Attorney General Marc Dann's scheduler had made arrangements to accompany Dann to a four-day conference in Turkey last June after Dann's wife dropped out, the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police confirmed to The Dispatch today.

The scheduler, 28-year-old Jessica Utovich, obtained a plane ticket to accompany 46-year-old Dann on a law-enforcement conference in Turkey last June 12-16, said Gary Vest, the Powell police chief who headed the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police at the time.

Utovich, who has been the subject of much speculation over her relationship with her boss, never made the trip, Vest said.

Vest said Utovich was having some difficulty obtaining a passport to make the trip and ultimately canceled. The police chiefs association -- which sprung for Dann's $1,425 in airfare – also bought Utovich's ticket, but Vest said he did not know whether she reimbursed the organization.

Dann's office confirmed earlier this week that the executive director and assistant director of the Ohio Police Officers Training Academy, which is part of the attorney general's office, accompanied Dann on the trip.

Dann's office did not have any immediate comment today about Utovich's aborted plans to join her boss on the trip to Istanbul.

Utovich visited Dann's condo several times, he says only to deliver schedules. One of the women pressing a sexual harassment complaint against a top Dann aide says Utovich was at the Dublin-area residence one night last September wearing either pajamas or sweats, dressed as if “she was there to stay.”