"Police said two suspects are in the Warren County Jail accused of robbing a Lebanon discount store. Police said the pair robbed the Dollar General store on Columbus Avenue on Wednesday night. Officers said they stopped a car matching the description of the robbers, and said they found a handgun and money inside."

- WHIOtv.com

Case Summary: After hiring Rittgers and Rittgers, the Defendant plead to a reduced charge of tampering with evidence and did not receive any jail time.

"By settling federal sexual-harassment lawsuits against an ex-Warren County judge, five current and former Warren County employees can move ahead without publicly dredging up distasteful details in a trial, a lawyer in the case says...Five employees, including Rittgers' four clients, settled Tuesday. "It saves our clients the ugliness of exposing this dirty segment of their employment," Rittgers said.

- Cincinnati Enquirer

Case Summary: A Warren County Judge was accused by nine of his employees of sexual harassment. The firm of Rittgers and Rittgers represented eight of those nine employees against the judge who was eventually removed from office as a result of the allegations. The judge and the county government paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to settle the case.

"Nascar Driver Taking Antidrug Message on the Road:Facing a possible one-year jail sentence if convicted of the felony, Fike and his lawyer, Charlie Rittgers, put together a proposal in which Fike promised to speak and pass out information at schools, racetracks and other places. The county prosecutor agreed to reduce the felony charge to a misdemeanor, and Fike was sentenced to two years of probation."

- NewYorkTimes.com

Case Summary: After facing felony drug charges that jeopardized Fike's racing career and carried potential jail time, Fike was able to plea to a misdemeanor and only received probation, in exchange for work on a national anti-drug campaign.

"The death of a 6-year-old student at a Lebanon school has led to a new law that will hopefully keep other students safe."

- WCPO.com

Case Summary: A vibrant, young 6-year-old boy was crushed by a large and dangerous school cafeteria table while attending an after school daycare program. Claims are pending against the school, the YMCA running the after-school program, and the manufacturer.

"NASHVILLE, Tenn.- A day of summer fun ended in a tragedy Sunday. A 7-year-old boy died while swimming at the Donelson-Hermitage YMCA. The young boy was identified as Christian Gordon, who was from Ohio but was spending the summer with his dad in Nashville."

- NewsChannel5.com

Case Summary: An Ohio youth, Christian Gordon, tragically drown in a Tennessee YMCA pool while visiting his father in Nashville. Changes were made with YMCA lifeguard personnel and swimming pool procedure and the case was settled under a confidentiality agreement.

"Indian Hill Doctor Charged With Child Endangering: A local doctor is charged with child endangering after allegedly locking his two daughters in a Porsche."

- WCPO.com

Case Summary: Police found the Defendant's two and four-year-old girls in his Porsche outside the Deerfield Township Lowe's. A deputy broke out a window, and the girls were okay, but child endangering charges were filed. The Defendant hired Rittgers and Rittgers and the case ended up being dismissed.

Oh, My Bod! Firefighter Looks Hot in Mugshot: Cole, who is married and the father of three, pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of drunken driving, public indecency and disorderly conduct.

- The New York Post

Case Summary: After pleading to reduced charges, the Defendant only had to attend a three day alcohol program.

"A 16-year-old Loveland junior charged in a crash that killed a mother and her unborn son can start conditioning for the upcoming football season this week, a judge said as he released the boy from juvenile detention Monday."

- Cincinnati Enquirer

Case Summary: One day after obtaining his driver's license, the Defendant drove left of center killing a woman and her unborn child. Prior to the crash the Defendant had smoked marijuana. Charged with Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, the Defendant faced a mandatory lifetime license revocation and incarceration until the age 21. After a trial, the Defendant was sentenced to a Treatment Program for Juveniles and is eligible to obtain a driver's license in the future.

"Warren County prosecutors dropped 15 counts of sexual battery against [a 59 year old man] who was accused of having sex with the 14-year-old girl in 2004, and allowed him to plead no contest to a single charge of felonious assault. The plea agreement outraged the girl's mother, who said she was told by prosecutors that the case was too shaky to take to trial. 'It ain't right at all,' Annette Cavins, of Morrow, said outside the courtroom, 'It's just a smack on the hand because he's got a title, he's got a status in the community and he's got money to pay for a good lawyer.'"

- Cincinnati Enquirer

Case Summary: After negotiations between Charlie Rittgers and the prosecutor’s office, the Defendant plead to one count of felonious assault and was sentenced to one day in jail and five years of community control (probation).