Man pleads guilty in bat fight death case
Lantous Thorpe 24 pleads guilty to attempted felonious assault and related counts in the Luna Del Mar bar fracas linked to Eric Witcher’s death. Murder charges were dropped. he faces two years in prison after sentencing by Judge James Miraldi later this year.
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Man
Lantous Thorpe
Elyria
Eric Witcher
Bar Fight
Luna del Mar
East 28Th Street
Mike Camera
Thorpe
Witcher
Cam
Fic
Maurice Taylor
Ely Square
County Common Pleas
James Miraldi
Two Lorain men indicted in heroin trafficking case
Two Lorain men, Kevin Watson and Thodis Brown, were indicted on racketeering conspiracy and drug charges after a raid on their Surf Avenue duplex found $5,000 worth of heroin. Watson faces 19 drug trafficking counts and other charges. Brown faces multiple trafficking and possession counts. Both are jailed in Lorain County.
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Elyria
Lorain
Kevin Watson
Thodis Brown
Lorain County
Surf Avenue
Brown
Watson
Alleged bathroom stalker arrested in Elyria
Melchiades Helton, 35, was arrested by the U S Marshal's Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force on a menacing by stalking charge after following Tiffany Barker into a Lorain County Administration Building restroom on January 23. He faced additional charges of robbery and felonious assault in an unrelated case. Barker reported the incident and reviewed security footage showing Helton entering the women's restroom and lingering for about 30 seconds.
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Elyria
Lorain County Administration
Melchiades Helton
U.S. Marshal
Ohio
Helton
Tiffany Barker
Lorain County Solid Waste Management District
Barker
Lorain County Community College
Matt Potega
Retired FBI Agent Pedals Through Publicity in Cuyahoga Case
North Ridgeville’s Paul Graupmann, a former FBI agent who led a 2009 Cuyahoga County corruption raid, still faces Rotary fines for appearing in news footage. As Dimora’s racketeering trial unfolds, Graupmann says TV clips of him carrying a box draw jokes from friends and donors, funding local causes with year end gifts.
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Ridgeville
Cuyahoga
FBI
North Ridgeville
Paul Graupmann
Cuyahoga County
Graupmann
Paul
Jimmy Dimora
Rotary Club
Rotary
Cleveland
Dimora
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Bdicken
Chroniclet.com
Chronicle-Telegram
ST. Mary
Steve Manheim
Chronicle Photos
Dmitry Lipert
Kiley McLaughlin
St. Mary School
Athena Campagana
Steve Fogarty
Cuyahoga County Administration
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