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The Ron Verb Show - 5pm Hour Thursday, 08/20/26 · Ron Verb

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  Speaker 1: The program participants. Now, Ron Verb.
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  Speaker 2: On news radio 570 wkbn and off and running news
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  Speaker 2: radio 570 wkbn and ron verb with you for the
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  Speaker 2: legal show the longest running legal show on radio now
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  Speaker 2: for the next hour from five.
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  Speaker 1: To six being thursday we bring on the attorneys from
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  Speaker 1: the law firm of beatrice cop and they answer any
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  Speaker 1: legal questions you might have anything under the law child
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  Speaker 1: supports divorce custody maybe you need a will or a
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  Speaker 1: to talk about, contractual issues, auto accidents, dog bites, medical malpractice, evictions,
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  Speaker 1: on for the next hour. You get some of the
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  Speaker 1: best attorneys in our community to answer your questions, point
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  Speaker 1: you in the right direction, give you some free legal advice.
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  Speaker 1: So If you've got a legal question, pick up the
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  Speaker 1: phone and give us a call tonight. I have three
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  Speaker 1: lines in Youngstown open for legal questions between now and
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  Speaker 1: 6 o'clock to assist our community, 330-729-9977. That's 330-729-9977. We'll
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  Speaker 1: get you through to us here on NewsRadio 570 WKBN.
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  Speaker 1: Free legal advice. Do you have a legal question, something
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  Speaker 1: that's affecting you, your family, or someone in your world?
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  Speaker 1: Then call right now. Get on board. Get in rotation
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  Speaker 1: and talk to our attorneys tonight, 330-729-9977. 330-729-9977. We'll get
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  Speaker 1: you through to us on NewsRadio 570 WKBN. Let's go
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  Speaker 1: to the law firm of Beatrice Cobb, and we always
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  Speaker 1: are hopeful that Attorney David Beatrice would be present and
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  Speaker 1: accounted for on the program.
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  Speaker 3: Absent.
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  Speaker 1: We would always be thankful when Attorney David Beatrice is
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  Speaker 1: present and accounted for on the program.
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  Speaker 4: Dave?
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  Speaker 5: At.
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  Speaker 3: Absent.
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  Speaker 1: Absent.
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  Speaker 6: Hmm.
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  Speaker 1: Very troubling. Well, we're always pleased and happy when Dave
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  Speaker 1: is gone and Attorney James Melfi is joining us on
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  Speaker 1: the program.
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  Speaker 3: How you doing, Ron?
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  Speaker 1: Hang on, I'm not done yet. And we're always pleased
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  Speaker 1: when we have Attorney Frank Cassis with us.
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  Speaker 3: Unaccounted for.
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  Speaker 1: What about Tally?
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  Speaker 3: Vacation.
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  Speaker 1: Well, my, my, my, isn't this going to be a
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  Speaker 1: cozy broadcast? Ladies and gentlemen, it's like a dream come true.
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  Speaker 1: It's me and Melfi, right? It is.
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  Speaker 3: Ron, it's just you and I.
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  Speaker 1: That's the way it's going to be. Well, James, welcome.
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  Speaker 1: Good to hear your voice. Good to be heard. How's
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  Speaker 1: life treating you as we start the broadcast today?
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  Speaker 3: You know, battling through a cold, but just like Jordan
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  Speaker 3: played a flu game, I'll battle through this.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, you got the sniffles and you want to make
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  Speaker 1: a big deal out of it?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, kind of. But I do have a great David
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  Speaker 3: and Frank story from yesterday. I know how much we
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  Speaker 3: like those.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, we love them. Yes, I'm ready.
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  Speaker 3: Yesterday, I have to be in Trumbull County. It's a
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  Speaker 3: case against an investment firm. So I have firms from Cincy, Chicago, Columbus,
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  Speaker 3: I think Canton. Two and a half hours later, I
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  Speaker 3: get out of this pretrial. and I'm in Trumbull County,
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  Speaker 3: second floor, and I see the Dream Team walk up
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  Speaker 3: the stairs together.
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  Speaker 1: That would be Beatrice and Frank Cassis.
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  Speaker 3: Yes. And I'm like, oh, man, I've got to stick
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  Speaker 3: around for this. They had a suppression hearing. I stuck
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  Speaker 3: around for two hours and sat in the stool in
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  Speaker 3: the back of Judge Cavour's courtroom, and I laughed hysterically
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  Speaker 3: for two hours.
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  Speaker 1: Why would that be?
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  Speaker 3: It was the most entertaining moment. suppression hearing I've ever watched.
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  Speaker 1: Well, explain to us, please. What do you mean?
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  Speaker 3: Well, Dave is a thespian.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Frank is doing the heavy lifting and, you know,
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  Speaker 3: making great points. David gets up, crosses the cop, I think,
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  Speaker 3: on two or three questions, and you thought he was
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  Speaker 3: OJ in the glove that didn't fit. I mean, up
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  Speaker 3: and down, berating this cop. I mean, he is in
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  Speaker 3: a full-blown theatrical performance. and i just i couldn't i
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  Speaker 3: i couldn't keep my composure i was laughing so hard
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  Speaker 3: but they uh they did a fantastic job and it
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  Speaker 3: was a well spent two hours of my afternoon.
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  Speaker 1: So it was like it was like watching a television
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  Speaker 1: show where you saw actually in all seriousness you saw
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  Speaker 1: how good your peers are in all seriousness.
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  Speaker 3: Yes yes i did i did uh you know frank
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  Speaker 3: was surgical david was a a butcher, and there you go.
