The Columbus Dispatch

Ex- OSU wrestler insults judge, remains in jail

- Bbruner@dispatch.com @bethany_bruner

the hearing armed with transcript­s of phone calls he had made while in the county jail. They include profanity-laced comments to his girlfriend and other relatives in which he called probation “a waste of time” and referred to the judge as “a real a------.”

It immediatel­y become clear that Agazarm’s hope of getting out early was gone.

“So I’m an a------, huh?” Serrott asked Agazarm. “The a------ that saved you from prison. ... You are a moron. You don’t get it. You’re going to do the entire 180 days. ... If something doesn’t change in you between now and the time you get out, I’ll make it my mission to send you to prison if you violate probation. We’ll see what an a----- I am.” school bus.

According to a police report from the incident, the bus driver had pulled over near the intersecti­on of McCutcheon and Sunbury roads about 2:50 p.m. Sept. 11 after some students on the bus began throwing hard candy at one other.

The bus driver had asked the students to stop, but the students began throwing the candies at the driver in response. The driver called for a security officer and pulled the bus over to wait.

A firetruck returning from an unrelated call stopped to check on the bus and the driver, who asked for the firefighte­rs’ help in calming the situation.

The students began arguing with the firefighte­rs and exited the bus. One of the students, a 17-year-old Mifflin High School student, began threatenin­g the emergency workers and said he would kill one of the firefighte­rs.

Several students ran away but were quickly caught by police. The 17-year-old has been charged with menacing.

Franklin County sheriff’s deputies called to the New Rome Motel in Prairie Township on Sept. 11 noticed the smell of marijuana coming from a yard nearby.

As they handled the motel call, the deputies also were able to track the smell to a backyard on Buena Vista Avenue: A large number of marijuana plants were visible among sunflower plants.

Search warrant obtained, detectives found about 500 pounds of processed marijuana — worth about $600,000 — and 95 marijuana plants. Detectives also found 43 cats, which were released to family members.

The owner of the home was arrested and charged with manufactur­e of drugs or cultivatio­n of marijuana, a second-degree felony.

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