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Man arrested after ATV ride through courthouse lawn

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Written by LimaOhio.com   
Thursday, November 06, 2008

Greg Sowinski

CELINA - A man deputies say was ripping through the courthouse lawn doing "doughnuts" on a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle was arrested early Wednesday after abandoning his vehicle.

Scott H. Spears, 20, was charged with criminal mischief, driving under suspension and riding an unlicensed vehicle on the roadway, all misdemeanors, Celina police reported.

Just after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, deputies stationed at the Mercer County Courthouse for the election spotted a man doing doing doughnuts on the courthouse lawn. Later, about 12:30 a.m., Celina police received a call of a four-wheel vehicle driving in an area near North Main Street.

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Tougher ATV-safety law needed, many say

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Written by The Columbus Dispatch   
Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Randy Ludlow 

Twelve-year-old Matthew Good was tooling around alone in a field behind his grandmother's house in Ross County.

Ronald D. Thompson, a 49-year-old from Columbus, was riding down a rural Hocking County road at 2 a.m.

Both died Saturday on all-terrain vehicles: Good when his four-wheeler overturned, and Thompson when his ATV hit a tree.

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Conneaut set to enact tougher off-road-vehicle laws

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Written by The Star Beacon   
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Mike Todd

CONNEAUT — Legislation that would put more teeth into Conneaut’s off-road-vehicle law was moved to a second reading at Monday’s City Council meeting.

The toughened law was introduced about three months after a girl was struck and injured by an all-terrain vehicle on the sidewalk in front of her Harbor Street home.

Much of the proposed law is similar to rules already in effect, said Law Director Lori Lamer. However, the new version contains stiffer penalties to drivers, depending on the severity of the offense, she said.

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Community Voices

“It’s frustrating having a hunt ruined by people riding ATVs where off-road vehicle use is prohibited. Many ATVs look the same so there’s no way to identify violators when reporting the incident to law enforcement. There should be a requirement that off-road vehicles used on public lands have license plates or large decals. Any ATV user who follows the law and land management directives on where they can and can not use these machines should have no objection to this type of identification.”

- Holly Endersby, hunter from western Idaho