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  Speaker 1: There's no doubt. People love him or hate him. People
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  Speaker 1: should know by now. Attorney Beatrice is a damn good lawyer.
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  Speaker 3: He is.
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  Speaker 1: He's smart, and he is very theatric, and that holds
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  Speaker 1: a jury's interest.
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  Speaker 3: He has so much experience. Now, keep in mind, we're
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  Speaker 3: just in front of the judge yesterday, so he's performing
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  Speaker 3: for the court reporter of three, an audience of three.
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  Speaker 7: And you.
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  Speaker 3: And me. And Connor. But no matter what Frank says
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  Speaker 3: about David, they look like they have a damn good
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  Speaker 3: time together when they're on cases. I will say David's
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  Speaker 3: still a mess at the table. It drives Frank nuts.
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  Speaker 3: He's got water. He's got papers everywhere. He's talking.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that's how he drives. Yeah, yeah. I mean, should
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  Speaker 1: that surprise you? He's like that at the table? He's
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  Speaker 1: like that when he's driving his car.
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  Speaker 3: It's like a little kid that stands still.
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  Speaker 1: Dave is what I would describe as an organized mess. Yes.
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  Speaker 3: And let me give you an example. Today was my
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  Speaker 3: son's preschool orientation. Dave is the little kid that can't
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  Speaker 3: sit still. They're bouncing around. They see the fish. They
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  Speaker 3: see the toys. They go on this chair to that chair.
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  Speaker 3: That's David. He's a grown kid.
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  Speaker 1: Preschooler, Davis. But he's a great attorney. He is a
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  Speaker 1: great attorney. He is. And Frank is as well. And
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  Speaker 1: you know what? They wouldn't have you there if you
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  Speaker 1: weren't one as well, Melfi. So keep that in mind.
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  Speaker 3: It was refreshing after fighting with 18 lawyers and just
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  Speaker 3: going in and watching that.
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  Speaker 1: That was great.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 1: There you go. You're on the air. Hello, caller. Line one,
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  Speaker 1: are you there?
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Go ahead.
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  Speaker 4: I have a question.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: I consigned an item to an auction in Indiana. I
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  Speaker 4: had a reserve on it. The item did not meet
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  Speaker 4: my reserve. They were supposed to ship it back to me.
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  Speaker 4: That was May 2nd auction. I have yet to receive
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  Speaker 4: that item.
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  Speaker 1: May, June, June. Wow. What type of pro?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, what was it?
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  Speaker 4: It was an artifact. It was a collectible.
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  Speaker 1: A what?
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  Speaker 3: Like a fossil?
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  Speaker 4: Collectible.
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  Speaker 1: An auto? Can you mail it?
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  Speaker 4: No, no.
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  Speaker 5: A collectible.
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  Speaker 1: An artifact.
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  Speaker 4: Indian artifact.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, Indian. Can you put it in the mail and
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  Speaker 1: send it?
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  Speaker 4: Yes, it was very small, but very valuable. Probably $ 4, 500.
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  Speaker 4: But I had a reserve on it. It did not
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  Speaker 4: meet the reserve.
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  Speaker 1: What did it meet? How much did it get?
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  Speaker 4: You know, I got like $ 1, 000. I purchased it 14
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  Speaker 4: years ago for $ 2, 200. Actually from the same auction house.
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  Speaker 4: I phoned him, text him for like two months with
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  Speaker 4: no response.
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  Speaker 3: Are they going to have another auction? It's going to
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  Speaker 3: go up to auction again or one and done?
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  Speaker 4: They had another auction. It was not in that auction.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. So you phoned him and you text him and
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  Speaker 1: what happened?
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  Speaker 3: Uh..
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  Speaker 4: No reply finally i filed a complaint with the indiana
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  Speaker 4: attorney general in the owner the owner of the uh...
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  Speaker 4: parking house called me that i hear you i talked
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  Speaker 4: to me i said yes i need i aren't that
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  Speaker 4: back i was telling us to pay my property taxes uh...
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  Speaker 4: he said well we're we're tracking a right now well
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  Speaker 4: let you know what happens well they can't be tracking
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  Speaker 4: it because the They allegedly shipped it to me. They
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  Speaker 4: did not ship it to me because I have informed delivery.
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  Speaker 4: Anytime something is taken to the post office and shipped
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  Speaker 4: to me, I automatically get an email. So they are
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  Speaker 4: allowing me there. So eventually, she called me back. We
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  Speaker 4: think we found it. It's been bouncing between St. Louis
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  Speaker 4: and Memphis. Again, I requested my tracking number, which she
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  Speaker 4: never did give me. In fact, three times I've asked
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  Speaker 4: for the tracking number. Since then, finally, I think it
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  Speaker 4: was 10 days ago, she emailed me. Your artifact is
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  Speaker 4: in the wind. Now, what that means, I have no idea.
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  Speaker 4: But I know I don't have it.
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  Speaker 3: The bizarre thing, he's not giving you the tracking number.
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  Speaker 3: So it sounds like somebody stole it.
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  Speaker 4: I believe they lost it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's exactly what it sounds like. Now, did you
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  Speaker 3: sign a contract with the auction house?
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, what's it say about lost items that don't sell?
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  Speaker 3: Do they disclaim responsibility? Well, I would double-check your contract,
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  Speaker 3: but that's a bailment relationship. I file small claims in Indiana.
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  Speaker 3: Or see if your insurance will cover it.
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  Speaker 4: I'd have to go to that county in Indiana.
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  Speaker 3: That county in Indiana.
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  Speaker 4: Okay. I mean, like I said, I don't know if
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  Speaker 4: it would be worth my while to try to sue
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  Speaker 4: because it would probably cost me more to sue.
