Official's Son Indicted in Cleveland Corruption Probe
Vincent Russo, 31, son of Cuya hoga County Auditor Frank Russo, pleads not guilty to bribery and conspiracy charges. Prosecutors accuse him of steering televisions to Maple Heights school officials in exchange for consulting contracts for Vincore LLC. He was released on bond and plans to fight the case.
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Cleveland
Tvs
Vincent Russo
Frank Russo
William Beyer
Russo
Willoughby Hills
Maple Heights
Vincore LLC
Santina Klimkowski
Klimkowski
Christopher Krause
Krause
FBI
Kimkowski
Destin Ramsey
Democratic Party
Jimmy Dimora
Dispute over capital case panel persists in Ohio court
Elyria Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge appoints Edward Zaleski and Raymond Ewers to a three judge panel for Ronald McCloud's capital murder trial in October. Prosecutor Dennis Will's office is asking the Ohio Supreme Court to halt the Rodrigues case, arguing panel selection was improper by Zaleski. Burge says he has power to appoint the McCloud panel, after earlier actions were withdrawn amid Will's challenge.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Common Pleas
James Burge
Ronald McCloud
Burge
Edward Zaleski
Raymond Ewers
Zaleski
Dennis Will
Ohio Supreme Court
Decio Rodrigues
Lorain
Jose Gonzalez
James Miraldi
Rodrigues
Will
Mark Betleski
Betleski
McCloud
Ewers
Ohio
Sheriff sale eyed for Ohio Sports Park lease in receivership
North Ridgeville will still own the land but the operator's 25 year lease for the Ohio Sports Park on Lorain Road will go to sheriff's sale. Receiver Thomas St Marie and Mayor David Gillock confirmed the sale will occur after reappraisal and legal steps are completed in the park's ongoing receivership. The 67 acre complex includes eight baseball and softball fields and two soccer fields and has faced lawsuits over more than 1 million dollars in unpaid work and equipment. The city collects no cash rent and retains ownership of ball fields fencing light poles and other equipment. The city allocates 18 hours per week of field usage in select months.
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North Ridgeville
Lorain Road
Thomas St. Marie
David Gillock
Gillock
Amherst bank robbed by armed man on Cleveland Avenue
Police seek a white male about 6 feet 2 inches tall weighing 190 pounds who entered the First Merit bank on Cleveland Avenue in Amherst around 3:40 p.m. and handed a teller a note demanding money. He fled north toward Olde Towne Pizza. no injuries reported.
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Cleveland Avenue
First Merit
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Olde Towne Pizza
Federal grant funds study for northern Ohio commuter rail
Federal Transportation Administration approves a 428,750 grant to study commuter rail from Lorain and Avon to downtown Cleveland or Sandusky. Lorain County had no local match funds, but contributions came from Northeast Ohio Area Wide Coordinating Agency and several partners. Parsons Brinckerhoff could be contracted soon to lead the study.
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Elyria
Lorain
Avon
Lakefront
Cleveland
Sandusky
Federal Trans
Portation Administration
Betty Sutton
D-Copley Township
Lorain County
Betty Blair
Blair
Cedar Point
Parsons Brinckerhoff
New York City
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Chronicle
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Tony Ballachino
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Melissa Hebert
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Amherst Police Detective Bureau
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Chroniclet.com
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