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Judge Stephen Yarbrough – Consummate Workaholic or just a crook? 
Below you’ll find various text boxes and other information relating to Judge Yarbrough’s ongoing claims (ca. 1997-2009) that he is Ohio’s quintessential workaholic. After reviewing the facts herein, all of which were gleaned from a review of Yarbrough’s travel and wage records, I think you’ll conclude that he has been engaged in a year’s long scheme to unjustly enrich himself by billing for hours he never worked.
Wages claimed while working at home and/or while driving – 2008-2009
Text boxes 1 and 2 below spell out (a) total wages earned, (b) 8 hour days claimed, (c) hours worked at home, and (d) wages earned while driving about.
Text Box 1 – 2008
Text Box 2 – 2009
Text boxes 3 and 4 below relate to Yarbrough’s repeated claims of working 8-hour-days at home on the weekends. The date bolded in blue are Sundays, the rest are Saturdays. These facts are provided for context to show that Yarbrough’s scam has been ongoing for at least ten or more years.
Text Box 3
8 hrs on Weekends at home – June – Dec 2000
Text Box 4
8 hrs on Weekends at home – Feb – April 2001
Yarbrough billing Franklin County for hours never worked
Text Box 5 below details Yarbrough’s arrival at the court in Columbus and his departure times, which demonstrate that he was consistently billing for hours he never worked. There are many more examples of this type of illegal billing based on parking, meal, lodging and/or toll receipts.
Text Box 5
Billing for hours never worked - 1999
Yarbrough give new meaning to the term “Workaholic”
Obviously the hours claimed by Yarbrough a total sham. However, to be fair, if on the dates below he traveled to the Toledo Airport and kept going west, he may well have been able to work over 24 hours in one day, right?
Obviously, Judge Yarbrough missed his calling as a standup comedian!
July 14, 1999 = 26.5 hours
07/14/99 – bills Franklin for 8.0 hrs work
07/14/99 – bills Franklin 161 miles – Columbus to Sylvania = 3.0 hrs.
07/14/99 – bills Mahoning 366 miles – roundtrip from Sylvania = 6.0 hrs.
07/14/99 – bills Mahoning for 8.0 hrs work
07/14/99 – bills Franklin $35 for 3 meals – est. 1.5 hours
Oct 18, 1999 = 26.0 hours
10/18/99 – Darke - 144 miles – Toledo to Greenville – 3 hrs
10/18/99 – bills Mahoning - 188 miles – Sylvania to Youngstown – 3 hrs
10/18/99 – bills Mahoning - 188 miles- Youngstown to Sylvania – 3 hrs
10/18/99 – bills Mahoning – 4.0 hours
10/18/99 – bills Trumbull – 4.0 hours
10/18/99 – bills Darke 8.0 hours
10/18/99 – bills Darke/Mahoning for 2 meals – 1.0 hr estimate
February 3, 2000 = 23.0 hours
02/03/00 – Darke - $28 (100 miles) Greenville to Columbus = 2 hrs
02/03/00 – Butler - $66.92 (239 miles) Columbus to Hamilton = 5 hrs
02/03/00 – Butler – 8.0 hrs work
02/03/00 – Darke – 8.0 hrs work
April 11, 2000 = 22.5 hours
04/11/00 – bills Preble for 4.0 hours work
04/11/00 – bills Darke for 4.0 hours work
04/11/00 – bills Ross for 8.0 hours work
04/11/00 – bills Preble 176 miles – Columbus to Eaton – 3.5 hours
04/11/00 – bills Franklin 161 miles – Sylvania to Columbus – 3.0 hours
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