Opening arguments presented in William Dembie murder trial
ELYRIA – William Dembie Jr. knew what he was doing when he killed his wife, Holly Dembie, two years ago, Assistant Lorain County Prosecutor Tony Cillo said this morning during opening arguments in the...
View ArticleFormer Lorain County title agents sentenced for fraud
COLUMBUS – Two former Lorain County title agents will serve prison time for their role in insurance fraud. Gregory R. Klima, of Avon Lake and the co-owner of Title Access, was sentenced on Tuesday in...
View ArticleConvicted killer denies committing Lorain murder
CLEVELAND — Alfred Cleveland admitted to running drugs and stealing cars during a hearing in federal court Tuesday, but he denied killing Marsha Blakely, the crime for which he is serving a prison term...
View ArticleShooting victim released from hospital
Shooting victim Laquan Wallace was released from MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland on Sunday, a nursing supervisor said Tuesday. Wallace and Oshae Noble were shot Nov. 17 outside Club Our Space,...
View ArticleWellington, Oberlin crime: Police called for unruly teen at high school
Wellington police 1:05 p.m. Dec. 9 — Wellington High School, a guidance counselor contacted authorities in reference to a 16-year-old student who was being unruly. School officials said the student was...
View ArticleArson being eyed as cause of car fire
ELYRIA — The Elyria Fire Department said arson is suspected in a car fire and garbage bin fire that were started near each other Monday morning. Around 2:30 a.m. Monday, the Elyria Fire Department...
View ArticleAutopsy on body found in field slated for Thursday
ELYRIA — Police are not releasing any new information about the man who was found dead in a cornfield last week until the autopsy is completed. According to the Lorain County coroner’s office, an...
View ArticleUPDATED: Police say parents, students, coach involved in fight at Elyria...
ELYRIA — A fight between students, parents and a Strongsville coach during a girls basketball game on Saturday may have been started by a 6-year-old who used a derogatory word toward a group of Elyria...
View ArticleUPDATED: Man dead after being struck by train
ELYRIA — A man was killed in an apparent suicide after being struck by a Norfolk Southern train about 9:50 p.m. Wednesday. The conductor said the man was lying on the tracks before being hit, according...
View ArticleElyria blotter: Man charged after fight with girlfriend
Elyria police Tuesday, Dec. 17 8 p.m. — 100 block Quincy St, an argument broke out between a woman and her boyfriend, Johnathon Lalonde, 29. Lalonde was charged with domestic violence. 8:10 p.m. — 1000...
View ArticleTen people displaced by Lorain apartment fire
LORAIN — No one was injured in an apartment fire at 1110 Kingsway Blvd., called in at 4:33 a.m. Tuesday. The fire occurred in Apartment 5 of the two-story, brick building near Oberlin Avenue and Tower...
View ArticleAppeals court agrees that judge was correct in not admitting seized pot as...
ELYRIA — An appeals court has upheld the decision of a former county judge to bar prosecutors from using nearly 90 pounds of marijuana as evidence against a Massachusetts man who was arrested during a...
View ArticleElyria driver injured in crash
SHARON TWP. — Both drivers were injured — one seriously — in a two-vehicle crash at State and Ridgewood roads Saturday morning. The crash happened at 10:10 a.m. when a Ford F-450 tow truck, traveling...
View ArticleElyria, Lorain blotter: Men charged with shoplifting from Sears
Elyria Police Thursday, Dec. 19 12:43 p.m. – Police charged two men with theft for a shoplifting incident at the Sears store at Midway Mall. Police reports said a Sears security officer told police he...
View ArticleMan charged in North Ridgeville shooting
NORTH RIDGEVILLE – A 20-year-old Cleveland man has been charged with shooting two men on Sunday afternoon. Antoine Johnson was charged with two counts of felonious assault, according to a news release...
View ArticleSheffield Lake Police identify man pulled from Lake Erie
SHEFFIELD LAKE – Police have identified the man whose body was found in Lake Erie on Friday. Robert Remec, 56, of Sunset Avenue, was last seen by his family on Wednesday, according to Sheffield Lake...
View ArticleK-9 finds cocaine on inmate at county jail
ELYRIA — Deputies and a drug-sniffing dog found 14 grams of cocaine hidden in an inmate’s pants at the Lorain County Jail last week. The cocaine was allegedly found in the waistband of inmate Obed...
View ArticleNorth Ridgeville police say shooting ‘likely’ drug related
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — The shooting of two men inside a home at 9410 Reed Road on Sunday afternoon is “likely” to have been drug related, police Lt. Vince Abt said Monday. Suspected shooter Antoine C....
View ArticlePolice warn of Lorain daytime burglaries
LORAIN — A rash of burglaries has occurred in the 4th Ward in recent days, according to police. The suspect knocks on doors or rings doorbells of homes in the daytime and if no one is home, smashes...
View ArticleDrug trafficking suspect’s escape attempt fails
LORAIN — A man who was arrested on drug trafficking charges Friday ran from police and threw himself against his mother’s apartment door in a failed attempt to escape. Trenton Bracy, 20, of 219 East...
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