{"id":268,"date":"2019-01-22T16:38:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T16:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/ohio\/?p=268"},"modified":"2022-05-25T06:32:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T06:32:15","slug":"robert-bobby-mello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/ohio\/robert-bobby-mello\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert &#8220;Bobby&#8221; Mello"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"268\" class=\"elementor elementor-268\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a1900c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a1900c0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-296108c2\" data-id=\"296108c2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fdc4cff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fdc4cff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On February 20, 2005, Robert\u2019s car broke down on the side of the road.&nbsp; 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