Court News
December 18, 2019

12/18/19

By From JT Staff Reports

Municipal Court
Concentration – Joseph S. Oliver, Columbus, $750 fine, $375 susp., $165 costs, 30 days jail 27 susp.
Marked lanes – Joseph S. Oliver, Columbus, $58 fine, $28 costs.
Speeding – Kelsey I. Gomez, Ostrander, dismissed, $28 costs.
Marked lanes – Terry G. Miller Jr., Delaware, dismisse...

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