Indictments Hit Lorain County Agency Leaders
Lorain County Community Action Agency president Anna Taylor-Carter and vice president Barbara Aldridge face four felony counts including theft and falsification plus a first degree misdemeanor for unlawful interest in a public contract. Charges tie to wedding catering payments and backdated documents.
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Ig Lorain County Community Action Agency
Anna Taylor- Carter
Jim Petro
Greg White
White
Anna Taylor-Carter
Head Start
Barbara Aldridge
Aldridge
Taylor- Carter
Jeremy Emerine
Elyria
Taylor-Carter
Emerine
Lora
Chronicle-Telegram
Smelly burglar targets homes and a lounge in Logan area
Police describe a soft spoken six foot plus black male with an offensive odor and a gun, active July 20. He tied a 17 year old at a Hamilton Circle home and a couple at a South Logan Street residence, then looted a bank with the wife driving for funds. A similar break in occurred on Harwood Street and C J's Lounge on Foster Avenue. Authorities say he may have left the state and know his identity.
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Hamilton Circle
Foster Avenue
Armbruster Survives Tight Ohio Senate Bid In 2002
In a razor thin 373 vote win, Armbruster defeats Sue Morano in a brutal November 5 race for state Senate District in Lorain County. Democrats spike spending against Armbruster as Morano and councilman Kilroy push attacks on voting record and gas station prices. The contest mirrors a near tie for Lorain County commissioner where Eric Flynn loses to Betty Blair by 111 votes after provisional counts.
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Sue Morano
Jeffry Armbruster
North Ridgeville
Armbruster
Columbus
Morano
Avon
Jack Kilroy
Senate
Lorain County
Betty Blair
Eric Flynn
Flynn
Blair
Mary Jo Vasi
Lorain Faces Fiscal Crisis in Ongoing City Budget Fight
Lorain struggles with a deepening deficit after 2001 layoffs and 2002 budget cuts. Council and Mayor clash over income tax, with a proposed one eighth of a percent temporary levy on May ballot and talks of further union pay and benefit concessions. Private donations kept pools and youth programs afloat.
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Foltin
Folun
Marcom
Ford Keeps Ohio Plant Open by Spurring Escape Move
Ford Motor Co safeguards 800 jobs at the Ohio Assembly Plant by ending the Mercury Villager minivan line and shifting excess capacity to produce the Escape, aided by an $83 million abatement package. The Econoline is guaranteed seven years, plus five more for Lorain production. The hybrid Escape will be built in Kansas City instead.
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Ford Motor Co
Ohio Assembly
Ford
Kansas City
Lorain
Ohio
Fire devastates Fairway apartments in Lorain blaze
A kitchen fire on the third floor of a Fairway Manor complex sparked a blaze that tore through most of the building, destroying the 1960s complex without sprinklers and leaving 275 residents homeless. Damage was about 5.5 million, but many personal belongings were lost. The community gathered items at the new west-side fire station to aid families rebuilding.
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Lorain March
Fairway Manor
West-Side
Four Drownings at Lake Erie Beach Tragedy Strikes
On July 10 at Nickel Plate Beach in Huron four men disappeared while attempting to rescue 22 year old Amy Renee Anderson of Findlay who survived. High winds and strong undertow caused the drownings as rescuers recovered three bodies near the Huron River mouth and the fourth the following day. Victims were Jehrod Smith, 19, Sandusky. Kyle Kroetz, 29. Steve Cupec, 27. Matthew Smith, 21, all of Findlay.
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Nickel Plate Beach
Huron
Amy Renee Anderson
Findlay
Anderson
Huron River
Jehrod Smith
Sandusky
Kyle Kroetz
Steve Cupec
Matthew Smith
Teen survives brutal ride dispute in Elyria attack aftermath
Donat Forcier Jr., then 17, gave a ride to three teens who beat him, dumped him in a car trunk, ran him over, and left him for dead near an Elyria factory after a brutal April 29 assault. He survived and graduated. The attackers faced years in prison for attempted murder, kidnapping, robbery, and gang charges, with sentences ranging from youth facility time to decades in adult prison.
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Donat Forcier Jr
Forcier
Elyria
Donat
Jorge “Angel” Matias
Texas
Justin Ballew
WNIL
Bankrupt RTI steel mill near closing but kept running in 2002
In 2002 Republic Technologies International RTI faced near closure at the Lorain steel plant after a failed federal loan and a bidder fee dispute. A bankruptcy judge blocked a $6 million fee, pensions were seized by the PBGC, and about 300 workers lost jobs when RTI became Republic Engineered Products under new ownership.
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Lorain
Republic Technologies International
RTI
Federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Weare
KPS Special Situations Fund
New York
Hunt Investment Group
Texas
Republic Engineered Products
Federal Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
Baby Survives Days Alone After Mother Dies in Ohio Apartment
In Sherwood Forest, Allen Shackleford survived four days alone after his mother Karen Crisp died on the couch. Police found him wandering with a bottle as she lay unresponsive. The child received treatment for dehydration and malnutrition, then went to live with his half brother, Air Force sergeant Kevin Crisp. Coroner ruled Crisp died of natural causes linked to lung lesions and chronic conditions. her father Herman Larkins had alerted authorities after GMAC coworkers reported she was missing work.
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Allen Shackleford
Sherwood Forest
Karen Crisp
Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
Kevin Crisp
Air Force
Paul Matuis
Crisp
Elyria
Herman Larkins
Larkins
GMAC
Stencil Charged in Amherst Scam and Racketeering
Amherst woman Theresa Stencil is accused of bilking nearly 2 million from at least 33 seniors and remains jailed after bond revocation. Indicted on 37 counts including racketeering with her husband Richard and son Matthew facing related charges. Prosecution says funds bought horses. she fled to Arizona and used a forged license in an alleged house purchase. Fire at her offices was ruled arson.
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Amherst
Theresa Stencil
Lorain County
Stencil
Richard
Matthew
Ver
James Burge
Charleston Center
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