Special prosecutors appointed for Mahoning County ethics probe

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County common pleas judges have appointed four special prosecutors to investigate possible ethics violations related to Mahoning County’s purchase of Oakhill Renaissance Place.

Seven judges signed a judgment entry Monday to appoint the prosecutors as requested Oct. 7 by Paul J. Gains, Mahoning County prosecutor.

The four will are: Dennis P. Will, prosecutor; Anthony Dean Cillo and Billie Jo Belcher, assistant prosecutors, all from the Lorain County prosecutor’s office; and Paul M. Nick, chief investigative counsel with the Ohio Ethics Commission.

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