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Amid cuts_ Ohio judge tells citizens to carry guns | The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind.
**Had a brain lock. I made comments about the wrong story on this story.**JEFFERSON, Ohio – A judge in Ohio is urging citizens to be vigilant and carry firearms because of budget cuts to the county sheriff’s department.
Ashtabula County Common Pleas Judge Alfred Mackey told Cleveland’s WKYC-TV that the cuts mean members of the public should arm themselves and watch out for their neighbors.
The northeast Ohio county is the state’s largest in area and is mostly rural. With deputies assigned to transport prisoners and serve warrants, one radio car is assigned to patrol 720 square miles.
Sheriff William Johnson has threatened to sue the county commissioners to have some of his department’s funding restored.
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