County prosecutor misconduct claim falls flat – Athens County Independent

County prosecutor misconduct claim falls flat – Athens County Independent

ATHENS, Ohio — Attorneys for a woman accused of slapping a police officer’s butt argued in court March 18 that the Athens County Prosecutor’s Office pursued additional charges against her in retaliation for her exercising her constitutional right to a jury trial.  Athens County Court of Common Pleas Judge George McCarthy, however, was not convinced. “Obviously, you can read into a lot of things what you want to read into it,” McCarthy said at th…