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Brandon Rutherford wore a face mask Wednesday as he stood in front of a Hamilton County judge to be sentenced for his recent drug conviction. "I had the mask on because I heard the COVID numbers were back up," Rutherford told the WCPO 9 I-Team. Rutherford, 21, said Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Wagner asked him questions. "He asked me, was I vaccined?" Rutherford said. "I told him no. And he asked me if I planned to get vaccined, and I told him no." Rutherford said that's when Wagner ordered him to get a COVID-19 vaccine shot within two months...

On Wednesday, an Ohio judge ordered a man to get the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of his probation. During the sentencing hearing for 21-year-old Brandon Rutherford, Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Wagner ordered Rutherford to provide proof of getting the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of his Community Control following his recent drug conviction. According to Cincinnati-based station WCPO, Rutherford appeared at his hearing wearing a face mask due to the COVID-19 numbers climbing. Wagner then asked him if he was vaccinated and planned on getting vaccinated. Rutherford answered no to both questions. As a result, Wagner...