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  Speaker 3: It'll cost you more. Yeah, potentially contact your homeowners and
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  Speaker 3: follow up with the AG and see if there's any
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  Speaker 3: recovery funds that are available through the state of.
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  Speaker 1: Indiana yeah how are you gonna how you gonna pay
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  Speaker 1: your property taxes.
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  Speaker 4: Now well they're not doing that now that in columbiana
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  Speaker 4: county they finally moved it to october so i've got
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  Speaker 4: i've got uh six weeks or so.
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  Speaker 1: Right all right well you're in a pickle then aren't.
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  Speaker 4: You yes i am and i'm 80 years old trying
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  Speaker 4: to live on social security.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah Well, I'm sorry to hear the dilemma.
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  Speaker 3: Sorry to hear that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Hope you find a solution. Maybe you got to
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  Speaker 1: go get a part-time job.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I think at eight years old, I don't know
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  Speaker 4: if I could do that now.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, you could probably do it. I mean, have you
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  Speaker 1: thought about caddying, going to the golf course?
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  Speaker 3: Ron, I'm sure there's a few ways you can tell
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  Speaker 3: them how to make cash quickly.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, I am. Go to be a caddy out at
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  Speaker 1: the country club. Hey, this 80-year-old guy is carrying a
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  Speaker 1: bag over here.
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  Speaker 3: Ron, what you're not telling the caller is you're wearing
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  Speaker 3: the artifact around your neck right now. The arrowhead.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, I made it into a necklace.
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  Speaker 3: A necklace.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for your call. All right, any other legal
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  Speaker 1: calls or questions? Pick up the phone. Give us a call.
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  Speaker 1: Attorney Melfi's here taking on all comers. You got a
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  Speaker 1: legal problem going on in your world? Well, we want
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  Speaker 1: to know about it, and we want to try to
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  Speaker 1: help you with whatever it might be. Attorney Melfi's on
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  Speaker 1: his game tonight, 330-729-9977. We'll get you through to us.
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  Speaker 1: Pick up the phone. Give me a call. I have
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  Speaker 1: three lines in Youngstown open awaiting your call. Question for
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  Speaker 1: Attorney James Melfi, 330-729-9977, 330-729-9977. We'll get you on board
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  Speaker 1: and in rotation to ask whatever legal questions going on
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  Speaker 1: in your world with Attorney Melfi tonight here on NewsRadio
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  Speaker 1: 570 WKBN. So keep it in mind. Pick up the phone.
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  Speaker 1: Give us a call. And we take on all comers tonight, right, James?
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  Speaker 1: We'll answer questions. That's right, Ron. Anything and everything. We're
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  Speaker 1: not gun-shy about anything, folks. You've got a problem, we've
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  Speaker 1: got a solution or an answer here tonight. Attorney Melfi
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  Speaker 1: taking a program on tonight. So it should be, what
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  Speaker 1: would you say, Attorney Melfi, chaos-free on tonight's broadcast?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, not a lot of interruption. You know, Leo, or phone,
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  Speaker 3: or I'm on TikTok, or, you know.
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  Speaker 1: Or I got a flat tire again.
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  Speaker 3: I'm running late. Ron, you won't believe what happened to
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  Speaker 3: me today.
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  Speaker 1: Right. But I do wonder, like when he doesn't show up,
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  Speaker 1: I often wonder what happened to him. Because he doesn't
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  Speaker 1: live a normal life. I mean, things just happen to
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  Speaker 1: the guy that just isn't normal to other people.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I will tell you this. Speaking of his boat.
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  Speaker 3: While I was in Trumbull County on break yesterday, as
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  Speaker 3: he's scrolling on his phone while the next witness is
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  Speaker 3: getting up there, the judge is off the bench. Jimmy,
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  Speaker 3: can you call the adjuster on my dinghy case? Come on.
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  Speaker 3: Come on, Jimmy. So I did make the call, but
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  Speaker 3: I also told the lawyer, don't settle it because it's
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  Speaker 3: the greatest running joke that we have, and I really
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  Speaker 3: don't want it to end.
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  Speaker 1: Don't say that here. You never know where he's at.
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  Speaker 1: He could be monitoring the festivities here, James.
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  Speaker 3: He's going to call in here shortly.
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  Speaker 1: No.
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  Speaker 3: Jimmy, I hear you.
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  Speaker 1: Right. Actually, you do a pretty good Beatrice impression.
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  Speaker 3: No, Frank does the best because he's with him all
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  Speaker 3: the time. He's with him all the time. Frank's Beatrice
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  Speaker 3: is just fantastic. Really? It really is. It's A +.
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  Speaker 1: I'm listening to yours, thinking you sound pretty good. You know,
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  Speaker 1: the Dave Beatrice sound-alike contest. But in all seriousness, when
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  Speaker 1: you guys poke fun at him, I mean, you guys
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  Speaker 1: really seriously got a lot of respect for him, his knowledge,
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  Speaker 1: and what he does as we started out. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: if you think over 35-plus years, he's been on the
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  Speaker 1: radio with us from 5 to 6 on Thursday answering
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  Speaker 1: legal questions about everything. And what people don't understand is
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  Speaker 1: he's not, and you as well, you guys aren't sitting
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  Speaker 1: there with a computer or with legal books that are
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  Speaker 1: open to look up answers. It's all from experience and
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  Speaker 1: know-how or things that you've dealt with.
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  Speaker 3: It's experience and common sense. That's what the law comes
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  Speaker 3: down to. I mean, criminal is not my world. And
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  Speaker 3: I was asking him questions about yesterday and He was
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  Speaker 3: rattling things off. That was fantastic.
