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Former Cuyahoga County Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze sentenced to 60 days in jail and $10,000 fine

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By Mark Puente
| Spectrum News 1 Columbus Verified
CLEVELAND — Nearly six months after resigning in disgrace, former Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze was sentenced to 60 days in jail and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for falsifying records to steer work to a friend. Celebrezze, who spent 16 years on the bench, stood motionless as Visiting Judge Mark Wiest from Wayne County handed down the punishment.
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‘We Need to Hammer Them’: How One City Took Parking Enforcement to the Extreme

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By Mark Puente
| Cleveland Scene Verified
The city of Lorain, Ohio, had a parking problem. It was June 2022 and then-City Councilwoman JoAnne Moon was being flooded with complaints of cars parked on lawns. It was an eyesore, a quality-of-life issue, she told a council committee. Something needed to be done. And Police Chief James McCann had just the answer: “Hammer them,” McCann told the committee.
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‘We Need to Hammer Them’: How One City Took Parking Enforcement to the Extreme

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By Mark Puente
| The Marshall Project Verified
Additional data analysis by Aaron Sankin The city of Lorain, Ohio, had a parking problem. It was June 2022 and then-City Councilwoman JoAnne Moon was being flooded with complaints of cars parked on lawns. It was an eyesore, a quality-of-life issue, she told a council committee. Something needed to be done. And Police Chief James McCann had just the answer: “Hammer them,” McCann told the committee.
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