Akron balloonist claims third world record set
Akron firefighter Michael Emich, 42, says his homemade Windrose hot air balloon flew about 175 miles across Illinois at up to 10,000 feet, potentially setting a third world record. The flight from outside Galesburg to near Salem occurred Saturday. verification by the National Aeronautical Association is pending. Emich previously set a 270 mile record on a prior flight and a 515 mile record in 1985 in a Navy surplus balloon.
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Mlinois
Emich
Galesburg
Illinois
Salem
Tinois
Indiana
Ohio
Balloon Flyers of
Akron
Lorain Man arraigned in Leavitt Road exposure case
A 21 year old Lorain man, David M. Blazina of Pickett Road, was arraigned Monday on charges that he exposed himself in view of two women near the Leavitt Road Super Kmart. He faces two counts in the incident.
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Lorain
Leavitt Road
Man arraigned in ten counts of public indecency
Judge Robert Ewers arraigned the defendant Monday on ten counts of public indecency. Blazina remains jailed on a $250 bond. Two women, ages 19 and 21 from North Olmsted and Elyria, reported a man exposed himself near the entrance of a store at 5350 Leavitt Road after a white Buick drove by on Saturday.
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Robert Ewers
Blazina
North Olmsted
Elyria
Leavitt Road
Mob trial marks clean sweep push in Ohio towns
In Cleveland, the mob trial of Lennie Strolle and three others opens as prosecutors pursue murder and illegal gambling cases. Witnesses include former Campbell officials and Mahoning County figures tied to years of alleged organized crime influence in Youngstown and Campbell. The case follows a pig head incident tied to a mob dispute and prompts calls for honest leadership to restore the region’s image.
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Youngstown
Juanita Rich
Campbell
Rich
Lennie
Lenny” Strolle
Canfield
Cleveland
U.S. District Court
Ohio
Mahoning County
Paul Gains
Gains
Campbell Law
Brian Macala
Strollo
U.S.A
Saturday Evening Post
FBI
James Callen
Citizens League of Greater
Lone Ranger
Callen
Youngstown Warren
Phil Chance
Chance
Court overturns rape conviction over discovery rule breach
An appeals court overturned the rape conviction of 39 year old Robert Lee Roughton for breaking into a 74 year old woman’s home and raping and sodomizing her. The 6th District ruled prosecutor Alan Mayberry violated discovery rules by withholding DNA evidence, leading to a mistrial and retrials. The victim testified she could not identify the assailant.
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Toledo
Robert Lee Roughton
Wood County Common Pleas
6Th District Court of
Alan Mayberry
Roughton
Dan Grna
Pilot and two crew recover after medical helicopter crash
Three people injured when a medical helicopter crashed into a house last week are slowly recovering. Pilot Mike Teyak, 41, is in fair condition, nurse Anne Leitnick, 45, and staff physician David Hartman, 33, remain in serious condition with multiple fractures. The crew were en route from St. Vincent's to Williams County and back due to weather. FAA investigators say cause determination will take months.
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Toledo
Mike Teyak
St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center
Megan Manahan
Anne Leitnick
St. Vincent’s
David Hartman
Manahan
Tejak
Lertnick and Hartman
Williams County
Bryan
Medical College of Ohio
Tole
Federal Aviation Administration
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Gina
Miei
Robert Lapp
Chronicle-Telegram
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Deliverane
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Wellington
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