From The Columbus Dispatch:

Lawbreaking in former Attorney General Marc Dann’s tenure may have begun on day one, with party-hearty staffers keeping the booze flowing at an inauguration event past the time allowed by the hotel’s liquor permit, according to a newly released investigative file.

Last week, the State Highway Patrol released its long-awaited investigative file on Dann’s 17 months in office in 2007 and 2008. The case wasn’t officially closed until Sept. 17, some four months after Dann pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor and declined to challenge another.

The patrol file covers mostly familiar ground: Dann aide Anthony Gutierrez’ fondness for hard liquor and driving — sometimes crashing — state vehicles after imbibing, misuse of campaign funds by Dann and others, and sexual indiscretions at the Dublin-area condo Dann shared with Gutierrez and spokesman Leo Jennings III.

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