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  Speaker 1: But the thing about Dave is his world isn't just
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  Speaker 1: criminal either.
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  Speaker 3: No, it's not.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, people don't know. Years and years ago, he
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  Speaker 1: used to be in charge, I believe, of the Child
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  Speaker 1: Support Bureau. So he has a background in all of
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  Speaker 1: this stuff as far as child support back in the day,
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  Speaker 1: if you will. And, I mean, I watched him go
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  Speaker 1: through all– he did death penalty cases when he taught criminal,
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  Speaker 1: and then he gave that up for a while. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if he's back on that. So, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: criminal law, contractual law, all kinds of stuff that he does. And,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, and now, what, licensed in Florida? And I
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  Speaker 1: believe Dave's in Pennsylvania too, is he not?
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  Speaker 3: David's in PA. David is also in Florida. And we will–
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  Speaker 3: All four of us will be in trial in Tampa
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  Speaker 3: at the same time in January. Brian and I in
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  Speaker 3: the federal courthouse and David and Frank are trying to
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  Speaker 3: murder in Hillsborough County.
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  Speaker 6: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: In Tampa, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 3: I asked Frank, Frank, I'll bunk with you if you
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  Speaker 3: want to stay with me downtown. But the courthouse where
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  Speaker 3: they're going to be is about a mile away from us.
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  Speaker 1: And does Frank say he'd rather do that than stay
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  Speaker 1: with Beatrice? I bet Beatrice is a snorer.
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  Speaker 3: David's a snorer. Yeah, there's no doubt about that. He
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  Speaker 3: sleeps on his back. And, you know, we saw their
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  Speaker 3: Chicago trip, and I think Frank's one and done.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't that interesting, though? I mean, the four attorneys here
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  Speaker 1: are going to be in Florida doing a case. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: you've got a Florida office down there.
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  Speaker 3: We do in Tampa.
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  Speaker 1: Is the law a lot different in Florida than it
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  Speaker 1: is here, or is it all pretty similar? Of course,
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  Speaker 1: the judges obviously wouldn't be as familiar with you as
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  Speaker 1: they are here.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, the judiciary is not as familiar, but it depends
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  Speaker 3: where you are. If you're in federal court, where Brian
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  Speaker 3: and I are, it's very similar to the Ohio rules.
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  Speaker 3: But once you get into Florida state courts, the procedure
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  Speaker 3: is wildly different. I mean, it is night and day different.
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  Speaker 1: The interesting thing when you talk about federal court, over
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  Speaker 1: the years, folks, talking to Dave Beatrice about when people
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  Speaker 1: say don't make a federal case out of it, Dave
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  Speaker 1: would often say there's a reason why people say that,
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  Speaker 1: because when you are representing somebody in the federal court
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  Speaker 1: and you're sitting there and maybe you and another attorney
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  Speaker 1: or whatever, an associate, would be sitting there and you
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  Speaker 1: look over at the federal government and you'll see just
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  Speaker 1: all kinds of people over there working for the federal
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  Speaker 1: governments that are there against you, if you will, and
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  Speaker 1: how thorough they are on a case. I've watched Dave
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: over the years, James, come in, and after going through
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: federal court, and I'm not kidding you when I say
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: he would be exhausted. He would make the legal show
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: at 5 o'clock, but he would be in federal court.
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: He was exhausted after what he went through in federal court.
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: David has the truest statement. that there is nothing more
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: intimidating than the federal building. I mean, as soon as
• 18:01
  Speaker 3: you walk in the door, the security is worse than TSA.
• 18:04
  Speaker 3: I mean, everything. Your shoes are off. I mean, even
• 18:08
  Speaker 3: if you're a lawyer, everything's out of your bag. They
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: basically strip you down. You get up to these courtrooms.
• 18:13
  Speaker 3: I mean, they are cavernous. You're 100 yards away from
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: the bench. It's like I always say. The federal government,
• 18:23
  Speaker 3: they've won two world wars, and they print their own money.
• 18:25
  Speaker 3: So that's what you're going up against.
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: Right, or you got all of the FBI over there,
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: or you got all kinds of attorneys that are over
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: there for the federal government. And it's a tough situation,
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: although Dave has been successful many times.
• 18:39
  Speaker 3: Dave has been successful many times in front of federal juries.
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 18:44
  Speaker 3: I think the conviction rate is like 98%.
• 18:46
  Speaker 8: Yes.
• 18:46
  Speaker 5: 98.5%.
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: Very high, yes.
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: I mean, it's... it's truly amazing his acquittals in federal court.
• 18:56
  Speaker 8: Right.
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: I mean, as he talks about that just over the
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: years and how exhausting. When you mentioned you'll be in
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• 19:05
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• 19:10
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• 23:05
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• 23:06
  Speaker 1: and you're on the air. Hello there, caller.
• 23:10
  Speaker 6: Am I on?
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: Yes, you are. Go ahead, please.
• 23:13
  Speaker 6: Okay. Thanks for taking my call. And I'm fortunate I
• 23:19
  Speaker 6: listened tonight because I didn't realize that your attorneys were
• 23:23
  Speaker 6: federal attorneys.
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: As well.
• 23:30
  Speaker 6: My brother got in a jackpot 24 years ago, and
• 23:36
  Speaker 6: I just, of all places, last night I saw on
• 23:39
  Speaker 6: Facebook that Todd Blanche with the DOJ is doing a
• 23:44
  Speaker 6: case-by-case basis for felons to get their 2A rights back.
