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Law enforcement source: Prince died of opioid overdose
Prince performs during the halftime show at the Super Bowl XLI football game at Dolphin Stadium in Miami on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007. AP FILE CHICAGO — A law-enforcement official tells The Associated Press...
View ArticleJudges report increase in Lorain Municipal Court revenue in May
LORAIN — Municipal Court revenues were up in May. In a joint news release Wednesday, Judges Mark Mihok and Thomas Elwell said the court collected more than $140,000 for the city’s general and court...
View ArticleDriver avoids jail time in friend’s death
ELYRIA — The pleas from the victim’s family Thursday were the only thing that spared Zachary Goodin a 90-day jail sentence for killing his best friend in a car crash last year during a disposition...
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Former high school trainer indicted on sex charge
ELYRIA — A former Keystone High School football personal trainer has been indicted for sexual battery for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a female student at the school. Mark Febel Mark...
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Former Lorain Law Director Provenza has license suspended by Ohio Supreme Court
LORAIN — Former Lorain Law Director Mark Provenza has agreed to an indefinite suspension of his law license, according to an agreement released by the Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday. Mark Provenza The...
View ArticlePolice: Minnesota killing preceded UCLA murder-suicide
LOS ANGELES — The path to the campus shooting death of a UCLA professor began nearly 2,000 miles away in Minnesota. There, a former student with a grudge, Mainak Sarkar, killed his estranged wife....
View ArticleNew video released in efforts to find suspect in abduction
CLEVELAND — The FBI has released a new video of the man believed to be responsible for an abduction on the city’s west side last month, as well as an attempted abduction in Elyria in February. A...
View ArticleCounty sheriff warns of scheduled explosions as part of bomb squad training
ELYRIA — The Lorain County Sheriff’s Office has scheduled a bomb squad drill Wednesday — including scheduled explosions. The training, which is not open to the public, will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m....
View ArticleFake Cleveland ‘cop’ arrested after altercation
ELYRIA — An Elyria man claiming to be a Cleveland police officer ended up in jail after an altercation with a bartender at a Broad Street bar led to the real police being called to the scene. Elyria...
View ArticleMarshals arrest homicide suspect in Elyria
ELYRIA — U.S. Marshals arrested a Cleveland homicide suspect Thursday night after receiving information that led them to stop a vehicle on state Route 57. Andre Bello, 19, of Cleveland, was taken into...
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Man charged with DUI after hitting cruiser
ELYRIA — A 19-year-old Elyria man rammed the back of a parked Elyria police car while he was driving and texting Thursday, according to police. This Elyria police car was damaged when it was rear-ended...
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Possible link examined between abductions, 2015 incident (VIDEO)
http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1.mp4 NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Police are looking into whether there’s a link between an incident last year in North Ridgeville and a man...
View ArticlePolice say man allegedly pointed gun at church youth group
WELLINGTON — After reportedly pointing a gun at a church youth group at a First Baptist Church campout, a local man is facing abduction and other charges. Justin Fronek, 32, allegedly pointed a rifle...
View ArticleLorain man dead in Route 58 crash
NEW RUSSIA TOWNSHIP — A Lorain man was killed and another was injured in an early-morning crash when he was trying to pass another car on State Route 58. According to a release from the Ohio State...
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Last suspect pleads guilty in fatal Colonial Oaks shooting
ELYRIA — The last man accused of involvement in a fatal shooting in a botched drug robbery pleaded guilty to murder and aggravated robbery charges during a court appearance Monday, a day before he was...
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Elyria officer placed on leave during investigation
ELYRIA — An Elyria police officer has been on paid administrative leave since May 13 while police complete an internal investigation that city officials said could result in criminal charges. Danielle...
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Police say couple dealt heroin with their child in car
LORAIN — Police arrested a couple for selling heroin with their 3½-year-old daughter in the car. Jaymes Booker Jaymes Booker, 33, and Brandy Crooks, 31, were arrested June 3 on charges of possession...
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Designs presented for old courthouse’s revamp
ELYRIA — The city’s Planning Commission got a peek Tuesday into what Lorain County commissioners are hoping to accomplish with planned renovations to the old Lorain County Courthouse. Local architect...
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BREAKING: Warfel found guilty on all counts in bench trial
ELIZABETH DOBBINS / GAZETTEEric Warfel listens to the decision as his defense attorney Michael O’Shea, Medina County Prosecuting Attorney Dean Holman and assistant prosecuting attorney Paul Lange take...
View ArticleForum discusses drug dangers, increase in overdoses
ELYRIA — Drug overdoses aren’t diminishing, and the heroin epidemic is something the community cannot arrest its way out of. Presenters at a sparsely attended community forum Wednesday at the Elyria...
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