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Chicago Tribune Editor Arrested in Middletown Printed From: MiddletownUSA.com Category: Middletown Community Forum Name: Middletown News, Info and Happenings Forum Description: Discuss any Middletown Ohio area news story. URL: http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4173 Printed Date: Feb 22 2025 at 12:42am Topic: Chicago Tribune Editor Arrested in Middletown Posted By: John Beagle Subject: Chicago Tribune Editor Arrested in Middletown Date Posted: Oct 14 2011 at 11:44am By Tribune staff 10:00 a.m. CDT, October 14, 2011 Randy Michaels, the former Tribune Co. CEO and the head of Merlin Media, was arrested for operating a vehicle while impaired in Middletown, Ohio, early Friday morning, a local affiliate of ABC News in Ohio is reporting. According to WCPO-TV, an ABC-affiliated television station in Cincinnati, Michaels was arrested at the intersection of State Route 122 and I-75 in Middletown at 2:05 a.m. EST on Friday. Michaels was released from jail at 5:20 a.m. Friday after he paid $615, according to Middletown police. They did not release any additional details. Michaels was CEO of Tribune Co., which owns the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, from 2007 to 2010. ------------- http://www.johnbeagle.com/" rel="nofollow - John Beagle Middletown USA News of, for and by the people of Middletown, Ohio. Replies: Posted By: VietVet Date Posted: Oct 14 2011 at 12:11pm Wonder if this person stopped for the night or had business in town??? Just seems odd that a person of ANY importance (this guy was a CEO of an owner of some notable newspapers) would be hovering around this burg. Kinda "out of place", right? Posted By: middletownscouter Date Posted: Oct 14 2011 at 2:03pm Talk show host Cunningham pays bond for media exec arrested on OVI charge By Lauren Pack, Staff Writer 12:30 PM Friday, October 14, 2011 MIDDLETOWN — An area media executive was arrested for OVI this morning after Middletown police officers spotted his car stuck in water and mud in a construction zone. Randy Michaels, 59, of Lawyer’s Point, Cincinnati, was booked into the Middletown City Jail under his real name, Benjamin Homel, shortly after 2 a.m., according to police officials. According to Maj. Mark Hoffman, Michaels was bonded out of jail at 5:22 a.m. 700WLW talk radio host Bill Cunningham. Michaels, CEO of Merlin Media and former head of the Tribune Company, was taken into custody at the intersection of Ohio 122 and Interstate 75. Middletown officers found Michaels in his car between construction cones facing west underneath the overpass on Ohio 122. The vehicle was sitting in water up to the frame, according to the report. The officer said he detected an “odor of intoxicants about his person” when speaking with Michaels. He was given three field sobriety tests then taken to jail. After contacting an attorney for advise, Michaels refused to take a Breathalyzer test, according to poice. Michaels, who was also charged with driving on street posted closed, is scheduled to appear in Middletown Municipal Court Oct. 21 for a pre-trial hearing.

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