Struthers off the hook in public records case

STRUTHERS — The Ohio Supreme Court has denied a motion to force the city to prove it shouldn’t be held in contempt over a delay in settling a judgment.

The court denied the motion Wednesday.

A Cincinnati-area man had filed a suit with the state’s high court over the city’s denial of records he argued were public.

Ross Hardin of Milford had asked for records in a burglary case last November.

The city clerk of courts and the law director would not release the files, according to court records and Vindicator files.

The city argued that the matter was still an ongoing investigation.

On Jan. 6, Hardin filed his lawsuit with the court, asking it to compel the city to release the records.