340:. It was alleged that the report falsely stated the contributions and expenditures that were received by him and the committee, as well as the total figures for that campaign finance report. The indictment also charged Weddington with filing a false 2011 Ethics Financial Disclosure report with the Joint Legislative Ethics Committee, a report that all members of the Ohio General Assembly must file. Weddington failed to disclose gifts, travel, and lodging expenses that are required by law to be listed on that financial disclosure form. FBI agents approached Representative Weddington after the false financial disclosure report was filed in February 2012.
336:. The charges carried a maximum penalty of 4½ years in prison. The bribery count alleged that Weddington received cash and all-expense-paid trips to South Beach Miami, Florida and Napa Valley, California during 2011, as well as checks and cash for campaign contributions, in order to corrupt or influence him in the performance of his official duties as a State Representative. One count in the indictment charged that Weddington made false statements in the "Committee to Elect Weddington" 2011 annual campaign finance report filed with the
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Franklin County Common Pleas Court to one count each of bribery and election falsification, both felonies, and one misdemeanor ethics violation. Weddington began serving his sentence in mid-August 2012; the
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California wine company. In 2011, they spent more than $ 10,000 on fine dining and lavish trips to California and Miami for Weddington and his girlfriend, successfully persuading Weddington to draft a state budget amendment,
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Ron O'Brien's office. The first step in that cooperation was an agreement to resign his elected position in the Ohio
General Assembly, which he did on March 13, 2012. Also, Weddington withdrew his candidacy for re-election and requested that his name be removed from the November ballot. Prosecutor
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term limited in 2008, four vied to replace her in the House. In a benefit to
Weddington, the Democratic House caucus endorsed his campaign. Weddington went on to win the primary to replace Beatty, defeating Mayo Makinde and H. Lee Thompson with 58% of the vote. In the general election, Weddington
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Weddington's attorneys filed a motion seeking his early release in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Attorney Karl Schneider wrote in the motion that Weddington was "humbled and rehabilitated" and had been a model inmate, providing literacy training to other inmates, completing
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General Assembly member being indicted for bribery in almost a century.
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several classes and participating in community service programs at the prison. If granted, it would have made
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and later a stand-alone bill, to help the company sell wine in Ohio. None of the bogus company's gifts were reported on Weddington's financial-disclosure statements for 2011.
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