Roundup: Teen pantyhose theft and multiple local robberies
A 16 year old Avon Lake girl was approached at Crocker Park by a man seeking pantyhose to fix his car exhaust. she handed over the items and he fled. In North Ridgeville a gunman robbed Sunrise Marathon on Route 83. a description and surveillance are sought. Berea notes Turnpike records six fatalities last year, the safest year yet after a 70 mph speed limit. In Logan a husband killed two sisters and his son before taking his own life amid a tea and toast dispute over care.
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Westlake
Avon Lake
Crocker Park
Union Street
North Ridgeville
Chestnut Ridge Road
Greg Petek
Sweatheart
Petek
Ohio Turnpike
Logan
Darlene Gilkey
Hocking County
Lanny North
Ralph Sowers III
Paul Gilkey
Avon Lake weighs paramedic levy in August election
Avon Lake voters will decide in a August 7 special election whether to renew or replace a 1.25 mill levy funding eight firefighter paramedics. The levy supports salaries and paramedic gear for eight of 25 firefighters and ambulances, with other staff paid from the general fund.
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Avon Lake
Greg Zilka
Glen Eisenhardt
Zilka
Audit reveals Lorain Police need upgraded dispatch system
The Lorain Police Department requires a new computer system for dispatch and records after a December report by the Police Executive Research Forum. Local funding is needed as grant money cannot cover the recommended improvements. Estimates range from 125000 to 175000 in year one and 75000 to 95000 thereafter, with a high first year around 607000 and subsequent year costs near 139000. Police Chief Del Rivera released the report last week.
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Lorain
Washington, D.C
del Rivera
Lorain Police urged to upgrade 911 and data systems
A Police Executive Research Forum report highlights Lorain Ohio failures in 911 routing when phone systems fail, requiring calls to be rerouted via Lorain County dispatchers. It urges 911 calls go directly to the department and notes multiple data reentries per jail booking, plus risky email exposure and inefficient clerical processes.
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Lorain County
Lorain
Police Executive Research Forum
Foreclosure suit filed against ex Avon Lake mayor
Vincent Urbin and his wife Evelyn face a foreclosure on their Avon Lake Fredericksburg Drive home for 208166 plus interest and fees. The loan originated 2006 for 223000 with Third Federal Savings and Loan and was modified in 2010. Urbin resigned from Lorain County Community Action Agency after a 2018 arrest. he pled no contest to solicitation and served probation.
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Elyria
Avon Lake
Vincent Urbin
Urbin
Evelyn Urbin
Fredericksburg
Urchins
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Lorain County Community Action Agency
Bowling Green
Suspect confesses to 1976 slaying in Elyria case
Lorain County prosecutors say Bob New confessed to shooting Dorothy Spencer during an argument at their Camden Township trailer on March 14 1976. The 70 year old defendant denied delays in the case and argued for dismissal citing investigation flaws.
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Elyria
Dorothy Spencer
Bobbie New
New
Spencer
Perry Strader
Lorain County
Sherry Glass
Camden Township
New Glass
Zula Strader
Glass
Dottie
Lorain County Common Pleas
James Burge
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Turnpike
Man
Lorain County Community College
Jeff Moore
Eisen
Evan Goodenow
Chronicle-Telegram
Steve Manheim
Chronicle
Kristi Griffith
Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland
Brad Dicken
Bdicken
Chroniclet.com
Pizza Hut
Gold Country
WOBL
WDLW
P.O
Oberlin
Zee
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