Overview

• Jack Blakeslee, a criminal defense attorney in Ohio, has been suspended for one year, with six months stayed, by the Ohio Supreme Court for unprofessional behavior.
• Blakeslee was found guilty of defecating in a Pringles can and throwing it into the parking lot of a crime-victim advocacy center, Haven of Hope, in Cambridge, Ohio.
• The court found 'clear and convincing evidence' that Blakeslee targeted the Haven of Hope center, a place he was familiar with and was scheduled to visit in court just 15 minutes after the incident.
• Blakeslee defended his actions by claiming it was a frequent habit of his to 'blow off steam', and that he had done it at least 10 times that year.
• Despite his defense, the court ruled that Blakeslee's behavior 'adversely reflects on his fitness to practice law' and brought discredit to the profession.