Rep. Clayton Luckie indicted on 49 counts

FROM WDTN, DAYTON'S NBC: THIS
STATE REPRESENTATIVE IS
ARRESTED... ACCUSED OF
POCKETING CAMPAIGN CASH AND
THEN TRYING TO COVER IT UP.
GOOD EVENING. I'M KATIE
USSIN. AND I'M MEGAN
O'ROURKE.. MARK ALLAN IS ON
ASSIGNMENT. WE WERE THERE AS
39TH HOUSE DISTRICT
REPRESENTATIVE CLAYTON LUCKIE
TURNED HIMSELF INTO
AUTHORITIES IN COLUMBUS AFTER
BEING INDICTED ON 49 COUNTS.
JORDAN BURGESS TAKES A
CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT LED
INVESTIGATORS TO LUCKIE IN
TONIGHT'S TOP STORY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING FROM
ONE OF THOSE NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN
ADS. A STATE REPRESENTATIVE
ACCUSED OF USING CAMPAIGN
MONEY TO FUND TRIPS TO CASINOS
AND STORES. BUT THIS IS MUCH
MORE SERIOUS THAN AN ATTACK
AD. AND IT COULD END UP
LEADING CLAYTON LUCKIE FROM
THE STATE HOUSE HERE TO THE
BIG HOUSE. A MAN USED TO
MAKING THE LAWS..NOW ACCUSED
OF BREAKING THEM...AND FACING
THE POSSIBILITY OF DOZENS OF
YEARS IN PRISON. WE ALL LEARN
THIS AS CHILDREN YOU DON'T
CHEAT LIE OR STEAL AND WHEN
YOU'RE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL
THAT GOES TEN FOLD AND MR.
LUCKIE NEVER LEARNED THAT
THOSE ARE SOME TENANTS IN LIFE
WE ALL GO BY. A VISIBLY
SHAKEN CLAYTON LUCKIE DIDN'T
SAY A WORD TO OUR CAMERA AS HE
TURNED HIMSELF IN AT THE FBI
OFFICE IN COLUMBUS. MOMENTS
AFTER GETTING INTO THIS CAR IN
HANDCUFFS..HE COLLAPSED WHILE
BEING BOOKED INTO JAIL. DOOR
CLOSING LUCKIE WAS INDICTED
ON 49 COUNTS ALLEGING AMONG
OTHER THINGS THAT HE
TRANSFERRED 130-THOUSAND
DOLLARS IN CAMPAIGN CASH TO
HIS PERSONAL ACCOUNTS AND USED
THE MONEY FOR THINGS LIKE CASH
WITHDRAWALS AT SEVERAL
CASINOS..AND TRIPS TO VARIOUS
STORES. CUB FOODS, ELDER
BEERMAN..MACY'S
WALMART..BABIES-R-
US..TOYS-R-US. INVESTIGATORS
SAY
WALMART..BABIES-R-
THE FRAUD CONTINUED EVEN AFTER
LUCKIE WAS FIRST QUESTIONED
ABOUT IT BACK IN MARCH. HE
THEN WENT AFTER THEN AND
SUBMITTED FALSE DOCUMENTS. IT
WAS ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE.
ACCORDING TO THE
INDICTMENT..LUCKIE WAS ON THE
WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW FROM THE
BEGINNING..FORGING THE NAME OF
HIS SUPPOSED CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE TREASURER WHEN HE
FIRST FILED TO RUN FOR THE
STATE HOUSE IN 2006. BUT
IT WASN'T UNTIL THE
INVESTIGATION OF NOW
IMPRISONED REPRESENTATIVE
CARLTON WEDDINGTON OVER PAY
DAY LOAN CONTRIBUTIONS THAT IT
WAS DISCOVERED LUCKIE
ALLEGEDLY ACCEPTED CAMPAIGN
MONEY BUT DIDN'T REPORT IT.
BUT FOR THE WEDDINGTON
INVESTIGATION THIS WOULD NOT
BE UNCOVERED. THE FRANKLIN
COUNTY PROSECUTOR WOULDN'T
COMMENT TO US WHETHER OTHER
STATE LAWMAKERS WERE UNDER
INVESTIGATION. SO IT REMAINS
TO BE SEEN WHETHER LUCKIE WILL
BE THE LAST ONE TO LAND IN HOT
WATER. IN COLUMBUS..JORDAN
BURGESS. 2NEWS.
WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE
INVESTIGATION INTO CLAYTON
LUCKIE FOR SOME TIME NOW. IN
EARLY AUGUST, WE CONFIRMED
WITH FRANKLIN COUNTY
PROSECUTOR THERE WAS AN
ONGOING INVESTIGATION
INVOLVING LUCKIE. ONE DAY
LATER, LUCKIE ANNOUNCED HE
WOULD NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION...
ENDING HIS FOURTH TERM AS A
STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
39TH DISTRICT. ON AUGUST
12TH ...THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
REPLACED LUCKIE ON THE
NOVEMBER BALLOT. FORMER
STATE SENATOR FRED STRAHORN
WILL NOW RUN FOR THAT DISTRICT
SEAT. BUT WITH TODAY'S
DEVELOPMENTS... THE SPEAKER OF
OHIO'S HOUSE IS URGING LUCKIE
TO RESIGN TONIGHT.
OTHERWISE.. HE COULD BE
REMOVED BY A TWO-THIRDS VOTE.