Ricky D. Jobe's defense attorney said the former University of Akron football player went down a bad path after surgery led to painkiller addiction.
Ricky D. Jobe II, 38, of the South Side, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and aggravated burglary with gun specifications in connectionof 38-year-old Darold Reese on Dec. 28, 2021. Franklin County prosecutors dropped murder and other charges under a plea agreement.
Paul Scott, Jobe’s defense attorney, said Jobe was a four-year football player at the University of Akron in the early 2000s who later dealt with old football injuries affecting his health. After knee surgery, Jobe became addicted to pain killers, Scott said. McIntosh said before sentencing Jobe that “addiction is a bad thing and I see people every day in the throes of addiction.”
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