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Her attorney, Lawrence J. Geger, this week filed a motion to continue the trial and “declare the case a complex case.”
“There are undercover tapes and a hard drive of conversations and other discovery that counsel needs to review,” Geger wrote in his motion. “The volume of the data requires unique technological expertise to index, sort, and manipulate the data in a manner useable by defense counsel.”
Rauch, owns Steve Rauch Inc., SRI and Rauch Trucking, which are demolition, trucking and landfill businesses. He and the Camerons were each indicted on one of count conspiracy to commit mail fraud and six counts mail fraud, all felonies.
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The indictment alleges that Rauch used Green Star’s minority-owned status to win demolition contracts from the city of Dayton and other government entities between 2012 and 2014, years that Sutton Cameron was Trotwood mayor. Rauch and the Camerons are accused of producing false documentation to make it appear Green Star had done work that Rauch had done, and Rauch is accused of paying them a fee or forgiving debt rather than paying them the amount called for in the contract, according to the indictment.
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Seven people were indicted in the federal probe. Three — former Dayton City Commissioner Joey D. Williams, former State Rep. Clayton Luckie and former Dayton city employee RoShawn Winburn — were convicted after pleading guilty. Dayton businessman Brian Higgins pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.
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