The Haitian Bridge Alliance is being represented by the Chandra Law Firm from Cleveland.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Less than a week after the nonprofit group Haitian Bridge Alliance filed criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance, the group amended their complaint to add felony charges of inducing panic against the pair.
On Sept. 24, The Chandra Law Firm, based in Cleveland, announced that Haitian Bridge Alliance is seeking that Trump and Vance be arrested and charged with disrupting public service, making false claims, committing telecommunications harassment, committing aggravated menacing and violating the prohibition against complicity.
The charges came amid what the nonprofit and its attorneys call "baseless fearmongering" by Trump and Vance suggesting on multiple occasions that legal Haitian immigrants in Springfield are eating their neighbors' pets.
In an amended memorandum filed on Monday, the organization and its executive director Guerline Jozef added inducing panic to the list of charges sought against the GOP presidential and vice presidential nominees.
Under Ohio Revised Codes 2935.09 and 2935.01(A), the law grants private citizens the ability to "file an affidavit charging the offense committed." It also requires the court to either issue arrest warrants or refer the case to the prosecuting attorney for investigation.
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