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Former aide to AG Dann enters “not guilty” plea
Tony Gutierrez, a close friend and top aide to Democrat Marc Dann when Dann was attorney general, entered a “not guilty” plea on Monday, May 18, to six felony and four misdemeanor charges.
Gutierrez was expected to post bail and be released, said Jeff Blake, assistant Franklin County prosecutor. The case is expected to be assigned to a judge in a week or so but it’s not possible to say when a trial would start, said Blake.
Gutierrez, from the Youngstown area, entered his plea before Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Timothy Horton shortly after 11 a.m.
Gutierrez did not speak with reporters and earlier in Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien’s office said “no comment” when asked about the case.
The charges allege that Gutierrez ran his private construction company on state time, filed fraudulent workers’ compensation paperwork and illegally converted campaign money for personal use.
They are the first criminal charges from a year-long investigation of the Dann administration by the Ohio Ethics Commission, state Inspector General Tom Charles, the Ohio Highway Patrol and other authorities.
If convicted on all charges, Gutierrez faces up to eight years in prison and $20,000 in fines.
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