Not guilty plea in babysitter charged with child's drowning death
Elizabeth Zenda, 48, pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and child endangering in the drowning of 22 month old Annie Flynn and the near drowning of 23 month old Jaxon Flynn at a Pittsfield Township home day care. Zenda was freed on bond and is due back in Lorain County court next week.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Elizabeth Zenda
Doug Merrill
Annie Flynn
Jaxon
Flynn
Pittsfield Township
Zenda
Annie
University Hospitals
Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
Cleveland
Bruce Bishop
Fire damages home as garage blaze erupts in Sheffield Twp
Firefighters respond to a 10:57 a.m. blaze in an unattached garage at 5328 Fleming Ave. A charred car is seen inside the garage while beige siding on the house melts. The fire prompted students near Vincent Elementary School to return indoors. no occupants were home. Owner Ernest Phillips II valued at $55,900. Contact Jodi Weinberger.
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Sheffield
Fleming Ave
Vincent Elementary School
Lorain County
Ernest Phillips II
Bruce Bishop
Chronicle
Fleming Avenue
Sheffield Township
Ohio House expands protection orders to dating violence
The Ohio House passed bipartisan House Bill 1 to allow dating violence victims to obtain civil protection orders. Current law restricts orders to those with children or who are married or cohabitating, with Ohio and Georgia as remaining gaps. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Nathan Manning and Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, won 92 to 2 after years of cases where victims could not seek such protections.
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Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio
Georgia
Nathan Manning
North Ridgeville
Emilia Strong Sykes
Akron
House
Manning
Lorain County to launch batterer's intervention program
Genesis House director Virginia Beckman plans a batterer's intervention program in Lorain County to complement aid to victims. The move follows nearly 20 years without a program meeting Ohio Domestic Violence Network best practices and targets front line responders in the domestic violence effort.
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Lorain
Lorain County
Genesis House
Virginia Beckman
Ohio
Beckman
Teen to stay in state custody for beating death
A 16-year-old boy will remain in the custody of the Ohio Department of Youth Services until age 21 for his role in the 2015 beating death of Carlisle Township man. The teen cooperated with prosecutors in the case against Bishop Howard, who pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and received life without parole after killings in August 2015. Gloria Pasters found Jones’ body on July 17, 2015.
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Elyria
Ohio Department of Youth Services
Carlisle
Chronicle-Telegram
Bishop Howard
Howard
Farris Jones
Eric Zaffer
Brighton
Gloria Pasters
Jones
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