Rick Jones

Richard Jones, BC Sheriff & David Yost, Ohio Attorney General

  • Feb 9 2022 Lied to the public stating they had notes and an audio that showed Reynolds asked for a $200,000 “cash payment” to serve as a “consultant and use his political influence to get a TIF…”
  • Supervised sham investigation of allegations made by Jenni Logan. Detectives and investigators conducted a single interview of Lakota Golf Coach, Gene Powell. The interview lasted less than 17 minutes and contradicted parts of Logan allegations.
  • Detectives/BCI failed to interview anyone other than Lakota Golf Coach, Gene Powell. There were 3 additional high ranking Lakota officials that participated in two meetings with Reynolds and Logan.
    • Chris Passarge, Lakota High School Chief Operations Officer
    • Rich Bryant, Lakota High School Athletic Director and Assistant Principal
    • Matthew Strout, Lakota Attorney, Bricker & Eckler
  • Detectives/BCI failed to provide key documents through discovery to Reynolds. Documents were turned over by Four Bridges Country Club via State subpoena
  • Detectives/BCI failed to ask Logan about Powell emails that contradicted her interview statements.