US EditionBellevue Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Threatening to Kill Lawyer, Prosecutors and Judge
Eric Braun received a 10-year sentence after a jury convicted him of threatening legal officials during his road rage case, with charges including intimidation and aggravated menacing.
- On September 5, 2025, Eric Braun, a 49-year-old resident of Bellevue, was handed a decade-long prison term in Ottawa County, Ohio.
- Braun was initially charged after a February 2023 road rage incident involving improper handling of firearms and aggravated menacing in a motor vehicle.
- During his trial, Braun made threats to take the lives of his lawyer, the presiding judge, and both the prosecutor assigned to his case and the elected prosecuting official, resulting in additional charges related to intimidation.
- On June 13, the jury convicted Braun on every charge, and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost emphasized that threatening legal professionals carries inevitable consequences.
- Eric Braun was convicted and sentenced following prosecution from Yost's Special Prosecutions Section and investigations conducted by the state highway patrol and the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office.
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Northwest Ohio man who threatened to kill judge, lawyers sent to prison
PORT CLINTON, Ohio — A Northwest Ohio man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for threatening to kill his lawyer, prosecutors and a judge, all involved with his road-rage case.According to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Eric Braun, 49, of Bellevue, was sentenced by an Ottawa County judge after he was found guilty by a jury in June of four counts of intimidation of a witness in a criminal case and one count of aggravated menacing.
AG: Ohio man sentenced to 10 years in prison for threatening to kill judge, lawyers
An Ohio man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after threatening to kill legal officials, including his lawyer and judge, according to Ohio Attorney General David Yost.
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Bellevue man sentenced to 10 years for threatening to kill lawyers, judge
PORT CLINTON — A Bellevue man who threatened to kill his lawyer, prosecutors, and the judge handling his criminal case has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today. “You can’t threaten lawyers and judges and not expect there to be consequences,” Yost said. “A decade behind bars will […] The post Bellevue man sentenced to 10 years for threatening to kill lawyers, judge appeared first on Ashland Source …
Bellevue man sentenced to 10 years in prison for threatening to kill lawyer, prosecutors and judge
Eric Braun, 49, threatened to kill his attorney, the presiding judge, the assigned prosecutor and the elected prosecuting attorney in his case, AG Dave Yost says.
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