Johnna Shia, Montgomery County assistant prosecutor, pictured at a bar

– By Jordan Freshour

The Montgomery County government in Ohio may love trying to catch drunk drivers via unconstitutional OVI checkpoints, but when it comes to policing the behavior of its own employees, driving while impaired is suddenly not a cause for concern.

On July 20, Johnna Shia, one of five “Team 1” prosecutors for the county court was arrested for OVI in nearby Belmont County, Ohio according to local news. Shameful enough by itself, Shia was detained after striking a vehicle which carried children, then fleeing the scene of the crime. To make matters worse, she first lied to the trooper when questioned about her alcohol consumption. Upon further interrogation, Shia admitted to a four-day bender prior to her display of hypocritical behavior, which can be seen by clicking here.

Shia failed a sobriety test, and rendered a .134 BAC when tested – the equivalent of 6 or more drinks for the average person.

When Greg Flannagan, spokesman for the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office, was asked if Shia had been placed on leave, he declined to discuss the matter further. Given the history of substandard disciplinary action within the ranks of his office, this likely means no meaningful action will be taken at all.

UPDATE: “Shia has not worked since the incident and is currently on medical leave, a Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman said Friday. Asked about any administrative action after Shia’s previous two drunk-driving arrests in 2006 and 2012, office spokesman Greg Flannagan said: “I can inform you that corrective measures were taken, but I cannot elaborate specifically.”” -Dayton Daily News

According to WHIO-TV and documents obtained by TruthVoice, this is Shia’s third time caught operating a vehicle while impaired. In 2005, she was arrested for drunk driving after speeding past a Springboro police cruiser near her home. In that instance, Shia attempted to use her prosecutor’s badge (to no avail) as special privilege to avoid being detained. Her only discipline was a $350 fine and 6 month suspension of her driver’s license, with both drunken driving and speeding charges dismissed. She also attended a rehabilitation program while serving a one-year probation.

This clearly did little good to amend her behavior. In 2012, she was again arrested for OVI in Miami Township, a neighboring suburb. It is not known what internal discipline – if any – she received. However, drunk driving charges were again dismissed, and not only was Shia allowed to keep her job, she was awarded a pay raise in 2006 and 2013, the years following her first two charges. Shia is on track to be paid more than $72k of taxpayer money in 2015.

This is hypocrisy of the highest degree, and a fine example of how government views itself as being above their own rules. The Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed that Shia has prosecuted other citizens for OVI during her continuing tenure with the county. TruthVoice reports the names of four individuals whom she has personally been involved in trying for the same crime she is now 3 times guilty of committing herself.

If this makes you angry, it should. Crony politics in Montgomery County are well-documented, and corruption of various forms have been ongoing for decades.

If you want to help clean up government waste at the Prosecutor’s Office, call (937) 225-5757 8:30a – 4:30p, M-F, ask for Mat Heck Jr or Greg Flannagan, and request Johnna Shia be fired. You can also visit her personal Facebook page and send a private message condemning her behavior, asking her to resign.

Article has been edited 8/15/2015 to reflect updates and more accurate information.

If prostitution is the world’s oldest profession, the world’s second oldest profession must be male politician with an anti-gay voting record who enjoys the dicks of men. Ladies and gentlemen, meet North Dakota House of Representatives member Randy Boehning (R).

The 52-year-old lawmaker got caught with his dick out by a 21-year-old named Dustin Smith, who chatted with Boehning on Grindr in March. During their interaction, Boehning sent Smith an unsolicited picture of his penis. Smith then approached The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead newspaper. On the app, Boehning went by “Top man!” and when asked if he was horny, he replied, “Always lol.”

On April 2, Boehning voted against Senate Bill 2279, which would have banned discrimination based on sexual orientation in North Dakota. The House eventually defeated the bill.

The Forum reports:

Boehning said before he voted against the anti-discrimination bill on April 2 a Capitol employee told him a fellow House lawmaker who supported the bill said Boehning would be targeted for retaliation if he didn’t vote for it. The 12-year veteran of the House still voted against 2279. He also voted against a similar bill in 2009 and would have in 2013, had the proposal not died in the Senate before a House vote.

Boehning had it coming in several ways. Openly gay Rep. Josh Boschee told The Forum “lawmakers from both parties have told him a gay Republican staffer at the Capitol who had been in contact with Boehning on Grindr since his last run for office had warned Boehning ‘there could be consequences for the hypocrisy of [his] vote.’”

Boehning claimed he voted against the bill because he didn’t think his constituents supported it, and he had a problem with the bill protecting those “perceived” to be gay. Clearly.

He initally refused to answer questions about his app-tivity when contacted two weeks ago. On Saturday, he told the paper, regarding his sending of a dick pic, “That’s what gay guys do on gay sites, don’t they? That’s how things happen on Grindr. It’s a gay chat site. It’s not the first thing you do on that site. That’s what we do, exchange pics on the site.”

On being outed, Boehning said, “The 1,000-pound gorilla has been lifted.” In addition to finally admitting that he’s attracted to men, Boehning says he’s also attracted to women.