MESSAGE FROM PROSECUTOR SHERRI BEVAN WALSH

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Plemons Guilty on All Charges

(November 2, 2011… Akron) … Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announced today that a jury found Michael Plemons, 35, of Akron, guilty of Aggravated Vehicular Assault, a third-degree felony; Driving Under the Influence, a first-degree misdemeanor; and Hit-Skip, a fifth-degree felony.

On March 31, Plemons drove his truck into Springfield Township Patrolman Mark Dodez as Officer Dodez was searching for evidence that had been thrown onto Arlington Road in Springfield during a police chase earlier that evening. Plemons' blood alcohol content was .28 after the crash.

Judge Alison McCarty will sentence Plemons Thursday, November 3 at 9:30 a.m.

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