Ohio Supreme Court refuses to review Boardman pharmacist's appeal

YOUNGSTOWN — The Ohio Supreme Court has refused to review a pharmacist’s appeal of a 7th District Court of Appeals ruling that criminal court proceedings must continue under a 24-count indictment charging him with illegal sale of dangerous drugs.

The high court’s refusal today to review the case left intact the 7th District Court ruling, meaning the criminal proceedings concerning the defendant, Gary Evankovich, will go forward before Judge Lou A. D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, the trial judge assigned to the case.

Evankovich, 55, of Boardman, an owner of the North Lima and Bel-Park pharmacies, was charged in an alleged long-distance Internet prescription scheme, with his alleged crimes having occurred in 2005 and 2006.

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