The newspaper reported last month that Judge Robert Lyons of Area I Court in southwest Ohio’s Oxford, home to Miami University, sealed 2,945 misdemeanor cases in the past five years. Misdemeanors also can include theft and domestic violence. Many cases likely include charges such as underage drinking or disorderly conduct, although it is impossible to tell what crimes are involved in sealed cases, the newspaper reported. The newspaper compared the number of sealed misdemeanor cases in some individual courts in 2012 with the number of misdemeanor cases completed last year. The finding was from The Cincinnati Enquirer’s analysis of court records in several Ohio college towns. Judges in some small Ohio college towns seal a larger proportion of criminal records from the public than courts in some larger metro areas where a college represents a smaller segment of the community, a newspaper reported Monday.
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