Cleveland's Clerk of Courts, Earle Turner, is spending more time at work

Cleveland Clerk of Courts Earle Turner came to his office at the Justice Center more frequently in June and worked longer days than he did in the previous 18 months.

A Plain Dealer investigation published June 7 revealed Turner averaged about seven hours per week in the office in 2008. In only three months of 2008 did he work from his office for more than 40 hours in an entire month, the newspaper investigation showed.

The Democrat spent about 121 hours in his office in June -- about 30 hours a week -- according to parking records at the Justice Center.

Turner and his spokesman did not return calls seeking comment.