Lawsuit over after prom party sexual assault dismissed
Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Donna Freeman dismissed a December 2023 civil case brought by Brady Cook and his mother Stephanie Cook against Nathan and Jennifer Tavorick. The Cooks alleged the Tavoricks hosted an after prom party where Brady drank underage and used illegal drugs, leading to an alleged rape by Brady. The judge found no legal basis for the claims and closed the case. Brady Cook pled guilty in July 2024 to a felony abduction charge with a sexual motivation and was sentenced to six months in jail, six months' house arrest, five years probation, and Tier II sex offender registration.
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Dave O’brien
Chronicle-Telegram
Lorain County Common Pleas
Donna Freeman
North Ridgeville
Freeman
Nathan
Jennifer Tavorick
Brady Cook
Stephanie Cook
Tavoricks
Cook
James Sidney Jones
Cooks
Brady
Ohio Supreme
Stephanie Cooks
Colin Moeller
Tavericks
Jones
Elyria Catholic High School
Tavericks’ Tail Feather Drive
Moeller
Melissa Kobasher
Lorain County
Electric co op opens new HQ in Spencer
LMRE Rural Electric Cooperative celebrated the grand opening of its new Spencer headquarters at 1 Cooperative Way with an open house and ribbon cutting. The not for profit utility serves parts of Ashland Huron Lorain Medina and Wayne counties maintaining 1500 miles of lines and 15 substations.
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Sara Crawford
Chronicle
Lorain-Medina Rural Electric Cooperative
Spencer
1 Cooperative Way
Chronicle-Telegram
LMRE
Wellington
West Road
Ed VanHoose
Lorain fugitive of the week named by task force
Christopher Vance, 37, sought by U S Marshals and Ohio Adult Parole Authority for parole violation. A white male, 5 7 and 140 pounds, frequenting Cleveland and Lorain. Contact 1 866 4 WANTED with tips. anonymity and rewards offered.
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Lorain
Ohio
U.S. Marshals Service
Christopher Vance
Ohio Adult Parole Authority
Vance
Cleveland
Oberlin College taps Birenbaum as new board chair
Oberlin College and Conservatory names alumnus and attorney Charles S. Birenbaum as next chair of the board of trustees, to take office July 1. Birenbaum, a 1979 graduate and San Francisco lawyer, has served as vice chair since 2014 and leads Greenberg Traurig’s Northern California offices. He helped launch the Innovation Studio and Ashby Business Scholars program, and the campus dedicates the Birenbaum Innovation and Performance Space at The Hotel at Oberlin to support its music theater program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin College and Conservatory
Charles S. “Chuck
Birenbaum
San Francisco
Chuck
Oberlin
Carmen Twillie Ambar
Georgetown University Law Center
Northern California
Greenberg Traurig
Oberlin College
Launchu
Innovation Studio
Ashby Business Scholars
William and Helen Birenbaum
Appeals court vacates sentence for Lorain drug trafficker
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati vacated Tyren Cervenak's 15 year federal sentence after ruling Ohio robbery convictions do not count as crimes of violence for career offender enhancement. The full court heard the en banc review, with ten justices joining the overturn, four concurring in part, and four dissents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave O’brien
Chronicle-Telegram
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tyren Cervenak
Cervenak
Andre Mathis
Congress
U.S. Sentencing Commission
U.S. District Court
Lorain
Mathis
FBI
U.S
John R. Adams
6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
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Dobrien
Chroniclet.com
Lorain-Medina Rural
Lorain-Medina
Electric Co-Op
VanHoose
Shawn Starlin
Team Neo
Starlin
Medina County
Steve Hambley
County For Fiber
Hambley
Scrawford
Medina-Gazette.com
Marshals
the Chronicle-Telegram
Oberlin College Board OF Trustees
Dobrier
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