• 23:53
  Speaker 6: Do you have any more information? Is that true or not?
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: Have you heard?
• 23:57
  Speaker 6: And how hard do.
• 23:58
  Speaker 9: You think it would be?
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: Explain to me, what are the two-way rights for our audience?
• 24:03
  Speaker 6: Second Amendment, gun carrying.
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: Got it. James?
• 24:07
  Speaker 3: So that is true. So I think it was, what,
• 24:11
  Speaker 3: maybe last Friday or Monday that Todd Blanch, and so
• 24:15
  Speaker 3: through the DOJ, it's a new pathway to restore federal
• 24:19
  Speaker 3: gun rights. Now, For the callers that don't know this,
• 24:23
  Speaker 3: the states have the ability, if you're a felon, to
• 24:27
  Speaker 3: restore your gun rights at the state level. Now, we
• 24:32
  Speaker 3: always have to tell people, and I've done it a
• 24:35
  Speaker 3: couple times, is you are still considered to be under
• 24:40
  Speaker 3: a disability. When I say disability, weapons under disability, so
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: a felon in possession of a firearm for federal purposes.
• 24:48
  Speaker 6: So..
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: The DOJ is going to do a case-by-case review based
• 24:53
  Speaker 3: upon applications if you are eligible to have your gun
• 24:58
  Speaker 3: rights restored. Now, I will say, caller, it is going
• 25:01
  Speaker 3: to depend greatly on the type of conviction. And now,
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: I don't want to pry too much, but is it
• 25:09
  Speaker 3: a federal conviction or a state conviction?
• 25:12
  Speaker 6: It's federal.
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: Okay. You mind sharing what the charges are?
• 25:18
  Speaker 6: It was under RICO and a violent felony.
• 25:26
  Speaker 3: Probably no shot, if I had to be honest with you.
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: That's kind of what I told them, too. Yeah, like Ohio, statutorily,
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: if it's a violent offense or perhaps a sex crime,
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: you are not going to get your gun rights restored.
• 25:43
  Speaker 3: Domestic violence, the same. If it's felony domestic violence. Right, yeah. So, yes,
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: the DOJ did open an application, but he has no shot.
• 25:51
  Speaker 3: But who knows?
• 25:52
  Speaker 6: Yeah, he actually didn't partake in any violence, but he
• 25:55
  Speaker 6: had to take a plea agreement.
• 25:58
  Speaker 3: It was a RICO conspiracy.
• 26:00
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 26:01
  Speaker 3: You're part of a, they say you're part of an enterprise.
• 26:03
  Speaker 6: But he's been a model citizen for the last 24 years.
• 26:06
  Speaker 6: You know, he was. Rehabilitated. He's a good guy and not,
• 26:11
  Speaker 6: you know, not a career criminal or anything like that.
• 26:13
  Speaker 6: It was, you know, one time. It wasn't any state charges.
• 26:17
  Speaker 6: It was all federal. But, yeah, he called me the
• 26:23
  Speaker 6: other day and asked me if I knew anything about it,
• 26:26
  Speaker 6: and that's why I said, ironic, I'm listening to you
• 26:30
  Speaker 6: guys tonight.
• 26:31
  Speaker 3: No, that's actually a really good question. Yeah, they want
• 26:33
  Speaker 3: to build his hopes up. Yeah, it's a good question
• 26:36
  Speaker 3: because people don't know that there's a mechanism in the
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: state courts to also restore your gun rights, but you're
• 26:41
  Speaker 3: still considered to be under a disability federally. So the
• 26:45
  Speaker 3: DOJ is starting to mirror what certain states allow. And
• 26:49
  Speaker 3: I have a feeling it'll mirror a lot of the
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: state law and state application to restore those rights.
• 26:55
  Speaker 6: Now, if he were to apply for a background check,
• 27:00
  Speaker 6: that goes through federal, right? Not state?
• 27:04
  Speaker 3: That goes through the FBI, yeah.
• 27:06
  Speaker 4: Yeah, okay.
• 27:08
  Speaker 6: All right, so it all kind of falls under one
• 27:09
  Speaker 6: umbrella then.
• 27:11
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 27:12
  Speaker 9: Okay.
• 27:12
  Speaker 6: Well, thank you for your time and information. I appreciate it.
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: No problem.
• 27:15
  Speaker 3: Good question.
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  Speaker 7: Excellent.
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: Thank you. NewsRadio 570. And you're on the air with
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: our attorneys. James Melfi there tonight. Hello.
• 27:24
  Speaker 7: Hi.
• 27:25
  Speaker 5: Thanks for taking my call.
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: Yes, sir.
• 27:28
  Speaker 5: Quick question for the attorney. In June of 2024, my
• 27:32
  Speaker 5: wife and I had served a cease and desist order
• 27:37
  Speaker 5: to a family member who's been stalking and harassing My family.
• 27:44
  Speaker 5: I know there's different protection orders, like a domestic violence
• 27:47
  Speaker 5: civil protection order, but is there any other sort of
• 27:50
  Speaker 5: protection order the attorney would recommend?
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: Yeah, there is.
• 27:53
  Speaker 3: So when you say cease and desist order, are you
• 27:56
  Speaker 3: saying you sent them a letter perhaps through a lawyer
• 27:59
  Speaker 3: or you sent one yourself? Because an order would come
• 28:01
  Speaker 3: from the court. So I just want to make sure
• 28:03
  Speaker 3: we're all talking the same way.
• 28:06
  Speaker 5: We had an attorney send one.
