 suspended driver's license suspended for six months Zachariah Spade 21 Crestline disorderly conduct fined $444 sentenced to 30 days in jail with 29 suspended Kellie Cyrus 32 Bucyrus domestic violence fined $344 sentenced to 180 days in jail with 178 suspended Bruce Riley 46 Bucyrus civil protection order violation fined $999 sentenced to 180 days in jail with all suspended Amanda Riggenbach 27 Mansfield passing bad check fined $45833 sentenced to 10 days in jail with all suspended Bonnie Hart 31 Galion theft fined $684 sentenced to Teenager not guilty Craigslist By Thomas Sheeran Associated Press AKRON An Ohio teen who came under the influence of a convicted criminal turned self-styled street chaplain pleaded not guilty Friday to helping his mentor kill one man and try to kill another in a deadly Craigslist robbery scheme Brogan Rafferty his ankles and wrists cuffed and dressed in a white T-shirt and orange jail pants made a brief appearance Friday in Summit County Common Pleas Court His plea came after he was transferred to the adult system from juvenile court because of the seriousness of the charges against him Authorities say applicants who fell for the scheme answered a Craigslist ad for a job at a nonexistent cattle ranch in Noble County 90 miles south of Akron in rural southeastern Ohio were robbed then killed The teen was questioned by the FBI and arrested in mid-November several days after Scott Davis of South Carolina said was shot in the arm and escaped after he answered the ad The body of Norfolk Va resident David Pauley 51 was found on the Noble County property owned by a coal company and often Wlfclifld' iwm "If linir jail all to to of of a DeWine switches from the payroll tax cut vote ap The legislation would also protect doctors treating Medicare patients from a steep cut in their reimbursements under an outdated funding formula a reduction that threatened to make it harder for seniors to find physicians The tax cuts jobless coverage and higher payments will all continue salt -h Romney to wave off the development has insisted John Sununu a Romney adviser and former New Hampshire governor general have that much of an He attributed the switch to an ad a pro-Romney group ran criticizing vote in the Senate to give voting rights to felons once they complete their sentences or parole DeWine also had cast a vote in favor of such rights DeWine was upset that issue was raised by the super Sununu said DeWine said Friday he had never seen the ad and it impact his decision Ohio Democrats through their spokesman Seth Bringman issued a terse statement in response Santorum to decision is true for countless Ohioans the more Mike DeWine learned about Mitt Romney the less he DeWine successfully pushed for Ohio to join 25 other states in a lawsuit to block President Barack federal health care overhaul claiming health insurance mandates are unconstitutional He served four terms in the House and two terms in the Senate before losing his re-election bid to Sherrod Brown in 2006 He won a close election for state attorney general in 2010 Sununu was joined by Turner in a conference call aimed at countering latest piece of good news Rimer said Santorum get on the ballot in all states By Julie Carr Smyth Associated Press COLUMBUS Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine switched his endorsement from Mitt Romney to Rick Santorum on Friday in a defection he saiii was driven by his belief the former Pennsylvania senator can win the Republican presidential race DeWine a former senator who led John Ohio presidential campaign in 2008 made the announcement in the company of Santorum at the State-house He said he once felt Santorum could not overcome financial advantage but has decided he was wrong be elected president you have to do more than tear down your pleads in Ohio hillings leased to hunters Authorities say Pauley was killed i Oct 23 Timothy Kern 47 of Massillon was found Nov 29 in a shallow grave near an Akron-area shopping mall He had been shot in the head The complaint against the teen says he participated in the crimes with Richard Beasley a 52-year- i-old Akron resident said to have acted as his mentor Beasley was a Texas parolee who returned to Ohio in 2004 after serving time on a burglary conviction He was awaiting trial on prostitution and drug charges when authorities took him into custody and police have said a halfway house he ran in Akron was a front for prostitution Beasley has pleaded not guilty to the slayings and could face the death penalty if convicted As a juvenile Rafferty cannot attorney John Alexander said after the arraignment that his client is holding up well doing as well as you can obviously with se- rious charges like he said going to have whole wide range of emo- tions so holding up as best as he Alexander said he would ask to have Rafferty held in juvenile detention urti Washington DC Friday for 60-36 vote minutes after the House passed it on a sweeping 293-132 vote Obama is expected to sign it shortly after returning from a West Coast fundraising swing The hope is that the dual measures will inject consumer demand and support a fragile recovery from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression DeWine said have to give the American people a reason to vote for you a reason to hope a reason to believe that under your leadership America will be better Rick Santorum has done that Sadly Governor Romney has DeWine had endorsed Romney in the Republican presidential race after his initial choice former Minnesota Gov Tim Pawlenty withdrew The defection comes as a sting to Romney though he still has some major names in Ohio Republican politics behind him heading into the March 6 primary They include Sen Rob Portman Reps Mike Turner and Jim Renacci and the former senator and governor George Voinovich Romney's camp tried to TTTT.