PORT CLINTON — Former Port Clinton Fire Chief Kent Johnson’s motion for early judicial release after serving half of a 180-day sentence for assaulting a female EMT has irked the victim, whose lawyer said had gotten no notice about the request.

Lawyer Subodh Chandra alleged in a Tuesday blog posting to his Cleveland law firm’s website that Henry County Prosecutor Gwen Howe-Gebers, who served as a special prosecutor in the Ottawa County Common Pleas Court case, had violated Marsy’s Law by communicating to visiting Judge Robert Christiansen that she did not object to Johnson’s early release.

Former Port Clinton firefighter and EMT Rebekah Huskey-Archacki was never notified of Johnson’s petition as required by the Ohio law that lays out how crime victims are to be notified of various proceed

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