Judge questions prosecutor as corruption trial continues
The ongoing Lorain County Common Pleas Court case centers on Judge James Burge who faces multiple counts of falsification tampering with evidence and unlawful interest in a public contract. Prosecutors allege he benefited from cases assigned to lawyers renting space at 600 Broadway while serving as judge. Witnesses, including tenants Anthony Rich and Paul Griffin, testified about Whiteacre North LLC and potential conflicts of interest amid the trial.
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3Ruce Bishop
Chronicle
Lorain County
Dennis Will
Lorain County Common Pleas
James Burge
Burge
Elyria
Special
Matt Donahue
Whiteacre North
Broadway
Anthony Rich
Rich
Donahue
Paul Griffin
Four Elyria school board seats up for election in November
The Elyria school board will elect four of five seats in November with Annie Croft not up for grabs. Newest appointee Greg Elek must run for election to complete Boddy’s term, and Mike Gebhardt also faces a term ending this year.
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Elyria
Tion
Annie Croft
Ginny Hawes
Greg
Elek
Don Boddy
Boddy
Mike Gebhardt
Trooper Tammy Soto Fired Over Wrong Way Driving Case
Ohio Highway Patrol Lt. Craig Cretan says Elyria post Trooper Tammy Soto was dismissed for violations tied to a September incident involving Lorain officer Bill Lachner who drove the wrong way on Route 2. Lachner later pled no contest and was found guilty of operating a vehicle while impaired.
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Ohio Highway Patrol
Tammy Soto
Soto
Craig Cretan
Elyria Post
Ing
Lorain
Bill Lachner
Lachner
Oberlin
Parents abandon 4 month old at Elyria McDonald’s
Police say a 4 month old was left in the dining room of the McDonald’s on Broad Street in downtown Elyria Friday night. Aaron Tate 31 of Euclid brought the infant to the restaurant and attempted to hand her to her mother Rachel Jajnn 22 an employee there amid a dispute over weekend care.
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Elyria
McDonald’s
Broad Street
Chris Costantino
Aaron Tate
Euclid
Tate
Rachel Jajnn
Costantino
Former Lorain court figure charged in child pornography case
James Paterson, 49, of Lorain, a former Lorain County Juvenile Court magistrate and later a court appointed guardian, was arrested Tuesday on charges of receiving child pornography after FBI investigators found hundreds of explicit images on his computer. He served as a magistrate from 2007 to 2013 under Judge David Berta before moving to a guardian role.
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Elyria
James Paterson
Lorain
FBI
Paterson
David Berta
Lorain County
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