Toledo ex-cop to head probe of Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald McFaul

CLEVELAND -- A former lawman from Toledo who now handles high-profile cases there will determine whether Sheriff Gerald McFaul broke the law when he asked a witness not to testify against him in 1986.

Jeffrey Lingo, a senior prosecutor in Lucas County, helped put Republican fund-raiser Tom Noe behind bars in 2006. Noe stole more than $1 million worth of coins from the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation in the scandal dubbed "Coingate."

Lingo, a former police officer and sheriff's deputy, has been a prosecutor since 1991. He works on major trials, usually focusing on murder and rape cases.