Larry Householder wont have to wait in Cuyahoga County jail for his trial on state bribery charges [Video]

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Larry Householder, the former speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives who was convicted in federal court of running a $60 million corruption and bribery scheme to benefit FirstEnergy Corp., will not have to sit in the Cuyahoga County Jail as he awaits his trial on state charges tied to the scheme.

Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Brendan Sheehan this week allowed Householder to appear at his May 13 arraignment via a video stream from the federal prison in Elkton, where he is serving a 20-year sentence. Sheehan had previously granted a request from prosecutors to have Householder transferred to the county jail during the pendency of his case.

Householder hired attorneys Kevin Spellacy and Thomas Shaughnessy, who filed a request to change the in-person arraignment to a video stream. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s office, which is prosecuting Householder, did not oppose the request, according …