Ron Gerberry

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name=Ronald V. Gerberry

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| state_house=Ohio

| state=Ohio

| district=59th

| term_start=February 21, 2007

| term_end=August 21, 2015

| preceded=Ken Carano

| succeeded=

| term_start2=December 12, 1982

| term_end2=December 31, 2000

| preceded2=Tom Carney

| succeeded2=Kenneth Carano

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| birth_place=

| party=Democrat

| residence=Austintown, Ohio

| spouse=

| death_date=

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| alma_mater=Youngstown State University

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Ron Gerberry is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 59th district.{{cite web|url=http://www.house.state.oh.us/index.php?option=com_displaymembers&task=detail&district=59|title=Ronald V. Gerberry, Representative|publisher=Ohio House of Representatives|accessdate=25 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118062324/http://www.house.state.oh.us/index.php?option=com_displaymembers&task=detail&district=59 |archive-date=18 November 2012}}

Gerberry was first appointed to the House to represent the 65th district in 1982, to fill the term of Tom Carney, and served in this position through 2000, when he was forced out by term limits.{{cite news|url=http://businessjournaldaily.com/dems-return-gerberry-house-2007-4-10|title=Dems Return Gerberry to House|date=10 April 2007|work=Business Journal Daily|accessdate=25 November 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130121020452/http://businessjournaldaily.com/dems-return-gerberry-house-2007-4-10|archivedate=21 January 2013}} He then ran for, and won, a term as recorder of Mahoning County, Ohio.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VuZIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i4IMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1004,5876035&dq=ron-gerberry+election&hl=en|title=Gerberry Victory|date=8 November 2000|work=The Vindicator|accessdate=25 November 2012}} In 2007, when representative Kenneth Carano of the 59th district was appointed regional director of the governor's office, Gerberry was appointed to fill his seat. He subsequently won elections in the district in 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2008ElectionResults/ohRep_110408.aspx|title=State Representative: November 4, 2008|publisher=Ohio Secretary of State|accessdate=25 November 2012}} and 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2010results/20101102ohouse.aspx|title=Ohio House of Representatives: November 2, 2010|publisher=Ohio Secretary of State|accessdate=25 November 2012}}

On August 21, 2015, Gerberry resigned his seat and pleaded guilty in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to a single charge of unlawful compensation of a public official, a first-degree misdemeanor, related to his improper handling of campaign contributions. Under the terms of a plea deal with Mahoning County prosecutors, he was required to resign and not seek public office for seven years.{{cite web|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/08/11/gerberry-to-resign.html|title=State Rep. Ron Gerberry resigns amid investigation of campaign funds|author=Jim Siegel|work=The Columbus Dispatch|date=August 11, 2015|accessdate=August 21, 2015}} Gerberry received a suspended sentence of 180 days in jail, as well as three years of unsupervised probation, and was required to perform 500 hours of community service.{{cite web|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/08/21/0821-gerberry-pleads-guilty.html|title=Rep. Ron Gerberry pleads guilty, resigns from office|work=The Columbus Dispatch|date=August 21, 2015|accessdate=August 21, 2015}}

At the time of his resignation, Gerberry was 62 years of age and was the longest-serving Democrat in the Ohio House of Representatives, having served in the Ohio House a total of 27 years.