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Central Ohio car dealerships accused of withholding vehicle titles, altering odometers
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Two central Ohio auto dealerships are facing civil lawsuits filed by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s office, accusing them of altering odometer readings, failing to turn over titles to dozens of customers who purchased vehicles, and several other consumer protection violations.
The lawsuits — one filed in Franklin County and the other in Delaware County — accuse each dealership of violating Ohio’s Consumer Sales Practices Act, the Certificate of Motor Vehicles Act, and the Odometer Rollback and Disclosure Act.
The suit filed in Delaware County Common Pleas Court accuses Johnathan Paul Kirkham, operator of Kirkham’s Starfleet Cars, 525 N Sandusky St. in Delaware city, of failing to properly transfer titles to consumers who bought vehicles from the dealership.
According to Yost, there are 32 title-related complaints in connection with Starfleet, and the state will use $138,135 from the state’s Title Defect Recission Fund to reimburse eligible consumers while the Attorney General’s Office pursues legal action against Kirkham’s.
Way 2 Go Auto Sales, 4660 Cleveland Ave. Columbus, operated by Kofi Bimpeh, is accused of failing to provide vehicle titles, altering odometer readings, and misrepresenting rebuilt salvage vehicles in a lawsuit filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. The Attorney General’s office reports they received 20 complaints related to title issues, misrepresentations about salvage vehicles, return policy issues and odometer discrepancies with vehicles.
Way 2 Go Auto Sales and Kirkham’s Starfleet Cars could not be reached for comment on Wednesday. Listed phone numbers for both dealerships appeared to be disconnected.
“Ohioans work hard and deserve to get what they pay for,” Yost said in a prepared release. “Whether it’s a deliberate title delay or outright fraud, my office will pump the breaks on dealership scams.”
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Ohio State Buckeyes Star Unveils Fallout of Brutal Michigan Loss
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The Ohio State Buckeyes are national champions, but that journey did not come without drama.
After losing to the Michigan Wolverines in the final game of the regular season, everything looked like it was falling apart. Fans lost it and started talking badly about the team and calling for Ryan Day to be fired.
Many expected that losing to Michigan once again would cause the team to fall apart. For many teams, that could very well have happened. That wasn’t the case with Ohio State.
Denzel Burke, the Buckeyes’ star cornerback, spoke out about some of the fallout from the loss to the Wolverines.
“Everyone started lashing out, opinions left and right,” Burke said. “Dudes calling out coach Day, like some stuff I ain’t never seen before.”
Obviously, it was a tense situation. Players did not hold back their thoughts and feeling, which was exactly what Ohio State needed.
Burke revealed that it was the best thing that could have happened for the Buckeyes.
He continued forward, explaining one of the main issues that players had with the way things were going prior to and including that loss.
“We were running plays we’re not really efficient in,” he said. “It was bad, man, both on the field and coaching. We’re always going to have better guys (than the opponent). But our main thing was just to run plays that we’re efficient at.”
Even though the loss is still painful for Ohio State fans, it needed to happen. Without losing to Michigan, it is very likely that the team would not have gone on to win the national championship.
Sometimes, bad things must happen to create a greater good. It sure sounds like that situation was present for the Buckeyes.
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Everything Dusty May said after Michigan's 86-83 win over Ohio State
Opening Statement
Yeah. If you guys are going to put me up against those two guys, I’d like a booster suit. Just, you guys, so many guys contribute to this win, and you heard the humility from those guys, that they obviously played a starting role tonight and they made play after play, but they’re also appreciative of the screens and the cutting and the plays that their teammates make, the shooters being threats where the change is facing, but what a great college basketball game. Ohio State made play after play, and obviously, Royal was phenomenal, and then Mobley and Horton, they gave us everything that we asked for, everything that we wanted. They were good. I mean, for us to win the shot battle, to have a manageable amount of turnovers, and even our turnovers tonight, it’s been our Achilles heel, but I thought several of them when we played good basketball and maybe got it all stripped into paint, and so those are the ones that will live with dumps or layups, so we didn’t have very many unforced turnovers tonight, and it was a physical game. It was, I think, Ohio State’s, without a doubt, NCAA tournament team, so it’s two heavyweights battling it out, going hit for hit, round for round, and fortunately, we made the plays when we needed to.
On getting contributions from everybody
No question. I thought all the guys, you know, Rubinn Jones’ stat line, eight points, 100% from the field. I thought his defense was physical. He was aggressive. Roddy had eight rebounds. Namari made one of the biggest shots of the game, I think, in the four minute time, I’m sorry, between eight and four minutes. Trey didn’t have one of his better games, but he’s the one that got the win. When we were weathering a storm in the second half, he was the one that was getting down, no good pressure on the rim, so obviously, they’re all not going to be at their best, and then L.J. Cason on the offensive side brought a real boost, and then Will Cheddar did what he does almost every game, so I could go down, we’re winning these games because it’s a complete team effort, and the bond and relationship that our guys have in the locker room carries over into the games.
