Bar Owner Sentenced to 2 Years' Probation for Failure to Comply With BWC Order

A Southwest Ohio bar owner has been sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay a $150 fine after pleading guilty to failure to comply with an Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation order to purchase workers' compensation coverage, the agency announced Friday. Michael Larkin, 53, ignored a BWC order issued last year after his coverage lapsed until state liquor control agents raided his bar in early April, seizing cash and liquor, the BWC said. The BWC had reported Larkin to the Ohio Liquor Control Commission, which suspended the liquor license for Alleys on the River afte...