Court Roundup

Ohio
Lawyer sues mugshot  websites
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio attorney is taking on Internet websites that post mugshots of people who get arrested.
Toledo lawyer Scott Ciolek filed a class-action lawsuit against five such websites in Lucas County this week. He argues that the sites charge a fee to remove photos — even if an individual has been found not guilty or the charges were dismissed.
The (Toledo) Blade reports the suit names two plaintiffs and five commercial sites that post photos of people who are arrested.
Ciolek said more plaintiffs and defendants could be named.
One man told the newspaper that while his 2011 failure-to-disperse charge was dismissed earlier this year, his mug shot remains online.
Arrest photos are considered public record and are often published on police agency websites.

Ohio
Four years for former doctor in pain clinic case
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former doctor has been sentenced to four years in prison for her role in a southern Ohio pill mill.
Federal prosecutors alleged that Brenda Banks allowed the clinic’s co-owner to use her prescription-writing certificate to order more than 200,000 painkillers, mainly hydrocodone.
Judge Sandra Beckwith sentenced Banks in federal court in Cincinnati Wednesday, rejecting Banks’ request for probation.
Beckwith also said she’ll recommend a 500-hour prison drug treatment program for Banks.
Banks was named in a 2010 indictment that alleged Ohio Medical and Pain Management employees filled dozens of cash-only prescriptions a day.
Beckwith sentenced the clinic’s two former owners to long prison terms earlier this week.
Banks pleaded guilty in April to one count of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or misrepresentation.