Charges being weighed against Vermilion police sergeant
VERMILION — The Erie County Sheriff’s Office has wrapped up its investigation into assault allegations against a Vermilion police sergeant and has forwarded the case to prosecutors for a review of...
View ArticleMulti-county pursuit ends with arrests in Lorain County
CARLISLE TOWNSHIP — Two people were arrested following a multi-county car chase Tuesday afternoon. The Ohio State Highway Patrol was pursuing a car reported as stolen on Interstate 71 in Medina County....
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Man who drove into Amherst building identified; police say he might have had...
Amherst Police, Amherst fire and LifeCare tend to a man who drovr his car into a building and caved in the wall of Exclusively Yours,940 Amchester Street in Amherst. BRUCE BISHOP/CHRONICLE AMHERST –...
View ArticleLorain man charged after street fight
LORAIN — A West 17th Street man was charged with felonious assault after police broke up a fight on West 7th Street on Tuesday night. According to a Lorain police report, officers were called to the...
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VIDEO: North Ridgeville police seek robbery suspect
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Police are asking for help to locate and identify a woman who held up a female driver at gunpoint at a gas station. The armed robbery occurred just before 7 a.m. Friday at the BP...
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Prosecutors argue against new trial in fatal Elyria shooting
ELYRIA — Markus Martin shouldn’t receive a new trial for ordering Tristen Belfiore to shoot Davion Strupe despite evidence that Belfiore failed a lie detector test, prosecutors argued in court...
View ArticlePolice respond to scuffle at fundraiser
AMHERST — Police were called to a weekend fundraising event for the family of a mother who died in July 2015 when a car slammed into her state Route 58 home. Officers responded to the event to break...
View ArticleFive dead after shooting in suburban Pittsburgh; multiple suspects sought
WILKINSBURG, Pa. — Police were searching early Thursday for at least two gunmen who opened fire during a backyard party in suburban Pittsburgh, killing five people and wounding three others. Four women...
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Nine arrested, five sought in Elyria and Lorain drug bust
LORAIN – In a combined effort of the Lorain and Elyria police narcotics units, more than $320,000 in drugs were confiscated during the execution of five separate search warrants Tuesday morning. At a...
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Victims’ moms throw support to Clinton
CLEVELAND — The mothers of several victims of violence shared their reasons for endorsing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president Sunday afternoon at Mount Sinai Baptist Church. KRISTIN...
View ArticleJudge hopeful Phillips short signatures, says he’ll sue
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Attorney Gerald Phillips turned in far fewer signatures than he needed to make the November ballot as an independent candidate to run for the seat held by Lorain County Common Pleas...
View ArticleCharges filed in three fatal crashes
Two Lorain County men as well as a man from West Lafayette were charged Monday in three separate fatal traffic crashes that occurred in late 2015 in Vermilion and Pittsfield and Grafton townships,...
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Appeals court overturns county judge’s ruling, upholds Lorain firefighter’s...
Joe Colon LORAIN — An appeals court has sided with the city of Lorain in a long legal fight over whether former Lorain firefighter Joe Colon was improperly pressured to resign nearly four years ago....
View ArticleElyria man pleads guilty again to role in 2014 homicide
ELYRIA — An Elyria man has pleaded guilty for a second time to reduced charges for his involvement in the July 2014 killing of Davion Strupe. Todd Wells, 23, reached a deal with prosecutors Monday that...
View ArticleMaryland police officer apparently killed by friendly fire; three men arrested
CHEVERLY, Md. — Police may never be able to satisfactorily explain why a man with a death wish shot at drivers and police officers outside a police station in suburban Maryland while his brothers...
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Elyria police commended, remember Kerstetter on anniversary of death
Elyria police held its annual awards ceremony at the department Tuesday. Elyria police officers salute at the Memorial Service for Officer James A. Kerstetter at Elyria Police Dept. on Tues. Mar. 15....
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Spiegelberg edges Arredondo in Republican judge’s primary
SHEFFIELD TWP. — In a tight race, challenger Will Spiegelberg defeated Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Michele Silva Arredondo in Tuesday’s Republican primary, dashing her hopes of keeping the seat...
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Rothgery turns back Burge in Common Pleas Court Democratic primary
Former Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge failed in his bid to return to the bench Tuesday, losing in the Democratic primary to county Common Pleas Judge Christopher Rothgery. Judge...
View ArticleGlass, Marinaro win primaries, will meet in general election for seat on...
LORAIN — Sherry Glass and Krista Marinaro will be battling come November to become Lorain County’s next Domestic Relations Court judge. Glass won the Democratic primary with 49 percent of the vote,...
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Will beats Tomlinson, secures another term as prosecutor
Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis Will won a fourth term Tuesday, fending off a challenge in the Democratic primary from Elyria defense attorney JD Tomlinson. Will, who has held the job since 2005, had...
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