Trumbull County judge charged with DUI and felony gun offense

Judge Ronald Rice charged with weapons offense and OVI in Friday crash

Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Ronald Rice is facing a felony weapons charge and drunken driving after he allegedly possessed a firearm while intoxicated and crashed on Scoville North Road north of Niles Vienna Road in Vienna Township Friday night. Rice, 69, who was re-elected to another six-year term as judge in November, had a single-vehicle rollover crash at 6:52 p.m., according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, which investigated t…

Trumbull County judge charged with DUI and felony gun offense

GIRARD, Ohio (WKBN) -- Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Ronald Rice was charged Monday with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence, a first-degree misdemeanor and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, a fifth-degree felony, in connection with an incident on Friday. Read next: One of Mahoning County’s leading farmers passes away The charges were filed in Girard Municipal Court by a trooper with the Southing…