• 28:09
  Speaker 3: Okay, so for example, if you're located in Mahoning County,
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: you can go and apply at the Common Pleas Clerk
• 28:15
  Speaker 3: of Courts for a civil stalking protection order. And there's
• 28:21
  Speaker 3: certain criteria that you go and make sure you fill
• 28:26
  Speaker 3: out a detailed application, give all of the instances of
• 28:29
  Speaker 3: stalking or menacing. You can ask for what's called an
• 28:34
  Speaker 3: ex parte hearing, and you Basically, you or your family
• 28:39
  Speaker 3: member would go in front of the magistrate, and if
• 28:42
  Speaker 3: there's a sufficient showing that there's an immediate threat, they
• 28:46
  Speaker 3: will grant that and serve it. And then there's typically
• 28:50
  Speaker 3: about 30 days for a full hearing, and those can
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: last up to five years.
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: Did I hear you right? This is your family caller,
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: and it's another family member that's talking, a member of
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: the family?
• 29:06
  Speaker 5: It is a family member, yeah. And they're a Pennsylvania resident.
• 29:13
  Speaker 5: And I was told by, you know, discussing it with
• 29:15
  Speaker 5: local law enforcement, they suggested domestic violence, civil protection order,
• 29:21
  Speaker 5: but there hasn't been any domestic violence. And I understand
• 29:26
  Speaker 5: the ex parte, but I'm afraid if we were to
• 29:28
  Speaker 5: go in front of a magistrate for that.
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: Court hearing, that's... All right, stand by. Go ahead, Attorney Melfi.
• 29:35
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a civil stocking protective order. And an ex
• 29:38
  Speaker 3: parte doesn't... mean you can't show enough evidence at a
• 29:44
  Speaker 3: full hearing. That's basically getting immediate relief from the court
• 29:48
  Speaker 3: because everybody has due process rights, so there will be
• 29:51
  Speaker 3: a full hearing regardless. But if you fail at the
• 29:55
  Speaker 3: ex parte, that doesn't mean your protective order will fail immediately.
• 30:00
  Speaker 3: But when you go and fill out the application, be
• 30:03
  Speaker 3: as very detailed as possible. I don't know how they're
• 30:06
  Speaker 3: stocking them, but if there's e-mails, text messages, you pick
• 30:11
  Speaker 3: it up on a ring camera multiple times, they're peeking around,
• 30:16
  Speaker 3: you feel threatened, make sure that is all well documented
• 30:20
  Speaker 3: in the narrative section.
• 30:23
  Speaker 4: Okay. Okay. Very good.
• 30:25
  Speaker 5: I appreciate your time.
• 30:27
  Speaker 3: No problem.
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: Thank you.
• 30:28
  Speaker 8: How many of those have you filled out for all
• 30:33
  Speaker 8: those women that stalked you over the years?
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: Countless number of them. Countless ones of them. Oh, my Lord.
• 30:42
  Speaker 8: Come to think of it, maybe two. But it sounded
• 30:49
  Speaker 8: good there for a little bit. Maybe you can jack
• 30:53
  Speaker 8: those numbers up a little bit.
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: I knew if I did, I would be under cross-examination
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: by you, and I'd end up being a blithering idiot.
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: So I just threw the towel in and conceded right
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: off the bat. I was clear with that. I was
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: going to ask you before I take my next call.
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: Now here's a serious question. Like when, when you were
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: young and not that you're old now, but when you
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: were younger and growing up, what was it like growing
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: up with your father being the mayor?
• 31:23
  Speaker 3: Oh, that's a good question actually. So I had to
• 31:28
  Speaker 3: be somewhat on my better behavior. I wasn't great at
• 31:33
  Speaker 3: that honestly, but I will say when you're growing up
• 31:37
  Speaker 3: and you know, your dad's the mayor and, newspaper, TV constantly.
• 31:43
  Speaker 3: When people make comments, I just don't care. I don't care.
• 31:48
  Speaker 3: Say whatever you want. It's almost like David's mentality. Like, okay,
• 31:53
  Speaker 3: go on Facebook and write whatever you want. I don't care.
• 31:56
  Speaker 3: It doesn't bother me. You get thick skin quickly. But
• 32:01
  Speaker 3: if you don't have thick skin, politics is not for you.
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: Right, right. I would say being on the radio isn't
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: for you either. You should see what I get on
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: a daily basis. But, you know, if you don't read them,
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: it really doesn't matter.
• 32:19
  Speaker 3: I laugh. I don't care. I mean, I think it's,
• 32:21
  Speaker 3: I've always said that. I mean, my.
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: Dad, but there was more pressure than, you know, people think, wow,
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: that's kind of cool. You grow up, you're the mayor's son,
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: but there's a, but they, they, what they think and
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: what the reality is, the pressure that comes from it
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: or the people who dislike him, take it out on
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: you or whatever the situation might be. It's got a
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: lot of its drawbacks too.
• 32:42
  Speaker 3: When you're in a leadership role, There's going to be
• 32:45
  Speaker 3: people that like you, and there's going to be people
• 32:47
  Speaker 3: that hate you. So you get a thick skin, but
• 32:49
  Speaker 3: you also learn, you know, if you're going to be
• 32:51
  Speaker 3: an idiot, don't be an idiot in public.
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: You know?
• 32:55
  Speaker 8: Right.
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: Exactly. All right. So with Attorney James Melfi, you're on
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: the air. Hello there.
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: Does Dave Beatrice determine acts of God?
• 33:05
  Speaker 3: Are you asking if Dave Beatrice is God?
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: Yes, he is. An act of God is the weather. Why? Caller?
• 33:20
  Speaker 3: Caller?
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: Yeah, an act of God is like the tornado. I
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: want to explore this, Ron.
