Arrest made after manure dumped outside Warren County Dems HQ

LEBANON — UPDATE: 11:03 a.m. Oct. 31

The Warren County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in the case of a truckload of manure dumped at Warren County Democratic Party headquarters.

The suspect, James R. Pinell, 47, of Lebanon, was charged with one count of Criminal Mischief, a misdemeanor of the third degree. He is scheduled to appear in Lebanon Municipal Court for arraignment on Thursday.

ORIGINAL REPORT: 5:08 p.m Oct. 29

A truckload of manure was dumped this morning outside the Warren County Democratic Party headquarters.

The same thing happened in 2012, but this time, the building has a security camera that recorded someone dumping the mountain of manure just after midnight, Bethe Goldenfield, chairwoman of the Warren County Democratic Party told our media partner WCPO-TV in Cincinnati.

Rachel Harvey Katz, regional press secretary for Democrat Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, told WCPO that a volunteer found the manure pile outside the door to the building, 1975 U.S. 42.

The party issued a plea for volunteers to help get voters to the polls on its Facebook page, which also posted a photo and warning: “We have cameras, so the perps will hopefully be responsible for their actions.”