County jail to get full body scanner in Lorain County
Lorain County Commissioners approved a 118 750 purchase from OD Security North America funded by a technology grant from Inmate Calling Solutions to install a full body scanner at Lorain County Jail. The device aims to reduce contraband smuggling while acknowledging it is not a guaranteed solution.
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Lorain County
Andy Laubenthal
Inmate Calling Solutions
OD Security North America
Laubenthal
U.S. Transportation Security Administration
Joseph Boden
Boden
FireFish Festival expands to downtown Lorain
The FireFish Festival grows to eight rings with multiple stages in downtown Lorain from Oct 6 to Oct 7. The main Friday concert features DJ RoRo La Fuego Grupo Wrecking Crew Red Panda Bears and Black Horse. The event highlights art galleries and a New Orleans style fish procession culminating in a fish burn.
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Lorain
James Levin
Broadway
Eighth Street
DJ RoRo
la Fuego Grupo
Wrecking Crew
Red Panda Bears
Black Horse
Levin
New Orleans
Lorain County Community College
Bus driver accused of slapping man during stop
An 82-year-old bus driver, Robert Schmidt of Lorain, is charged with simple assault after allegedly slapping William Langin through a bus window on Parkhurst Drive in Sheffield Township. Two students witnessed the incident. Schmidt is relieved of duties pending investigation and faces Avon Lake Municipal Court on September 6.
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Sheffield
Robert Schmidt
Lorain
Avon Lake
William Langin
Parkhurst
Sheffield Village
Larry Bliss
Langin
Schmidt
Parkhurst Drive
Bliss
Avon Lake Court
Sheffield Lake
Michael Cook
Wig, handgun found after Elyria fight could add charges
Police say a wig and a handgun found in an Elyria yard link Cordell Howe to a dawn fight with Jayleen Toney. Howe fled the East Avenue scene, was hurt in pursuit, and faces obstructing official business and disorderly conduct charges. DNA testing on the gun may yield additional charges.
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Elyria
East Avenue
Sixth Street
Cordell Howe
Amherst Avenue
Lorain
Jayleen Toney
Howe
Toney
Nancy Laubert
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