Father seeks plea deal in Sowell case to spare victims’ families
The father of Leshanda Long, victim in Anthony Sowell murders, urges prosecutor Bill Mason to offer a guilty plea with life without parole to avoid a prolonged trial. The petition, signed by eight families, seeks closure while Sowell faces death-penalty pursuit amid eleven alleged victims. Jury selection has begun.
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Cleveland
Jim Allen
Cuyahoga County
Bill Mason
Anthony Sowell
Sowell
Lowell
Mason
Associated Press
Allen
Leshanda Long
Lorain teen pleads not guilty in botched drug deal murder
Lorain County teen Maquaine McLemore aged 17 charged as an adult with murder after firing a 9 mm pistol in a May 3 botched drug deal on West 17th Street. The victim Kevin Calhoun a former Elyria Catholic basketball star died from head and neck injuries. McLemore fled the scene and later had the gun recovered. his attorney says self defense.
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Elyria
Lorain
Kevin Calhoun
Lorain County
West 17Th Street
Calhoun
Elyria Catholic
McLemore
Mike Duff
Unattended cooking blamed for Elyria house blaze
A fire at 230 George St. in Elyria started in the first floor kitchen and was blamed on unattended cooking. One resident sustained minor burns while trying to put it out, nine people were displaced, and roughly 20,000 dollars in structural damage plus 8,000 dollars in belongings were reported. Firefighters contained the blaze in about ten minutes.
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Elyria
George St
James Cawley
Cawley
Man killed by train after threat of self harm in Amherst Township
Ryan Silvasy 23 was struck and killed by a Norfolk Southern freight train on tracks west of Dewey Road. Deputies say he appeared to deliberately run in front of the 56 mph train as two conductors witnessed him along the tracks. Coroner says death by head and chest injuries pending ruling.
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Amherst Twp
Ryan Silvasy
Norfolk Southern
Dewey Road
Amherst Township
Paul Matus
Silvasy
Lorain County Sheriff’s Office
George and
Jeannette Silvasy
Mackenzie
Rock Creek Run
Amherst
Japanese doctors tour EMH Avon and area facilities
More than a dozen Japanese doctors and health care professionals visited EMH Avon Health Campus Emergency Department to learn US practices and bring them to Japan. The tour covered MetroHealth Cleveland Akron General and EMH Elyria as part of the 18th annual Japanese-American Healthcare Symposium. Dr. Richard Hausrod led the Avon ER tour. EMH spokesman Kristen Davis called the exchanges valuable for mutual learning.
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Richard Hausrod
Avon
EMH
Kristen Davis
Davis
Steve Manheim
Chronicle
EMH Medical Center
EMH Avon Health
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