5Chardon, OH – Geauga County Probate-Juvenile Court Judge Timothy Grendell has been sanctioned for sending two boys to a youth lock-up facility to compel them to visit their father. The Supreme Court of Ohio determined Grendell violated ethics rules for judges in the state.

The court issued an 18-month suspension with 12 months stayed. Grendell is suspended without pay and must remain misconduct-free throughout his suspension or serve the full term.

Grendell’s actions came to light during a difficult child custody case involving Stacy Hartman and Grant Glasier. The couple’s three children had been described as “seriously alienated” from their father as they refused contact with him for over three years.

Grendell took over the case in August 2019, following a request from another judge.

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