City of Dayton v. Dunnigan

Frederick N. Young, Judge.

Matthew Dunnigan appeals from his conviction by the Dayton Municipal Court, following a bench trial, of three counts of aggravated menacing, a misdemeanor of the first degree, in violation of R.C. 2908.21, which provides: “(A) No person shall knowingly cause another to believe that the offender will cause serious physical harm to the person or property of such other person or member of his immediate family.”

Dunnigan was sentenced to eighteen months’ incarceration with a fine of $3,000 and costs, but the court suspended the imprisonment except for the twenty days he…