Girl finds loaded 9 mm handgun in bushes
LORAIN – A 14-year-old girl was playing outside on Thursday afternoon when she looked in a bush by her back yard and found a loaded 9mm handgun. Around 3:15 p.m. Thursday police arrived at the girl’s...
View ArticleLorain woman charged with Internet sex crime
LORAIN — A woman was indicted by a grand jury after authorities accused her of sending inappropriate photos of her son to an individual in Colorado. Valerie Sims, 32, of Lorain, was indicted Friday on...
View ArticleDriver who hit deputy driving a Prius
EATON TWP. — Police on Saturday continued to search for the driver who struck a Lorain County Sheriff’s Office deputy Wednesday. The driver is described as an older white woman wearing eyeglasses with...
View ArticleElyria car chase ends with arrest
ELYRIA — An Elyria man accused of leading police on a car chase is due in Elyria Municipal Court today. About 12:40 p.m. Sunday, police spotted Darius Cannon in the 100 block of Rush Street where...
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Lorain blotter: Man charged with hitting mentally disabled nephew
Lorain police 9:53 p.m. Sept. 18 — 1700 block E. 30th St., Charles Roberts, 68, same address, arrested and charged with domestic violence. A neighbor said she heard someone crying and being struck in...
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Elyria blotter: Woman chases off man trying to break into apartment
Elyria police 6:02 a.m. Sept. 19 — 300 block Furnace St., a resident said she heard a noise in her kitchen and found a man trying to break in. She said she struggled with the man and he ran out of her...
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Lorain police find children in appalling conditions
LORAIN — Two young brothers were found in what police said were appalling conditions when officers responded to a domestic dispute in the 1500 block of East 29th Street at 10:28 p.m. Friday. A...
View ArticleLorain man accused of attacking girlfriend, running from police
LORAIN – A Lorain man, who may have forced his way into his girlfriend’s house and assaulted her, fled from police early Sunday morning, according to a police report. Otis Slaughter, 46, was charged...
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Lorain blotter: Teen charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct
Lorain police 5:45 p.m. Sept. 20 — 2200 block Oakdale Ave., 16-year-old boy, 2600 block Reid Ave., arrested and charged with resisting arrest, criminal trespass, disorderly conduct, obstructing...
View ArticleGrand jury to review accused murderer’s case
ELYRIA — Jeremy Diestler agreed Monday to have aggravated murder and other charges against him forwarded to a grand jury for review during a brief appearance in Elyria Municipal Court. Diestler, 30,...
View ArticleMan gets 8 years for shooting in Medina
MEDINA — A Cleveland Heights man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for shooting a Wellington man at Union Square apartments in Medina. Gregory Prince, 22, was found guilty last month after...
View ArticleWellington football coach resigns amid investigation
WELLINGTON – A high school football coach resigned last week in the midst of an investigation regarding his conduct in early September. Police are investigating Kenneth Rochester, a former Wellington...
View ArticleWoman hits parked car, flips SUV
LORAIN – A woman told police she couldn’t see part of the road Tuesday morning when she hit a parked car and flipped her car over in the road. Ganeene McCall, 22, was driving a Hyundai Santa Fe...
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Former Westlake teacher receives life sentence in rape
CLEVELAND — A former Westlake High School English teacher was sentenced to life in prison for the rape of two boys, ages 9 and 12, who are his relatives. Joseph Scherma, 67, pleaded guilty Aug. 25 to...
View ArticleFive escape after minivan catches fire
SHEFFIELD — Five people narrowly escaped serious injuries when the minivan they were in on East River Road caught fire about 7:50 p.m. Tuesday. The 2003 Dodge Caravan was southbound on East River near...
View ArticleBlotter: Son charged with violating protection order against mother
Lorain police Sunday, Sept. 21 12:27 a.m. — 1300 block Meister Road, police arrived at a house on a domestic violence call to find one man pinning another against a window. The men told police they...
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Coroner: Homicide victim was shot with two guns
ELYRIA — Matthew Stinson was shot multiple times with two weapons, Lorain County Coroner Stephen Evans said Tuesday. Stinson, 25, was shot and killed Sept. 17 in a hallway at the Wesley Avenue...
View ArticleMiddleburg Heights teen killed in I-71 crash
A Middleburg Heights teen was killed after her vehicle broke down on Interstate 71 Wednesday morning. Renee Ondrejech, 18, was driving a 1999 Volkswagen Passat northbound at 5:10 a.m. near Medina...
View ArticleChildren removed from squalor home, now in relatives’ custody
LORAIN — Two children removed from a Lorain home after being found by police in appalling conditions are in the custody of relatives. Officers went to the home in the 1500 block of East 29th Street...
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Career criminal gets life for 3 1980s LA killings
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Samuel Little has a rap sheet across half the continental U.S. but has little time in prison to show for it. That changed Thursday. Little, 74, was sentenced to three consecutive...
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