Cleveland doctor gets 20-to-life for poisoning wife with cyanide
Yazeed Essa, 41, was sentenced by Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Deena Calabrese after being convicted of lacing Rosemarie Essa's calcium supplement with cyanide in 2005. Relatives sobbed as the judge imposed the term, stating no parole for at least 20 years.
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Elyria woman arrested at Red Roof Inn for drug sales
Brit tany Smith, 24, was busted Monday at the Red Roof Inn in Elyria after complaints led officers to search her hotel room. They found 27 grams crack cocaine 5 grams cocaine 2500 dollars cash a .25 caliber handgun and a round of ammunition. Police plan intensified hotel investigations into base operations for dealers.
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OSU janitor shoots supervisors before suicide
An Ohio State University janitor about to lose his job entered a maintenance building for his early shift and fatally shot a supervisor before killing himself. Two handguns were used. no students were harmed. Police said Brown wore dark clothes and a hoodie during the 3:30 a.m. attack.
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Obama to visit Northeast Ohio for health care reform focus
President Obama returns to Northeast Ohio for a visit announced by the White House. Details remain forthcoming as he prepares to push the Senate backed health care reform package with reconciliation possible, following a January Lorain County stop and meetings with local leaders.
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Panel hears surprise acquittal appeal
Elyria Ohio panel hears prosecutors challenge whether Judge James Burge had power to acquit Joseph Allen and Nancy Smith of child molestation on a Head Start route in the 1990s. Assistant prosecutor Billie Jo Belcher says Burge could have corrected sentencing entries but did not need a new sentencing hearing.
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Former Oberlin PTO theft suspect denies taking funds
Paula Jones, ex-Oberlin school board member and former PTO secretary, tells investigators she did not steal money but reimbursed herself for expenses. Court documents say she borrowed 1300 dollars from the Eastwood Elementary PTO account and repaid with interest. She faces six counts tied to about 22000 dollars missing from the PTO.
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