Andrew Welsh Huggins

January 21, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Lawmakers have been urging House and Senate leaders to fully fund a law meant to address the semiconductor chip shortage.

By John Seewer and Andrew Welsh-Huggins

4 minute read

August 03, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The Justice Department will dispatch 12 federal prosecutors to cities ravaged by addiction who will focus exclusively on investigating health care fraud and opioid scams that are fueling the nation's drug abuse epidemic, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Wednesday.

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins

3 minute read

November 08, 2016 | Daily Business Review

An ex-deep sea treasure hunter is faking memory problems and intentionally deceiving authorities about the location of missing coins minted from gold from an 1857 shipwreck, a federal judge has ruled.

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press

4 minute read

August 11, 2014 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge has extended a months-long moratorium on executions in Ohio into next year as questions mount about the effectiveness of a new, two-drug combination being used to carry out the death penalty.

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins

2 minute read

February 27, 2014 | Daily Report Online

A former Ohio resident accused of buying $30,000 watches and cars costing more than $100,000 as part of a money laundering scheme, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges.

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins

2 minute read

January 13, 2014 | Daily Report Online

A condemned killer's attempt to stop his execution on the grounds he could experience a terrifying sensation of suffocation is the latest argument directed at whether use of a lethal drug will create an unconstitutionally cruel death.

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins

3 minute read

January 22, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

2 minute read

February 04, 2010 | Daily Report Online

LUCASVILLE, Ohio AP - The execution of an Ohio man convicted of killing a convenience store owner and a clerk is proceeding now that the inmate has lost his final court appeals.Ohio prisons director Ernie Moore says the U.S. Supreme Court rejected death row inmate Mark Brown's final two appeals Thursday morning.Waiting for word from the court delayed the execution about 20 minutes, to about 10:20 a.

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

1 minute read

April 03, 2008 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBUS, Ohio AP - Four executives convicted in a $1.9 billion fraud trial say they've done everything a judge ordered before sentencing, including wearing electronic monitors.The government says they were plotting to flee to Aruba and on Wednesday the four were arrested in three states, including Georgia. A hearing was scheduled in federal court Thursday morning for the two defendants from Columbus.

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

3 minute read

July 07, 2008 | National Law Journal

In a move rare in Ohio and across the country, the Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday disbarred a county judge accused of money laundering and other ethics violations. With the court's action, Highland County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Hoskins becomes the first sitting judge in modern judicial history in Ohio to be removed from the bench. Hoskins' misconduct "caused incalculable harm to the public perception of the judiciary and attorneys," a unanimous Supreme Court concluded.

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins

3 minute read