Avon, Olmsted Falls bars cited after fatal crashes
AVON — An Avon bar was cited after its employees served alcohol to a man who then died in a car crash in January, according to a representative from the Ohio Investigative Unit. On Wednesday, agents...
View ArticleUPDATED Firefighters: Man may have been in home that burned
LORAIN – Firefighters were searching through the wreckage of a fire that burned through a Lorain home Friday morning to find out if a resident was caught inside. Chief Thomas Brown said they have been...
View ArticleTeacher with Lorain ties pleads not guilty
A former Loudonville kindergarten teacher with Lorain ties has pleaded not guilty to a lengthy indictment accusing him of secretly recording his students as they used the school restroom. Elliot...
View ArticleMan arrested for firing weapon
LORAIN – Police patrolling downtown Lorain early Wednesday heard three shots in the area and investigated to find a man carrying a beer and concealing a handgun in his pants. Miguel Perez, 25, was...
View ArticleMan arrested for cash snatch from store customer
ELYRIA – A man grabbed $30 from a customer at Speedway and ran Friday morning, only to be found less than an hour later, according to police. Lavell Andrews, 22, of Elyria was charged with theft and...
View ArticleWoman steals baby formula from Westlake store
WESTLAKE – A woman has been videotaped stealing an unknown amount of baby formula from the CVS store at 30791 Detroit Road. According to Westlake police, the woman also is a suspect in three previous...
View ArticleAvon police called for missing roof
AVON — A man called the Avon Police Department on Wednesday morning because a crew was tearing his cousin’s roof off. The roofers, he told police, were at the wrong house. According to a police log...
View ArticleFamily, Elyria Police Department, community gather to remember Kerstetter
It happens every year. March 15 comes and the officers of the Elyria Police Department put on their dress uniforms and gather just outside the Elyria police station for a memorial service to honor...
View ArticleNorth Ridgeville police seek help in identifying dead woman
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a partially clad woman whose body was found Sunday afternoon near Victory Sports Park off Lorain Road. Authorities have not...
View Article16 arrested in countywide drug raids; more arrests planned
ELYRIA — Police are keeping silent about a series of drug raids and arrests over the past few days, but Elyria Municipal Court Judge Lisa Locke Graves described it during a court hearing Monday as an...
View ArticleLorain County judges boycott ‘administrative session,’ citing legality concerns
ELYRIA — The Lorain County commissioners sought a confidential “administrative session” with the county’s General Division judges to discuss their ongoing dispute over where the county’s Adult...
View ArticleWoman found in North Ridgeville identified
NORTH RIDGEVILLE – Police have identified the woman whose body was discovered Sunday in a field off Victory Lane. Police Lt. Greg Petek released a short statement this afternoon that said news reports...
View ArticleGrandmother describes Lakewood woman found dead in Ridgeville as ‘beautiful,...
NORTH RIDGEVILLE —Rachele Tyburski was no stranger to tragedy; nor to resilience. Between early-in-age sickness and loss, Tyburski spent 26 years turning to poetry, family and conversations with her...
View ArticleNorth Ridgeville police combing through tips in Tyburski death
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Police said Wednesday they have received a large number of tips and possible leads in the death of Rachele Tyburski, whose body was discovered in a semi-secluded area over the...
View ArticlePolice: Alleged drug ring a family affair
ELYRIA — A family-run drug trafficking organization that stretched across two counties and lasted for at least a decade came to an end when police raided a grandmother’s house Friday on Tattersall...
View ArticleScrawl on wall allegedly incited Lorain County jail brawl
ELYRIA — What accused killer Benjamin Davis allegedly wrote on his cell wall that started a fight with his cellmate at the Lorain County Jail last week appears to have had to do with the December...
View ArticleCellmate: Davis wrote apology to murder victim on jail cell wall
ELYRIA — Benjamin Davis scrawled an apology to the man he is accused of gunning down on his Lorain County Jail cell wall, according to his former cellmate. “Sorry Robert It was my bad RIP,” Davis...
View ArticleMedina County man accused of robbing Columbia FirstMerit branch
COLUMBIA TWP. – A Medina County man is accused of rushing into the FirstMerit Bank branch this morning and stealing an undisclosed amount of money, according to Lorain County Sheriff’s deputies. Larry...
View ArticleLorain County clerk seeking debts from inmates
ELYRIA — Lorain County Clerk of Courts Tom Orlando is implementing a new program that he said will allow his office to better collect outstanding court costs, fines and money for victims from people...
View ArticleLorain man gets six months for hanging dog
LORAIN — Calling it a “very disturbing” crime, Lorain Municipal Court Judge Thomas Elwell sentenced John Wayne Daughney to six months in jail on charges he hanged his dog earlier this year. “I find it...
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