{"id":57593,"date":"2024-09-24T17:34:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T00:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57593"},"modified":"2024-09-24T17:34:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T00:34:19","slug":"two-men-charged-with-bribery-scheme-in-which-a-prosecutor-agreed-to-help-criminal-defendant-in-exchange-for-auto-repair-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57593","title":{"rendered":"Two Men Charged With Bribery Scheme in Which a Prosecutor Agreed to Help Criminal Defendant in Exchange for Auto Repair Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39125 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cropped-Courtroom-1-300x90.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"145\" \/>An indictment was unsealed Tuesday charging two Ohio men with a bribery scheme in which a municipal prosecutor agreed to help a criminal defendant with his pending cases in exchange for auto repair work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to the indictment, Nicholas Graham, 52, of Warren, was a prosecutor who represented the City of Warren in Warren Municipal Court. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41105 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"West Virginia Woman Took Top Secrets, Committed Kidnapping\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Brian Votino, 52, of Niles, had two criminal cases pending in the same court. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The indictment alleges that, in October 2019, Graham and Votino agreed that Graham would take action to benefit Votino with respect to Votino\u2019s criminal cases in return for Votino performing repairs to Graham\u2019s truck. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">To cover up the bribery arrangement, Graham instructed Votino through an intermediary to falsify a bill for the repair services and not to tell Votino\u2019s criminal defense lawyer. According to the indictment, Graham and Votino ultimately carried out their agreement. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In exchange for Votino&#8217;s repair work, Graham took official action to reduce the charges against Votino and advocated for a lenient sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Graham and Votino are charged with one count of conspiracy, one count of honest services wire fraud, and one count of Hobbs Act extortion. They are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> If convicted of all counts, they each face up to 45 years in prison.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The FBI Cleveland Field Office is investigating the case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An indictment was unsealed Tuesday charging two Ohio men with a bribery scheme in which a municipal prosecutor agreed to help a criminal defendant with his pending cases in exchange for auto&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the 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