A Republican former state lawmaker who’s now a juvenile judge in northeast Ohio has been suspended for 18 months for ordering two teenage brothers taken to juvenile lockup for refusing to visit their father. If he remains in good standing, he could come back to the bench in May. But the Ohio Supreme Court also made another important ruling in his disciplinary case.

The court dismissed charges against Geauga County Probate-Juvenile Court Judge Tim Grendell that related to public comments on two occasions: a presentation at the Geauga County Tea Party in 2019 and his testimony in 2020 for a COVID data reporting bill sponsored by his wife, then-Rep. Diane Grendell. She and her husband have both been in the House; in 2000, he won the seat she occupied when she was term-limited. He moved on

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