Police: Dogs break free and attack woman, puppy
ELYRIA – Two dogs were quarantined after attacking a woman and her puppy in a residential neighborhood Sunday evening. Vaughn Sprinkle, 25, was cited for failure to display dog tags or animal...
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Medina County man accused of leaving dead girl in crib chooses bench trial
A Medina County jury will not decide the innocence or guilt of a Medina man accused of leaving the body of his 20-month-old daughter in her crib for more than a month. Eric Warfel, 34, waived his right...
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Former North Ridgeville city worker sentenced to 30 days in jail, restitution
ELYRIA — A former North Ridgeville city worker was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail and two years of probation for conducting personal business on city time. Doug Edwards Doug Edwards, 57, also was...
View ArticleHawaii on verge of history, could be first state to put gun owners into FBI...
HONOLULU — Hawaii could become the first state in the United States to enter gun owners into an FBI database that will automatically notify police if an island resident is arrested anywhere else in the...
View ArticleBill Cosby due in suburban Philadelphia court for preliminary hearing on sex...
PHILADELPHIA — Bill Cosby is due in Pennsylvania court Tuesday morning for a key hearing in his criminal sex-assault case. The preliminary hearing will determine whether prosecutors have enough...
View ArticleAfter two trials and no convictions in Freddie Gray death, criticism mounts...
BALTIMORE — After two trials and no convictions, Baltimore’s top prosecutor faces criticism that she moved too quickly to file charges against six officers in the case involving a 25-year-old black man...
View ArticleLorain police arrest two burglary suspects
LORAIN – Two burglary suspects have been arrested following two incidents on April 28 and May 13. According to a release from the Lorain Police Department, Marlon Smith, 18, of Lorain, was arrested...
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County wraps up case against Warfel
The prosecution rested its case Tuesday after slightly more than one day of testimony in the bench trial of a Medina man accused of leaving the body of his 20-month-old child in a crib for more than a...
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Lawyer says discipline from Ohio Supreme Court won’t affect his judicial...
AVON LAKE — An Ohio Supreme Court decision disciplining Avon Lake attorney Gerald Phillips won’t prevent him continuing his efforts to be placed on the November ballot as a judicial candidate, Phillips...
View ArticleLorain firefighter pleads no contest to mischief in parking lot
AVON LAKE — A Lorain firefighter pleaded no contest Tuesday to a persistent disorderly conduct charge for tampering with the car of a University Hospitals employee earlier this year after he became...
View ArticleJustice Department to pursue death penalty for accused Charleston church...
WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after the brutal shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a Charleston, South Carolina, church, the U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday its intent to seek the...
View ArticleCosby held for trial; attorneys show glimpse of defense in preliminary hearing
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby’s lawyers gave a blistering preview of the questions the actor’s accuser will face at trial, as a judge refused to dismiss the sex-assault case at a preliminary hearing....
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Westlake man arrested after armed confrontation on Detroit Road
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High-end police cars don’t seem out of place in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Image is everything in Dubai — even when fighting crime. Police in this desert metropolis have built up a high-horsepower arsenal of luxury sports cars and SUVs over the...
View ArticleOne dead, another critical but stable after shootings at T.I. concert venue...
NEW YORK — Shots rang out inside a concert venue in New York City where hip-hop artist T.I. was getting ready to perform, leaving one person dead, three others wounded and concertgoers scrambling for...
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Man sentenced for role in Elyria murder
ELYRIA — Brenda Rutherford wasn’t going to speak at the sentencing hearing of Deshun Jackson for his role in her son’s shooting death, but after Jackson apologized, she told him of the damage he’d left...
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Charges dropped against men accused of throwing dog off Cascade Park cliff
ELYRIA – Charges against two men accused of throwing a dog off a cliff at Cascade Park in December were dismissed Friday due to the prosecution’s inability to locate the only witness. Christopher...
View ArticleFBI: Elyria attempted abduction and Cleveland abduction cases linked
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland FBI office said there is a connection between the recent abduction case of Nevaeh Wylie and an attempted abduction in Elyria. The FBI said the individual, a person they are...
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Police release sketch, seek tips on kidnapping suspect
ELYRIA — The FBI and Cleveland police have released a sketch of a person of interest that authorities want to talk to about a kidnapping in Cleveland last month and an attempted abduction in Elyria in...
View ArticleUCLA campus goes from fear to sadness after murder-suicide
LOS ANGELES — A murder-suicide brought a massive police response and widespread fear of an active shooter among tens of thousands of people at UCLA. Now fear has shifted to sadness as many lament the...
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