Use of video visits for inmates rise — as do concerns
RICHMOND, Texas — Four-year-old William Cole saw his father’s face and reached out to touch it during a jail visit. But he could only feel a video screen. The facility in Fort Bend County, southwest of...
View ArticleThird man arrested in Middle Avenue beating (VIDEO)
The third man wanted in a brutal Middle Avenue beating was arrested at a Cleveland hospital early this morning. Michael Nichols, 27, was arrested without incident by Elyria Police around 4:15 a.m....
View ArticleElyria man charged after toddler hospitalized
ELYRIA — A toddler was hospitalized with a head injury after police said her mother’s boyfriend hit the girl and knocked her to the ground. Terrance Card, 24, was charged with felonious assault,...
View ArticleAvon Lake firefighter, suspended after conviction, resigns
AVON LAKE — An Avon Lake firefighter who had been suspended following an assault conviction resigned after the city questioned receipts he submitted on an expense report. Mark McGuire, who was an Avon...
View ArticleBrowser security to tighten at clerk’s office
ELYRIA — Lorain County Clerk of Courts Tom Orlando has ordered tighter restrictions placed on computers accessible to the public after his employees discovered evidence a man with a lengthy criminal...
View ArticleTrooper from LaGrange honored at police week in Washington D.C.
Mementos of Mike Paris Sr., sit on shelves inside Jean Paris’s LaGrange home. The photograph of him in his Ohio Highway Patrol trooper uniform, his badge number and the flag that draped his casket are...
View ArticleFour arrested for heroin trafficking, characterized as ‘mid-level’ dealers
LORAIN – Four “mid-level” heroin dealers were arrested following a two-month investigation Thursday morning. Luis Ramirez, 26, Luciano Mercado, 31, Quinnton Bray, 26 and Amanda Thomas, 21, were charged...
View ArticleHearing set for convicted Avon firefighter
AVON — A pre-disciplinary hearing is to be held next week in regards to Avon firefighter Dennis Danczak, who was convicted of violating a temporary protection order last year. The hearing is to include...
View ArticleFear-dot-not: Police departments offer online trade safe zones
Though rare, some online business transactions at e-commerce sites such as Craigslist have ended in tragedy, which is why the Lorain County Chiefs of Police Association is launching the Transaction...
View ArticleAdams gets maximum sentence in Coats killing
ELYRIA – Tove Adams was sentenced Friday to 34 years to life in prison, the maximum sentence, for gunning down Anthony Coats nearly two years ago in Elyria. Adams, 44, didn’t speak during the hearing...
View ArticleBrelo acquitted in Cleveland police shooting
CLEVELAND — A patrolman charged in the shooting deaths of two unarmed suspects during a 137-shot barrage of gunfire was acquitted Saturday in a case that helped prompt the U.S. Department of Justice...
View ArticleSource: Cleveland reaches settlement with Justice Department over police
WASHINGTON — Cleveland has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice over a pattern of excessive force and civil rights violations by its police department, and it could be announced as soon...
View ArticleCleveland, Justice Department announce agreement
CLEVELAND — Cleveland agreed to overhaul its police department under the supervision of a federal monitor in a settlement announced Tuesday with the U.S. Justice Department over a pattern of excessive...
View ArticleConsent decree demands more accountability, engagement from Cleveland police
CLEVELAND — The centerpiece of an agreement between the city of Cleveland and the U.S. Department of Justice on how to reform the city’s troubled police department is creating an organization that is...
View ArticleHighway Patrol: 14 fatalities in Ohio over holiday weekend
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The State Highway Patrol says 14 people were killed on Ohio’s roadways over Memorial Day weekend — one more than last year. The patrol says three fatalities were related to impaired...
View ArticlePolice release more about Internet sting
ELYRIA — Police released more information Wednesday regarding an investigation that led to the arrest of seven men who tried to engage in sexual acts with children, according to Elyria Police Lt....
View ArticleLawyer withdraws request for murder case dismissal
ELYRIA — The lawyer representing the Avon Lake woman accused of killing her husband with plastic wrap has withdrawn a request to have the case against his client dropped because of the delay in...
View ArticleLorain chief: Justice oversight helps police
LORAIN — The consent decree agreement between the city of Cleveland and the U.S. Department of Justice this week is a chance for police agencies across the region to improve, Lorain Police Chief Cel...
View ArticleFallout from Freddie Gray: Homicides spike, arrests fall in Baltimore
BALTIMORE — Antoinette Perrine has barricaded her front door since her brother was killed three weeks ago on a basketball court near her home in the Harlem Park neighborhood of West Baltimore. She...
View ArticleOberlin deluged with applicants for police, fire chief posts
OBERLIN — The city received almost 100 applications for the top jobs in the fire and police departments. Despite the large number, City Manager Eric Norenberg said he still plans to choose a candidate...
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