Mother pleads innocent in Lorain house fire deaths
Helen Johnson 24 of Lorain entered a not guilty plea to three felony counts of child endangering after a fatal house fire that killed four year old William John son Helena age three and Dennis Gooden age 21 months. A preliminary hearing is set for 1 30 p m Tuesday. Johnson was released on a 10 000 property bond after questioning at the Lorain police station. Neighbors could not enter the home due to furniture blocking doors. The fire occurred Tuesday night and the children died at area hospitals. References to other local obituaries follow.
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Lorain
Helen Johnson
23Rd St
Ms. Johnson
William Johnson
Helena
Dennis Gooden
Kenneth C. Brill
Pittsfield Township
Mr. Brill
Norwalk
Birmingham
Lorain County Dairy Service
St. Patrick Church
Wellington
Lorain County Cooperative Extension Advisory Committee
Melvin
Terry) Beall
Kenneth W
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Richard C
Edith Brill
Kathryn Forbush
LaGrange
Jeanette Bliss
William
Elyria
Charles
Robert
Norton Funeral Home
Harry Sawdey
Pittsfield Cemetery
William I. Johnson
Johnson
Dennis E. Gooden, Jr
Chapel of the Redeemer
St. Joseph Hospital
Gooden
Cleveland Metro General Hospital
William J. Lewis
Dennis ©. Gooden Sr
Robert L. Burroughs
Brown
Elmwood Cemetery
Montell
Tynon
Lula M. Johnson
Lee Pruit
John Kade
Frances Lewis
William Patterson
Annabelle Larkins
Charlie Larkins
Annie Patterson
Rocky Mount
Dennis
Quinn
Lee Pruitt
Dorothy Gooden
Bennie Gooden, Jr
Nellie Carter
Ardella Gooden
Mississippi
James Arbuckle
Westmoreland City
Turtle Creek
France
First Congregational Church
Arbuckie
Robert J
Howard
May) Coleman
Catherine
Andrew
Germany
Jobe
Rev
K. Lindsay
Union Cemetery
Irwin
Dicken
John J. Egeler
North Ridgeville
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Mr. Eggler
Cleveland
Brook Park
John
Parma
Cuyahoga County Sportsman Association
Emma
Bogner
Robert Beck
Middleburg Heights
Sunset Memorial Park
North Olmsted
Stimson Receives One Year Jail Term for Vehicular Homicide
Howard Stimson, 53, a truck driver from Elyria-Monroeville, was sentenced to one year in county jail the maximum penalty for misdemeanor vehicular homicide in the August deaths of two state transportation workers. He faces a $2000 fine and license revocation. The judge convicted him of misdemeanor counts after a three day trial. felony counts were acquitted. Father of one victim spoke of heartbreak and loss.
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Scott Stephens
Elyria
Monroeville
Howard Stimson
Stimson
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Robert Corts
Michael Kelleher
Christian Kelleher
George Howells
Celeste investigators to tour Vermilion and Defiance floods
A team from two federal disaster relief agencies planned tours of Defiance and Vermilion Ohio after requests from the mayors. Governor Celeste aims to secure federal relief with inspections by FEMA and SBA representatives meeting in Defiance and Vermilion. Vermilion Mayor Hobart Johnson estimated damages near 10 million dollars.
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Vermilion
Richard Celeste
Celeste
Defiance
Ohio
Hobart Johnson
Debra Phillips
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Chicago
Small Business Administration
Atlanta
Toledo
Phillips
Reagan
Former Lewis director indicted on fraud charge
John F. McCarthy Jr., 59, formerly NASA Lewis Research Center director, is indicted on one count mail fraud and three counts false statements for submitting $6,800 in false travel vouchers for NASA business trips to Washington between 1980 and 1982. He resides in Yorba Linda California.
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Cleveland
NASA
Lewis Research Center
John F. McCarthy Jr
Yorba Linda
Calif
McCarthy
Dan Doherty
Washington D.C
Washington
Child Thrown On Cruiser During Police Chase
A toddler remains in fair condition at Cleveland Metro General Hospital after a car crash chase in Westlake. The driver, Peter M. Clere, 21, of 1322 West 102nd Street, Cleveland, was charged with attempted assault and related counts.
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Westlake
Cleveland Metro General Hospital
Peter M. Clere
102Nd St
Cleveland
Charg
Injured Oberlin girl in good condition after crash
A 13 year old Oberlin girl Connie Hover suffered a fractured pelvis when struck by a car Tuesday. She is listed in good condition at Allen Memorial Hospital after treatment at St John and West Shore and Metro General. The driver, 24 year old, is jailed on charges of driving while intoxicated fleeing a police officer and driving without a license. The incident began when a patrolman stopped a white 1975 Ford Torino at red lights and the driver sped off, colliding with two homes on Center Ridge before fleeing on foot.
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Oberlin
Allen Memorial Hospital
Connie Hover
Langston Middle School
North Pleasant Street
al Napper
St. John and
West Shore Hospital
Metro General
Napper
Clague
Center Ridge
Two 18 year olds sentenced after I 90 overpass rock throwing
Lorain County Common Pleas Court ordered David H. Dilley and Morgan C. Lattle mire to serve 30 days in jail and three years of probation for a rock throwing incident on the Gulf Road overpass of Interstate 90. Each pled guilty to three counts of criminal damaging.
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Elyria
Gulf Road
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Joseph Cirigliano
Cirigliano
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Pops” Black
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Lisa) Stolar
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Susan) Ramsey
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Patsy) Jarvis
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Robin) Wade
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Nola) Enbry
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Flat Rock, Mich
Morgan C. Lattlemire
College Park Drive
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North Ridge Rd
Route 254
Edwards Food Warehouse
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