Hazel Sidaway sentenced

May 11, 2006

Hazel Sidaway, former member of the STRS Board and the OEA Executive Committee, was sentenced today in Franklin County Municipal Court in Columbus on two ethics charges: illegally accepting tickets to the Broadway musical "Hairspray" and illegally accepting tickets to a Cleveland Indians baseball game while she sat on the STRS Board.

Sentencing by Judge Carrie Glaeden is as follows:

• 180 days of jail time (suspended) for each of the two counts.
• 200 hours of community service to be performed in the Canton City Schools or senior centers.
• $1874 in fees, fines and court costs
• All costs associated with the Ohio Ethics Commission's investigation into her case.