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Elyria chief wants to fire officer
ELYRIA — The city’s police chief has recommended that indicted Elyria police Officer Tom Orsik be fired. Tom Orsik Chief Duane Whitely made the recommendation after Orsik, 41, refused to answer...
View ArticleAfter police shooting, San Francisco chief urges officers to carry stun guns
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco is one of only two large cities in the country that do not equip officers with stun guns, a situation the city’s police chief wants to change after police fatally shot a...
View ArticleSelf-proclaimed ‘warrior for the babies’ accused of Planned Parenthood...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The man accused of killing three people in an attack on a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic defied his own defense attorney in court, declaring himself a “warrior for the...
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Man arrested in connection with string of Thanksgiving break-ins
AVON LAKE — Authorities arrested a Sheffield Lake man for allegedly breaking into several Avon Lake businesses on Thanksgiving morning. Brendon Jasko Brendon Jasko, 20, is facing felony breaking and...
View ArticleElyria police investigating early morning burglaries
ELYRIA — Police are investigating two burglaries that happened early Wednesday morning. About 2:14 a.m., a woman was watching television in her home on the 800 block of Prospect Street when she heard a...
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Bond reduction sought in infant death case
The attorney for a Medina man accused of leaving his deceased infant daughter in her crib for a month and a half has asked a Medina County judge to reduce bond so he can be free while awaiting trial....
View ArticleRape conviction brings new light to problem of sexual misconduct by law...
OKLAHOMA CITY — The teenager’s mother clapped her hands and screamed with joy as she watched an Oklahoma City jury convict a former police officer of raping her daughter and sexually assaulting seven...
View ArticleNew York judge bans daily fantasy sites as gambling
NEW YORK — A judge on Friday barred daily fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel from doing business in New York, ordering the country’s two biggest fantasy sports companies to stop taking bets...
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Elyria Officer Orsik fired
ELYRIA — Tom Orsik was fired from his job as an Elyria police officer Friday, just weeks after he was indicted on charges he solicited sex from three women and stalked a fourth. CHRONICLE FILEElyria...
View ArticleCleveland man struck, killed by cars in N. Ridgeville
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 51-year-old Cleveland man who was killed while walking on Lorain Road. According to police, the 51-year-old man...
View ArticleAP Exclusive: Most Californians paroled for sex offenses exempt from ban
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Three-quarters of California’s paroled sex offenders previously banned from living near parks, schools and other places where children congregate now face no housing restrictions...
View ArticlePolice say man fatally shot by deputies was holding gun
LOS ANGELES — A black man who was fatally shot by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies kept holding a gun as he lay dying on the ground, authorities said Sunday in response to questions about why they...
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Walton-Kirkendoll gets year in prison for child endangerment in toddler’s death
ELYRIA – Timothy Walton-Kirkendoll was sentenced this morning to one year in prison on endangering children charges that stemmed from him leaving three children, one of whom later died, alone in an...
View ArticleNorth Ridgeville police release identity of pedestrian killed Saturday night
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — North Ridgeville police identified the 51-year-old Cleveland man who was killed Saturday after being struck by a truck and a car on Lorain Road as Robert Murdoch. Police say Murdoch...
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Walton-Kirkendoll sentenced to year in prison for child endangering
ELYRIA — Timothy Walton-Kirkendoll was sentenced Monday to one year in prison on endangering children charges that stemmed from him leaving three children, one of whom later died, alone in an apartment...
View ArticleSmall, medium-sized counties are driving prison population explosion
NEW YORK — While big-city jails get most of the attention, lockups in small and medium-sized counties have actually driven the overall explosion in the U.S. inmate population, according to a new...
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Lorain men found guilty of shooting Oklahoma man
ELYRIA — Two Lorain men have been found guilty of attempted murder and other charges for shooting an Oklahoma man in Lorain last year. Kashaun Sibley Defense attorney Anthony Baker promised to appeal...
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Lorain police find van reported stolen in lake
LORAIN — Lorain police pulled a reportedly stolen delivery van from Lake Erie on Tuesday morning. BRUCE BISHOP/CHRONICLETow operators and police work to recover a van at the end of the boat ramp at Hot...
View ArticleExecutions at lowest levels since 1991; death sentences also falling
WASHINGTON — The number of people executed in the United States this year dropped to the lowest level since 1991, as states impose fewer death sentences and defendants in capital cases get access to...
View ArticleJurors to continue deliberation in Baltimore police officer’s trial
BALTIMORE — Jurors said they were deadlocked Tuesday as they weighed manslaughter and other charges against a police officer in the death of Freddie Gray. The judge told them to keep deliberating and...
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