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49ers Owner Jed York Found Guilty of Two Misdemeanors in Ohio

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What a bad look for the 49ers and the NFL.

This past weekend, Jed York spent a day in jail in East Palestine, Ohio after pleading no contest to two misdemeanors, according to court documents. The misdemeanors were disorderly conduct and possession of a criminal tool. Court records also show that York was initially going to be charged with engaging in prostitution, but that was dropped.

York was arrested at 9:35 a.m. on Sunday at Wheat Hill Mobile Home Community. What in the world was he doing at a mobile home community, and why was he there first thing in the morning?

In addition, his cell phone and $160 were seized from him. The cell phone was returned, while the $160 went to the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force. That doesn't sound good.

The 49ers have yet to release a statement about this. Considering York pleaded no contest and is guilty, it's fair to assume that he will face discipline from the NFL under the Personal Conduct Policy, but it's unclear what the discipline will be. The NFL did not punish New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft when he was charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution, but he didn't plead no contest. His charges were dropped.

Stay tuned. This story is still developping.

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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