Lorain man charged after shooting at bonfire
LORAIN – A man bleeding on the ground from a gunshot wound, a missing suspect and differing accounts of what happened were all that remained from an early morning gathering between friends on Saturday....
View ArticleLorain police advise resident against overnight frozen chicken sales
LORAIN – The attempted early morning frozen chicken sale may have just been a front. A woman called police around 7:30 a.m. Friday after she woke up to find a green lunch bag with her social security...
View ArticleHomeowner faces drug charge after break-in
ELYRIA — A home break-in and a quick capture of the suspects led police to another investigation Thursday when they found a marijuana-growing operation inside the home that was broken into. Corey...
View ArticleMan charged after 3-year-old son found wandering in Lorain
LORAIN — A man who left his 3-year-old child with the child’s ailing, sleeping grandmother was frantic when he returned from his neighbor’s house and found the child missing Saturday. After a search...
View ArticleSecond suspect arrested in cell phone rape case
LORAIN — A Lorain man suspected of filming on his cell phone a man being beaten and ordered to have sex with another man has been arrested. Sherman R. Smith was arrested and charged with attempted rape...
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Elyria police: Man cited after refusing to pay dinner bill
Elyria police 6:20 p.m. Aug. 23 — Wasabi Steakhouse, 3598 Midway Mall, Paul Buell, 26, 100 block Homer St., Elyria, cited for theft. Police said Buell told them he refused to pay a $90 restaurant bill...
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Lorain police: Woman threatened with sawed-off shotgun
Lorain police Thursday, Aug. 21 9:51 a.m. — 2100 block Homewood Drive, an employee saw a man and woman enter a dressing room with almost $1,300 worth of merchandise and try to leave the store wearing...
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Former Elyria worker who stole siren systems sentenced
ELYRIA — A former Elyria city worker who stole siren control systems and other city property was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison. Nicholas Cerreto, 34, pleaded no contest in June to charges of...
View ArticleLorain man faces sex assault charge
LORAIN — A 23-year-old man who was accused of sexual assault against a teenaged family friend in March was arrested Sunday. Dalance Lake was charged with sexual misconduct with a minor Sunday stemming...
View ArticleFlorida man wandering Elyria streets charged with groping
Correction: Gary Roche is still being held at Lorain County Jail. This story originally indicated that Roche had been released on bond. ELYRIA — A mumbling man with a criminal past was arrested early...
View ArticleMan gets 4 years in child porn case
ELYRIA — An Eaton Township man was sentenced Monday to four years in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Robert Scott II, 27, was arrested last September by Lorain County...
View ArticleElyria woman charged with prostitution
ELYRIA – Complaints of frequent traffic through a woman’s apartment led police to investigate the area on Tuesday and arrest the woman for prostitution. Andrea McCallister, 35, was charged with...
View ArticleTeen struck by car at Lorain intersection
LORAIN — A 14-year-old boy was seriously injured after being struck by a car at the intersection of Tower Boulevard and Washington Avenue about 6:05 p.m. Wednesday. The boy was knocked unconscious and...
View ArticleTeen cleared in 2012 fatal crash
ELYRIA — A 19-year-old girl facing vehicular homicide and negligent assault charges for a fatal car crash two years ago has been acquitted. In a ruling Wednesday, Lorain County Juvenile Court...
View ArticleTeen bicyclist critically injured after being hit by vehicle
LORAIN – A teenager riding a bike Wednesday on Washington Avenue was critically injured after he was hit by an oncoming car at an intersection. Curtis Henderson, 52, of Lorain, was driving a 2000 Chevy...
View ArticleFour arrested in Avon break-ins
AVON — Four men were arrested after they were accused of vandalizing property and burglarizing garages in housing developments. Police arrested Nicholas Price, 19, of 38707 Berkshire Ave., Connor...
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Veteran Services commissioner placed in diversion program for marijuana arrest
AVON LAKE — Lorain County Veterans Service Commissioner Don Attie was placed in a diversion program Thursday for a marijuana arrest in May. Under the terms of the agreement, reached in Avon Lake...
View ArticleOne injured in Diagonal Road rollover
Carlisle Township firefighters and Ohio Highway Patrol troopers survey the scene of a roll over crash on Diagonal Road in Carlisle Township near the Duck Pond on Thursday night. Alcohol may have...
View ArticleMan accused of filming his daughter showering
VERMILION – A man who may have set up a camera system to watch his daughter showering denied any knowledge of the crime, according to police. The 50-year-old Vermilion man, whose name is being withheld...
View ArticleWoman injured in head-on crash
ELYRIA — A head-on car crash late Friday sent one woman to the hospital with serious injuries. According to police, one car was traveling around the area of West Avenue and Ninth Street around 11:45...
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