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Peter Pattakos bashes local media but his real issue is the court docket not reporters

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Matt Westerhold
Sep 18, 2026
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SANDUSKY β€” Fresh off a Sixth District Court of Appeals ruling tossing four felony intimidation counts against his client, Ashli Ford, defense attorney Peter Pattakos wasn’t content merely celebrating the First Amendment win.

Instead, he turned his sights on local media.

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In a lengthy public post, Pattakos recalled a conversation with the late Sandusky attorney Geoffrey Oglesby, who famously dubbed the local daily newspaper β€œthe Ragster.” Pattakos used the moniker to launch a broadside against the Sandusky Register, accusing local journalists of living β€œon another planet” and failing to provide β€œmeaningful coverage” of Ford’s ongoing legal battles.

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