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Friday, February 27, 2009
‘Cookie Caper:’ Kelley wins appeal, will wrestle in district meet at Fairfield H.S.
JUDGES BROGAN, DONOVAN
RULE IN WRESTLER’S FAVOR
Stop the presses. Centerville High School sophomore Dillon Kelley will compete in the Division I district wrestling tournament at Fairfield High School after all.
The Second District Court of Appeals ruled in Kelley’s favor on Friday morning, Feb. 27, in the “Cookie Caper Case,” and he’s due to wrestle on Friday afternoon in the district meet.
“We are thrilled and we wish him the best of luck,” Matthew D. DiCiccio, Kelley’s attorney, said Friday morning.
Kelley’s mother, Jennifer Marovich, drove him to Fairfield High School for the 12:45 p.m. weigh in.
Late Thursday afternoon, Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Frances E. McGee granted Centerville High School’s request to have a temporary restraining order dissolved — a victory for the school, which accused Kelley of theft on Feb. 10.
Kelley’s attorney filed the emergency appeal.
In a decision that came down at 11:30 a.m., Judges Mary E. Donovan and James A. Brogan of the Second District Court of Appeals ruled in Kelley’s favor
Kelley, 16, was arrested for allegedly stealing a $1.30 package of cookies from the Centerville cafeteria on Feb. 10. He served a one-day, out-of-school suspension on Feb. 11, and was suspended by the school from competing in the next athletic event, which he decided to fight in court.
Kelley’s victory means alternate Dylan DeWeese of Miamisburg High School will not get to compete at the district meet.
Some 100 Centerville students wore “FREE DILLON” T-shirts in support of Kelley at school on Thursday.
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