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Buckeye Ranch Workers Charged With Assaulting Teen

Two Buckeye Ranch employees are off the job and facing charges after allegedly roughing up a teenager.Robert Hoover and Walter Hooks were fired yesterday after being charged with assault. Franklin County prosecutors say the pair used excessive force in restraining a 14-year-old boy during a fight last week at the Grove City ranch. The teen sustained cuts and bruises to his face and head.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.