Monday’s announcement also included additional charges against Sam Randazzo, former chair of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, who is already facing 11 counts of charges centered around allegations he accepted bribes from Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. Both he and Dowling were scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday. Jones said through his attorney that he was in Akron when the comment was made, awaiting instructions from the court as to how to proceed.
Yost said a grand jury in Summit County, home to Akron, indicted Jones and Dowling on Friday and that the two men promised to turn themselves in Monday to the Summit County Jail but then did not.
