Cuyahoga County corruption

The former Cuyahoga County commissioner had requested a more substantial reduction because of age, health and sentencing disparity.

Jimmy Dimora is currently serving a 28-year sentence at a federal prison medical center in Massachusetts, and his attorneys say he should be released due to his poor health.

State and federal law enforcement raided Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish’s office Thursday afternoon, a move that Budish denounced as “without justification.” About nine agents from the FBI and the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation arrived before noon and spent several hours in the county headquarters building, leaving just before 4 p.m., county spokeswoman Mary Louise Madigan said. They left with five boxes, an envelope of equipment and two hard drives, one of which belonged to Budish, Madigan said.

A grand jury has indicted one Cuyahoga County official and two former ones, including the former jail director, after a year-long corruption investgation. Former regional corrections dirctor Ken Mills, former IT general counsel Emily McNeeley and chief talent officer Douglas Dykes were charged in the indictment, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley announced in a news release Friday.