Five plead guilty in Lorain gang crackdown case
Five men arrested in a Lorain police gang crackdown pleaded guilty in Lorain County Common Pleas Court. Randy Atkinson and Jason Fowler admitted to involuntary manslaughter and other charges in the Witcher death. Cameron Seymore, Evan Williams, Brandon Johnson, and Maurice Palmer also pleaded to related offenses.
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Lorain County
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Luna del Mar
East 28Th Street
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Fowler
Witcher
Cameron Seymore
Evan Williams
Brandon Johnson
Maurice Palmer
Williams
Johnson
Fourth of July Fireworks and Festivities Across Avon Lake Area
Fireworks at dusk Monday follow the Lake Erie Crushers game at All Pro Freight Stadium with extra parking for watchers. Avon Lake hosts ArtsFest Sunday 2 to 10 30 p.m. at Miller Road Park featuring True North Chorale and Symphony. Lorain Port Authority plans a Sunday dusk display at Black River Landing as Port Fest runs noon to 11 p.m. North Ridgeville hosts a 5 30 p.m. party at South Central Park with free family activities and concludes with fireworks at dusk by the North Ridgeville Fire Department.
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Black River Landing
North Ridgeville
Lorain Showcases Cleanup of Black River Waterway
Lorain officials and Arcadis experts led a boat tour Friday to display months of work restoring the Black River to its natural beauty. Heather Dardinger praised the river’s improvements as wildlife and scenery benefit from the ongoing project.
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Sex abuse victim sues priest and Catholic entities
A victim sues former priest Patrick O’Connor, the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, former Bishop Anthony Pilla, and two Catholic bodies over sexual abuse allegations tied to O’Connor’s time at St. Jude Church in Elyria. O’Connor pled guilty in 2009 to corruption of a minor and received 90 days in jail and three years probation.
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Cleveland
Anthony Pilla
Patrick O’connor
St. Jude Church
O’connor
Villa
JD Tomlinson
Man gets 5 years for stalking police detective
A Sheffield Lake man, David Schmitz, 34, was sentenced to five years and seven months after a jury convicted him of stalking Elyria Detective Lisa Dietsche and family. He faced charges including retaliation and identity fraud after harassing Dietsche’s relatives since 2008.
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Sheffield Lake
David Schmitz
Lorain County Common Pleas
Christopher Rothgery
Schmitz
Lisa Dietsche
Dietsche
Sandy Kalb
Kalb
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