Ohio brief reports on Jenkins case and other regional items
In Delaware the Leroy Jenkins Evangelistic Association plans to relocate its headquarters to Ohio while Jenkins serves a 12 year prison term after a May conviction for conspiring against a highway patrolman and a reporter. Cincinnati officials face tough choices after a 12 member levy defeat and an $8 million deficit, considering a state loan after banking options. In Cleveland the state may award $50,000 to the survivor of a violent crime linked to a former underworld figure. A suspect in an FBI agent’s 1977 murder appears in court, bail set at $300,000. Grand Rapids migrant workers continue a Toledo to Leipsic march protesting tomato grower conditions with 150 participants and food support en route.
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Sherriffs department workers walk out in Ohio dispute
Lt Steve Fedysky said most deputies were absent as about 71 Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office employees staged a contract walkout over proposed managerial changes. Township police aided radios and jail while Sheriff Richard Jackmas weighed invoking the Ferguson Act to bar the strike. The overtime walkout followed a midnight contract expiry and illness rumors.
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Postal clerks suspend mail to Las Vegas travel firm
USPS in Cleveland suspended mail to Computer Selections Incorp Nevada after links to Columbia Research Corp. allegedly violating a June consent by clearly disclosing vacation offer features. An Ohio AG official noted Columbia Research agreed last September not to mail such offers to residents. Detained mail includes payments pending a hearing on possible breach of the consent agreement.
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Hijacker surrenders on United jet after panic at Portland
A former mental patient, James Allbee, 26, surrendered peacefully to FBI negotiators aboard United Airlines Flight 739 after a hijack from Portland to Los Angeles and back. No bomb was found on the Boeing 727 or with the suspect. passengers left the plane safely.
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Forbes crisis alleged to threaten Cleveland waterworks
Mayor Dennis Kucinich accuses City Council President George Forbes of engineering a fiscal crisis to undermine his re election bid. At a special meeting the council refused to approve a critical fiscal package, risking default on 18.2 million in short term notes and delaying transfers to the sinking fund to cover 14 million in notes held by six banks.
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Police Officer Fatally Shoots Colleague in Overnight Incident
Masielle said the shooting occurred during a routine overnight police activity check. Boscarelli, a part time township patrolman and full time Cleveland traffic controller, died after a four hour operation. He was a longtime para police recruit and best man to the slain officer, who had been his friend since high school.
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Police and Fire Blotter Taken From Elyria Streets
Police and Fire report a day of incidents across Elyria including thefts break ins vandalism two car accidents injuries none reported a man aided after a fall on railroad tracks and a vehicle striking utility poles with minor injuries noted at Chestnut and Elm streets plus multiple thefts from businesses homes and residences on East Avenue Middleville Fuller Road Vermont Street and other local sites.
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Parkway grant funds West River Parkway project Elyria
The Ohio Department of Transportation awarded 1 158 400 dollars to U S Hell bick Construction Co Akron for Phase D of Elyria West River Parkway. The work extends Gateway Boulevard over Vulcan Street to West River Road and improves Blake Street. Construction could start within a month, said Elyria assistant city engineer John Hart.
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30 Inmates Escape From Maryland House of Correction
Thirty inmates escaped from the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup late Wednesday night. State police recaptured 12 by early today, with sightings along the Baltimore Washington Parkway, at the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, and in Baltimore and nearby Prince George's and Howard counties. The escape followed a 1:30 am bed check and involved a cut window bar and fence section. A guard noted the window had been tampered with two weeks earlier and welded back.
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