For the second time in as many months, Geauga County Probate Court Judge Tim Grendell has stepped down from presiding over a controversial township park district matter in his court. Last month, Grendell agreed to recuse himself from reviewing a master commissioner’s report on whether Chester Township Trustees Ken Radtke and Mike Petruziello committed fraud, interference, contempt of court and felony retaliation and deprivation of civil rights in failing to sign a revised management agreement for Parkside Park. In September, Grendell had ordered court-appointed Master Commissioner Mary Jane Trapp to investigate the trustees’ actions after they voted in August not...
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