• 33:25
  Speaker 3: I want to explore this.
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: Okay, go ahead, caller. Explain what you mean. Come on.
• 33:33
  Speaker 7: Is any person in the law profession able to determine
• 33:40
  Speaker 7: the act of God?
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: Determine what an act of God is? Take another sip
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: of hooch, and then... I think he's confused, in my opinion.
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: I think he means an act of God is like
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: when Dave was talking about a tornado. Thank you, caller.
• 34:00
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's an act of God, but I think I'm
• 34:02
  Speaker 3: going to run with David is God.
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: You can run with that, but I mean, when he
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: says that kind of stuff, it's just... He seems to me,
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: his familiar voice, was that he was asking about some
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: weather-related issues. And I believe what was said was that
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: was an act of God, meaning the tornado. In other words,
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: you can't hold somebody else responsible for this.
• 34:29
  Speaker 3: A tsunami.
• 34:31
  Speaker 6: Right.
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: It's an act of God. That's what he was saying.
• 34:33
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's not Dave wasn't saying he's acting as God.
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: He said it's an act of God.
• 34:40
  Speaker 3: Are you sure?
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: Maybe so. I don't know.
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: Maybe the caller says he's acting as God.
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: Hello.
• 34:46
  Speaker 4: We were just connected.
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: No, we weren't. I hung up on you.
• 34:51
  Speaker 3: Are you asking if David is acting as God?
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: Next caller. Okay. Thank you. That's fair. I don't know
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: what his point is with it. All right, 330-729-9977. If
• 35:06
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• 35:07
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• 35:13
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• 35:16
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• 35:18
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• 35:25
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• 35:30
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• 35:32
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• 35:47
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• 35:47
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• 35:53
  Speaker 4: We were disconnected.
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  Speaker 1: I know we were disconnected.
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  Speaker 3: Ron, I have a legal question for you.
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  Speaker 1: You're going to have to give me a nerve blocker
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  Speaker 1: with that guy. We're not disconnected, guy. We just hang
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  Speaker 1: up on you. We move along. Go ahead. I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 3: Ron, what happens when a three-year-old pulls the fire alarm?
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  Speaker 1: Well, you usually leave the building is what you do. But,
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  Speaker 1: you know, these things happen.
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  Speaker 3: Why do I ask?
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  Speaker 1: Why do you ask? I think I know why you ask,
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  Speaker 1: because you have a three-year-old.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, at my daughter's baptism luncheon at Leo's.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I hear that's a great place. The guy that
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  Speaker 1: owns it and his family that runs it, his entire family,
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  Speaker 1: they do a wonderful job. You should probably get to
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  Speaker 1: know some of them. I think you'd really enjoy some
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  Speaker 1: of the meals down there.
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  Speaker 3: I think I have gotten to know them pretty well.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 3: And I got to know..
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  Speaker 1: Excellent restaurant, excellent family. I mean, great family members. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: Leo and his wife, and they raised a great family.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of good kids.
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  Speaker 3: A lot of good girls. Yeah, I got to know
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  Speaker 3: the Howland Fire Department pretty well on Sunday. Got a
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  Speaker 3: nice photo of them with my son in a suit,
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  Speaker 3: and he got.
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  Speaker 1: To honk the horn. Did anyone scold him and say,
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  Speaker 1: you can't be doing that, man? I, you know..
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  Speaker 3: When I start scolding him, he laughs. So I've developed
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  Speaker 3: the old-school Italian look. You know exactly what I'm talking about,
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  Speaker 3: which is the stare, the silent stare.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I hate that.
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  Speaker 3: Turn it over to his mother.
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  Speaker 1: Have her deal with it.
• 37:39
  Speaker 3: Yeah, but the stare is what really gets him to
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  Speaker 3: know he has to calm down.
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  Speaker 1: Right. Next time you're there, try one of their pizzas.
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  Speaker 1: They're outstanding with the red sauce and that kind of stuff.
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  Speaker 1: I think you'll really enjoy it.
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  Speaker 3: I think I would as well.
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: Did you go to the Italian Fest down in Warren
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  Speaker 1: by chance? They're usually there.
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  Speaker 3: I actually had an expert deposition at the Law Library
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  Speaker 3: on the Friday it was opening, and I did not
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  Speaker 3: go in. They no longer do the Italian Festival, but
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  Speaker 3: I heard it was a nice time, a lot of
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  Speaker 3: great food, but I did not make it down. I
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  Speaker 3: went in to pose the orthopedic surgeon, and I got
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  Speaker 3: on my way.
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  Speaker 1: There you go. You're on air with Attorney Melfi tonight. Hello.
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  Speaker 10: Hello, is that me?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, sir. Go ahead.
• 38:34
  Speaker 7: Yes, I have a question. Can a mobile home park management...
• 38:39
  Speaker 7: force all the tenants to do auto pay with their
• 38:42
  Speaker 7: bank accounts each month. Can they force them to switch
• 38:45
  Speaker 7: it where they are no longer able to pay with
• 38:48
  Speaker 7: a written check or even online? They automatically set up
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  Speaker 7: where they are to go in their bank accounts every
• 38:55
  Speaker 7: single month.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, they can do that. I'm going to assume, caller,
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  Speaker 3: you'd like to pay the old-fashioned way or somebody you
• 39:04
  Speaker 3: know does, but yes, they can require you to do
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  Speaker 3: certified check Or auto pay? Transfer, auto pay, wire. The
• 39:13
  Speaker 3: contract dictates the method of payment. All right.
