It's been more than a year since the Ohio Board of Professional Conduct recommended that Geauga County Judge Timothy Grendell be suspended. Today, the Ohio Supreme Court took action , suspending Grendell for 18 months, with 12 months stayed.

The suspension comes just 10 days after News 5 Investigator Sarah Buduson's report aired, questioning why Grendell was still on the bench — his case was the oldest judicial professional misconduct case on the docket.

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Grendell is suspended without pay for six months, but if he fails to abide by the suspension and commits further misconduct, he will have to serve the whole 18-month suspension term.

The suspension stems from a case he

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