Man acquitted of murder; found guilty of reckless homicide
ELYRIA — Antonio Robles was acquitted Thursday of murder and felonious assault charges, but found guilty of reckless homicide in the 2013 shooting death of DeAndre McDowell. Visiting Judge Thomas...
View ArticleVermilion police captain could face training, further suspension after...
VERMILION — A 13-day suspension and a leadership training course could be in the future for a Vermilion police captain who was found driving with a suspended license last month. Earlier this week...
View ArticleElyria police campaign targets drunken driving
ELYRIA — Elyria Police Department efforts to combat drunken driving will pick up starting today with thanks to a $44,000 federal traffic safety grant. The national enforcement Drive Sober or Get Pulled...
View ArticleThree-vehicle crash kills Elyria man
NEW RUSSIA TWP. — A three-vehicle crash killed an Elyria man and injured two other local residents, despite all of them wearing their seat belts. Hubert H. Vaughan, 48, of Elyria, was pronounced dead...
View ArticleWoman killed at railroad crossing
EATON TWP. — A driver was killed when the vehicle she was driving was struck by a train at the railroad crossing on Reed Road near Capel Road and state Route 82 about 6 p.m. today. Four witnesses said...
View ArticleDriver killed in car-train crash in Eaton Township
EATON TWP. — A driver was killed when her car was struck by a train at the railroad crossing on Reed Road about a quarter-mile south of state Route 82 about 6 p.m. Sunday. Four witnesses, including the...
View ArticleAt least 100 could speak at sentencing for Colorado theater shooter Holmes
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — At least 100 victims and witnesses of James Holmes’ deadly attack on a Colorado movie theater are expected to testify about the crime’s profound and continuing impact on their lives...
View ArticleBroken cameras hinder Bangkok shrine bombing investigation
BANGKOK — Up to 75 percent of the security cameras were broken along the getaway path taken by the main suspect in last week’s deadly Bangkok bombing, Thailand’s police chief said Monday, revealing a...
View ArticleCounty establishes court for drug recovery
ELYRIA — Drug addicts facing criminal charges will have a chance to break their addictions and avoid a criminal record under a new drug recovery court that will begin rolling out in the next few weeks,...
View ArticleBurge to challenge Rothgery for judgeship
ELYRIA — Former Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge said Monday he will seek to return to the bench next year by challenging his former colleague, county Common Pleas Judge Christopher...
View ArticleSentence overturned for former county commissioner — again
ELYRIA — For a second time, the Ohio 9th District Court of Appeals has overturned the prison sentence of former Lorain County Commissioner Michael Ross. Defense attorney Anthony Baker said that based...
View ArticlePolice looking at non-lethal alternatives to bullets
FITCHBURG, Mass. — Police in more than 20 North American cities are testing the latest in less-lethal alternatives to bullets — “blunt impact projectiles” that cause suspects excruciating pain but stop...
View ArticleScores of survivors speak at Colorado theater shooter’s sentencing
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Scores of victims of James Holmes’ deadly attack on a Colorado movie theater, now free to vent their feelings before the judge, are denouncing the defense team, the legal process...
View ArticleUPDATED: Kasich names Michele Silva Arredondo to replace Burge as judge
ELYRIA — Michele Silva Arredondo will replace former Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge, who resigned in April. Gov. John Kasich’s office announced the appointment Tuesday and said in a news...
View ArticleGirl’s guardians plead no contest
AVON LAKE — The brother of a 12-year-old girl who disappeared in June with a 2-year-old she was babysitting pleaded no contest Tuesday to a persistent disorderly conduct charge in Avon Lake Municipal...
View ArticleUPDATED: Avon Lake man killed in Cleveland car wreck
CLEVELAND — An Avon Lake man died after a car crash in Cleveland Tuesday, according to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office. Aaron Maxwell, 20, was pronounced dead at MetroHealth Medical...
View ArticleSheriff’s deputy resigns after allegedly being robbed during solicitation
ELYRIA – A Lorain County Sheriff’s deputy has resigned after police say he was robbed while meeting a woman he met on Craigslist and paying her for sex. Christopher Cassell, 24, had worked as a...
View ArticleArgentinian looks to Pope Francis to help get son off Texas death row
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — When Lidia Guerrero met with Pope Francis in Rome last year, the Argentine native told her he knew all about Guerrero’s son, who has been on death row in Texas for 19 years....
View ArticleMotorcyclist injured in Pittsfield crash
PITTSFIELD TWP. — A collision between a motorcycle and an SUV occurred this morning at the intersection of Route 20 and Quarry Road. According to Ohio State Patrol Trooper Josh Grimm, the accident...
View ArticleLaGrange man sentenced for failing to disclose AIDS
ELYRIA — A LaGrange man who failed to disclose to a sexual partner that he has AIDS was sentenced Monday to two years of probation and 50 hours of community service. Nicholas Cerreto, 35, pleaded no...
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