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Marc Dann’s wife faces ethics charge
Alyssa Lenhoff, the soon-to-be ex-wife of former Ohio attorney general Marc Dann, is due in court next week to answer to an ethics charge.
The Ohio Ethics Commission says Lenhoff, director of Youngstown State University’s journalism program, had an unlawful interest in a public contract. The charge relates to a $6,500 grant from the attorney general’s office to the YSU journalism program to fund a course with Lenhoff as the instructor. The grant was approved but payment was canceled.
Lenhoff said she plans to plead guilty but declined further comment.
The charge is a first degree misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of $1,000 fine and six months in jail.
Ohio Ethics Commission Director David Freel said Lenhoff has been cooperating with investigators.
Lenhoff, 47, filed for divorce last week in Trumbull County, citing incompatibility. Lenhoff and Dann, who have two children, married in 1987. In May 2008, Dann publicly admitted to an affair with a junior staff member while attorney general. He resigned under pressure a short time later and returned to Youngstown.
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien has prosecuted three former Dann administration officials based on investigation by the Ohio Ethics Commission. Former general services director Tony Gutierrez pleaded guilty to felony and misdemeanor theft and ethics charges; former communications director Leo Jennings III was found guilty of ethics charges; and former chief of staff Edgar Simpson was found guilty of not disclosing outside income.
Simpson and Lenhoff were colleagues at a Mahoning Valley newspaper while Jennings and Gutierrez had been friends and roommates with Dann. Gutierrez behavior with two young female employees triggered a sexual harassment scandal in the Dann administration.
A state inspector general investigation sent to the Ohio Elections Commission regarding Dann’s use of his campaign and transition accounts led to a $2,000 fine but no referral for criminal prosecution.
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By Sat Anlage
November 17, 2010 8:46 AM | Link to this
Danke sehr an den Autor. Gruss Nadja
By icwhy
April 24, 2010 9:34 PM | Link to this
I would like to see how much money this whole Dann thing cost taxpayers for a few BS violations; real crooks should go to jail. The Ohio IG is a joke…. how much money we budget to the IG and their cases are nothing. What about it Laura maybe a little more?
By Insider
April 21, 2010 10:59 PM | Link to this
Moxie wrote, “I AM NOT ALYSSA.” … Well, since when? You are Alyssa - always have been. You’re just angry because you got caught.
By MOXIE
April 21, 2010 10:48 AM | Link to this
AlyssaSpotter wrote: “Moxie” is obviously Alyssa posting. Who else would know such a ‘fact’ and who else would defend her sleazeball tactics? I AM NOT ALYSSA. THE DETAILS OF THE GRANT APPLICATION SHE MADE ARE A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD AVAILABLE TO ME AND TO ANYONE WHO IS MORE INTERESTED IN DISCOVERING FACTS RATHER THAN IN SLINGING MUD. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW NOTHING, BUT THAT DOESN’T STOP YOU FROM SHOWING YOUR IGNORANCE.
By AlyssaSpotter
April 20, 2010 8:08 PM | Link to this
“Moxie” is obviously Alyssa posting. Who else would know such a ‘fact’ and who else would defend her sleazeball tactics? Alyssa, your reputation is ruined and you can’t change that by posting anonymously on a blog!
By Not surprised
April 20, 2010 4:27 PM | Link to this
Lenhoff and Dann… FAIL!
By moxie
April 20, 2010 3:10 PM | Link to this
Since when is it a crime to ask for and not receive money? By the way, the requested money was not for Lenhoff it was for student internships
By wow
April 20, 2010 2:00 PM | Link to this
Wow, libertarian u stupid!
By Unethical all around
April 20, 2010 12:53 PM | Link to this
Her ethics violation was getting mixed up with him.
By Libertarian
April 20, 2010 12:13 PM | Link to this
We need to elect people with integrity, who uphold the law and uphold the constitution. This means 100% of Democrats are not worthy to hold office, and 98% of Republicans are not worthy to hold office.