• 39:18
  Speaker 7: Yeah, because basically what they're trying to do is do
• 39:21
  Speaker 7: it the first month, but most people here are on
• 39:24
  Speaker 7: Social Security and they get it on the third. And
• 39:27
  Speaker 7: when we ask to see the copy of the lease
• 39:29
  Speaker 7: or anything, they won't provide us a copy to show
• 39:32
  Speaker 7: those changes there.
• 39:33
  Speaker 3: Well, they have to give you a copy of the lease.
• 39:34
  Speaker 3: That's outrageous.
• 39:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And they don't have a copy? Or the tenants don't
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  Speaker 3: have copies when they signed them?
• 39:44
  Speaker 5: No.
• 39:44
  Speaker 7: Some of them have been here many years, and no.
• 39:47
  Speaker 4: So they..
• 39:49
  Speaker 7: And it's changed ownership multiple times, and the current owners
• 39:52
  Speaker 7: are a lot from out of California, and the management
• 39:57
  Speaker 7: has not asked for copies of the lease, and they
• 40:01
  Speaker 7: will not provide them.
• 40:03
  Speaker 3: You said a company out of California. They want their
• 40:06
  Speaker 3: return on investment.
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: And they want paid. Yeah, good luck with that. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: You're on the air with Attorney Melfi. Hello.
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  Speaker 6: Hello.
• 40:16
  Speaker 9: Hey, Doug. Follow-up question on your guy that asked about
• 40:20
  Speaker 9: restoring his Second Amendment rights.
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: Go ahead.
• 40:24
  Speaker 9: How do I go about that on a state level?
• 40:26
  Speaker 9: I did not realize I could do that. I got
• 40:29
  Speaker 9: in trouble like 10 years ago for trying to buy
• 40:32
  Speaker 9: a gun, and I did not realize I wasn't allowed
• 40:34
  Speaker 9: to have one until then. Misdemeanor 21 years ago, a
• 40:40
  Speaker 9: third offense DUI. I haven't done anything since.
• 40:44
  Speaker 3: So it's an application... to restore gun rights, and the
• 40:49
  Speaker 3: revised code section is escaping me right now, and I
• 40:53
  Speaker 3: filed maybe three or four of them.
• 40:54
  Speaker 9: Do I have to need an attorney to go do that,
• 40:58
  Speaker 9: or can I just run down to the courthouse and
• 40:59
  Speaker 9: fill out a form?
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  Speaker 3: No, you need an attorney. You fill out an application.
• 41:04
  Speaker 3: It's not an application, but it's a motion. There's statutory
• 41:07
  Speaker 3: criteria that needs to be included in the petition. It's
• 41:11
  Speaker 3: filed in... the common police court in the county in
• 41:16
  Speaker 3: which you reside. So if you live in Trumbull, you're
• 41:18
  Speaker 3: going to file it in Trumbull. You live in Mahoning,
• 41:20
  Speaker 3: you'll file it in Mahoning. Pennsylvania, Mercer County. You should
• 41:27
  Speaker 3: be able to do it in PA. I'm not licensed
• 41:29
  Speaker 3: in PA, but I think they have a mechanism. And
• 41:32
  Speaker 3: you'll go in front of a judge, you'll have a hearing,
• 41:37
  Speaker 3: and if the judge grants it, just like kind of
• 41:41
  Speaker 3: an OVI, there's a bunch of reporting agencies that gets
• 41:46
  Speaker 3: notified that you can possess a firearm.
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 41:50
  Speaker 9: That's awesome.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you.
• 41:52
  Speaker 1: Thank you. You're on the air with Attorney Melfi.
• 41:57
  Speaker 10: My wife's friend just realized that she has several hundred
• 42:00
  Speaker 10: dollars from unclaimed funds from her father who passed probably
• 42:05
  Speaker 10: 10 years ago. And if it's not collected before the
• 42:09
  Speaker 10: end of the year, it goes to the new Brown Stadium.
• 42:12
  Speaker 9: Can you..
• 42:13
  Speaker 10: Tell me anything about that.
• 42:15
  Speaker 3: I would absolutely object going to the new Brown Stadium
• 42:18
  Speaker 3: because that is a factory of sadness. I mean, that's outrageous.
• 42:23
  Speaker 3: I mean, get it to the schools. I mean, seriously?
• 42:26
  Speaker 3: The Cleveland Brown Stadium? I mean, you're kidding me, right?
• 42:31
  Speaker 3: You're kidding me. I mean, what I just did dropped
• 42:35
  Speaker 3: off at the preschool today with all the snacks. You're
• 42:38
  Speaker 3: telling me it's going to Cleveland Brown Stadium? Yeah, yeah.
• 42:41
  Speaker 3: You're serious right now.
• 42:43
  Speaker 10: But, yeah, they're putting it below ground. So, yeah, factory
• 42:46
  Speaker 10: of sadness.
• 42:48
  Speaker 3: Yeah, outrageous. You need to contact, I think the, it's
• 42:55
  Speaker 3: a department of the Attorney General's office, I think, runs
• 42:59
  Speaker 3: the unclaimed funds. But there's a form you can get
• 43:02
  Speaker 3: on the Ohio, I think it's the AG's website, to
• 43:05
  Speaker 3: claim them. So please claim them.
• 43:08
  Speaker 1: All right, thank you so much. Yeah, please claim it.
• 43:10
  Speaker 3: I may help you. I might just do it for
• 43:12
  Speaker 3: free because the fact that it's going to clean Brown
• 43:14
  Speaker 3: Stadium is insane.
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  Speaker 1: Attorney Melfi, it's always a joy. I enjoy it immensely.
• 43:19
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