The News-Herald has the story:
Taft, the Republican great-grandson of President and later Chief Justice William Howard Taft, was convicted and fined Thursday for not reporting numerous golf outings and other gifts as governor.
In less than 24 hours, Taft became the first Ohio governor charged with or
convicted of a crime...
He pleaded no contest to failing to report 52 gifts worth nearly $6,000 that he received over four years in a case that spiraled off a scandal over state losses from investments in rare coins and other funds.
Franklin County Municipal Judge Mark Froehlich found Taft guilty of all four misdemeanor charges and fined him $4,000 plus $76 in court costs.
