The top cop in the attorney general's office was fired Friday after it was discovered he was still collecting a paycheck from the city of Youngstown months after starting work for the state. The attorney general's office also has asked the Ohio Ethics Commission to investigate Elrico "Rick" Alli's apparent simultaneous employment with the two agencies. The investigation could lead to criminal charges. (The Plain Dealer, 4/20/07)
Attorney General Marc Dann's top fiscal watchdog resigned yesterday after he was confronted with evidence that he had inflated his credentials when he was hired in June. Rick R. Houze, who was paid $90,000 a year as the director of Dann's internal audit section, quit rather than face termination for claiming to be a certified public accountant when he was not. (The Columbus Dispatch, 9/8/07)
Attorney General Marc Dann's office fired Dwight L. Aspacher, a special agent for the Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, on April 11 after a lengthy investigation into allegations that he demanded sex from a fellow member of a narcotics task force. (The Columbus Dispatch, 4/26/08)
Two top Dann employees were fired and a third resigned because of an internal investigation of sexual harassment complaints released this morning. (The Columbus Dispatch, 5/2/07)
Jan. 2007: Dann taps Steve Lamantia to be interim superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification, which processes crime scene evidence and conducts background checks. But when Lamantia led Howland Twp. Police in Trumbull County, his property room was a mess and his policies were inadequate, according to a 120-page report by the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police. (Middletown Journal, 5/2/08)