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The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct has filed a number or reports and recommendations with the state Supreme Court.

One matter involves an traffic-related incident where an assistant county prosecutor cut off another driver.

She honked at him when they were stoppred.

He exited his vehicle and approached her car. When she lowered her window, he spit in her face from a distance of approximately 18 inches.

This caused her to “inadvertantly” take her foot off her brake and strike his car.

He began screaming at her, claimed to be a police officer and said he would kill her if she was uninsured.

When a police officer arrived, he falsely claimed she had acted on purpose and falsely denied his behavior.

A witness confirmed her version of events.

Respondent was convicted of disorderly conduct; his appeal was dismissed for want of prosecution.

He failed to advise the county prosecutor of the conviction but resigned in lieu of termination when an investigator told a colleague about it.

The stipulated proposed sanction is a stayed two year suspension. (Mike Frisch)