Justice has been served, AG DeWine says about Oakhill pleas

CLEVELAND

Prosecutors made deals with Youngstown Mayor John A. McNally and ex-Mahoning County Auditor Michael V. Sciortino in the Oakhill Renaissance Place criminal-corruption case “because there’s always a chance of an acquittal,” said Attorney General Mike DeWine.

“When you deal with a public official who you believe did a bad thing, you don’t want him to get away with” it, DeWine said when asked specifically about McNally.

The mayor pleaded guilty to four misdemeanors Friday in a deal approved by DeWine. McNally was facing 18 felonies and seven misdemeanors; the trial was scheduled to start Monday.

“We believe that justice has been served,” DeWine said. “These are significant offenses.”

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