Former State Sen. Jeffry Armbruster broke Ohio law by using the influence of his office to get lower workers' compensation rates for his private business, a state ethics panel said Thursday.
The Joint Legislative Ethics Committee referred its findings to Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien to consider criminal charges.
An attorney for Armbruster said the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation was merely correcting a mistake when it lowered the rates of a gas station company owned in part by Armbruster, a North Ridgeville Republican whose term ended at the close of last year.....
It looks like lots and lots of Ohio Republicans had their hands in the state funds.