In the second day of the trial of Andrew R. Schuman, a former body shop owner said Schuman told him a
repair was being done to his car because he “hit a hydrant.”
Schuman, a Bowling Green attorney, is facing 11 different counts in three separate cases.
One of the charges against Schuman alleges that it was he who was the driver who damaged a City of
Bowling Green fire hydrant and failed to report it.
Larry Pahl, retired owner of Pahl’s Body Shop, testified that Schuman had brought in his car for body
repair work. When Prosecuting Attorney Thomas Matuszak asked if Schuman had indicated what caused the
damage, Pahl said, “he hit a hydrant.”
Matuszak thus concluded his questioning on the topic.
Earlier Wednesday, Chad Fletcher, who lives near the hydrant in question, had picked Schuman out of a
photo display provided by Bowling Green Police, saying he was 90 percent certain he was the driver he
had seen at the time of the alleged hit-skip accident.
Schuman’s attorney, Richard Kerger, challenged Fletcher on his memory and how statements were not
consistent with his testimony in court compared to his written statements at the time of the incident.

Fletcher explained his perspective in writing the report was different for the purpose of damage to the
hydrant as opposed to his perspective in court of attempting to identify the person he saw.
In another aspect of the case, attorney Jeffrey Nunnari testified as to his representation of Schuman at
his disciplinary hearings, which resulted in Schuman’s temporary suspension. He was also the attorney
that Schuman was working for in Schuman’s alleged activity in collecting fees from a case.
The defendant is alleged to have improperly identified himself on the phone when trying to get the victim
on the phone while she was in a rehabilitation facility for drug treatment. He said he was her attorney
but was actually trying to collect a debt on behalf of Nunnari.
Schuman allegedly told the treatment center official he was going to put a warrant out for the victim’s
arrest, which added more concerns for her while she was being treated.
During her testimony Wednesday, she also noted her encounters with Schuman in his appearing at her
previous court appearance, also identifying himself as her attorney to see her when he normally would
not have access to her through a bailiff.
“He was always there hanging around and what I would describe as pushy,” she said.
A separate aspect of the trail will be the focus of testimony scheduled for this morning.
The judge has requested the attorneys file their closing remarks in writing after he hears the final
witnesses and possibly Schuman. The judge may take a week or two to make his rulings.