FUGITIVE OF THE WEEK: Timothy Burgett (The Morning Journal)
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:13:47 GMT
The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is looking for violent fugitive Timothy Burgett. Burgett is wanted for robbery with a deadly weapon by the Lorain County Sheriff's Office, for burglary by the Avon Police Department and by the Elyria Police Department for larceny.
Prison says it foiled Ohio breakout plot (The Plain Dealer)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:19:25 GMT
Lucasville - Authorities used mail surveillance and a parole officer's tip to foil a plot to help a killer escape from a maximum-security prison where he is serving a life sentence, the warden said Thursday. FBI and state agents took...
Woman Accused Of Bringing Crack, Pot Into Prison (News Channel 5 Cleveland)
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:46:38 GMT
An Akron woman is accused of trying to bring crack and marijuana into the Lorain Correctional Institution.
Store Owner Says He Was Robbed 4 Times By Same Man (News Channel 5 Cleveland)
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:46:18 GMT
A Lorain store owner beaten by a robber says he was targeted by the same man four times since October.
Akron woman charged with bringing drugs into prison (Akron Beacon Journal)
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:13:55 GMT
An Akron woman tried to deliver crack cocaine and marijuana to a prisoner at the Lorain Correctional Institution in Grafton today, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Police seek help in homicide case (Tribune Chronicle)
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:38:40 GMT
WARREN - The man shot and killed on the northwest side late Saturday was due in court in October on a misdemeanor drug charge and already had served seven months in prison for a prior drug conviction. Joshua Housel, 20, whose last known address was Dickey Avenue N.W., was found by a truck driver near the intersection of Parkman Road and Ward Road about 11:50 p.m., according to a police report.
Lorain's chief building official charged with bribery (The Morning Journal)
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:08:37 GMT
LORAIN -- William Desvari, Lorain's chief building official, has been indicted on charges of bribery and dereliction of duty. The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force officers arrested Desvari, 58, at his Clarke Road home in Columbia Station yesterday morning and served him with a copy of his indictment, said Lorain police Sgt. Mark Carpentiere. A county grand jury indicted Desvari on ...
Suspect in murder is accused of plot to kill a witness (The Morning Journal)
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:09:01 GMT
ELYRIA -- A man in the Lorain County Jail who can get the death penalty if convicted of murder was indicted again after prosecutors said he and another man plotted to kill a potential witness in his case.
Catalytic converter thefts on the rise (Coshocton Tribune)
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:01:20 GMT
COSHOCTON - Two Newcomerstown men are suspects in a crime wave that's on the rise across the nation.
Manhunt For Lorain Shooting Suspects Ends In Fla. (News Channel 5 Cleveland)
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:16:19 GMT
A 20-day manhunt for men suspected in two Lorain shootings ends when the suspects are arrested in Miami.
