DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio — A former Ohio attorney serving a 4.5-year jail sentence has filed a motion for judicial release in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, citing newly discovered text messages sent between Judge James Schuck and a prosecutor assigned to the case.
In August 2025, Judge Schuck sentenced former attorney Adam Stone to a maximum sentence for telecommunications fraud and attempted impersonation of a peace officer.
Stone was convicted of using his position as an attorney to defraud victims who had hired him to file a wrongful death lawsuit following the death of their son…