On whether the last play for designed for Roddy Gayle
That was option one. We felt like we’d been riding Danny, and just as if we’re coming out of timeouts anticipating what we might see, we felt like they were going to do something, whether it was trap Danny or whatever the case, they were going to do something out of a timeout to take away what had been our bread and butter, and so yeah, we tried to create an advantage for Roddy getting down the hill, and he made a big time play. He made a big time play.
On LJ Cason
Same thing. I mean, he’s a freshman, and for a freshman to do what we’re always doing in this league is incredibly impressive. For L.J. to stay ready and stay composed on the offensive side of the ball, he’s an impactful player every time he checks in, because he can get where he needs to get to, he can shoot the basketball, and he can really get to loose basketball. As one of our coaches on our staff says, he’s a retriever. He gets the ball. We don’t win this game without the contributions of everyone who checked in.
On teams adapting to four or five-man screens and Danny Wolf and Vlad Goldin adapting to it
Every team has a different personnel that can allow and force certain things to happen. Purdue can’t do certain things that Ohio State can do, and Ohio State can’t do certain things that Michigan State can do. We can’t do certain things that Wisconsin can do. There’s a lot of factors. I’d rather not give my opinion of why it was tonight, other than just great personnel awareness and selflessness by our group of players.
On the potential of a new era in the rivalry
Well, I’d anticipate every single game being like this, hard fought to the very end with great support from the fans, with great interest throughout college basketball. It’s a big game, and I don’t want to speak for Coach Diva because we haven’t talked about it since our Big Ten meetings, but he came up last year when we were in California, Big Ten country, for our Big Ten meetings, and he said, hey, are you good with, let’s try to do this where we play home and home every year. Going forward that way, obviously it’s hard because it’s two rivalry games versus one, but it’s what’s good for the game. It’s what’s good for the sport. It’s what’s good for our players. It’s less travel. It’s big for TV. It’s big for our fan bases, so we both agreed that even though it might not be as fun as it could be, it’s a gut-wrenching preparation and anticipation for the game because of how much it means, but we both agreed that going forward we’d like for that to happen. I don’t know if we can do a quick flip next year if it happens the year after that, but yeah, we both request that from the league, so it was a lot of fun competing against those guys because we have a lot of respect. Like us, they played an incredibly difficult schedule which has prepared them for Big Ten play, and they’re a much better team now than they were six weeks ago. Much, much better basketball team. I looked at a couple texts from coaches that have played them earlier and they said, wow, they’ve improved, so that’s probably the most difficult thing to do in today’s climate is to keep a team together, fighting like crazy together, and then have them improve as you go through this long, grueling season of college basketball, especially in the Big Ten Conference.
On the team chanting Roddy Gayle’s name in the locker room
You know, it’s obviously tough. You know, if you step in that arena now as a modern athlete, there’s certain things that come with it. As a coach, there’s certain things that just, it’s part of it, and it’s more difficult on people that are great human beings, like Roddy Gale, and he’s a basketball player, he’s a son, he’s a brother, I mean, he’s a lot of things other than just a Michigan or Ohio State basketball player, so obviously, it’s tough at that age, but it’s part of it, and he handled this situation with grace, with dignity, with class, and he played a really good basketball game in a tough environment, and he’ll be better for this, because he powered through it.
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Badger men’s hockey swept by no. 8 Ohio State in sixth-straight loss
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COLUMBUS, Oh. (WMTV) – Wisconsin men’s hockey lost 4-2 at no. 8 Ohio State on Saturday night. With the win, the Buckeyes sweep the Badgers 4-0 in the regular season.
Ohio State opened the scoring in the first with a goal from Patrick Guzzo. Wisconsin answered ten seconds into the second period with a goal from Ryland Mosley to tie. About a minute and a half later, freshman Ryan Botterill turned a sloppy Buckeye turnover in their defensive zone into a goal and put the Badgers back on top.
Max Montes would re-tie for the Buckeyes later in the second. But, Damien Carfagna scored what would be the game-winning goal late in the third, and Davis Burnside sealed it with 11 seconds remaining on an empty net.
With the loss, the Badgers have lose six-straight games and have not won in eight games. Wisconsin is now 11-18-3. They welcome Notre Dame to the Kohl Center on Friday and Saturday for the final regular season games of the year.
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