New trustee sparks crowd at Sheffield Township meeting
Sheffield Township trustees met Monday with a large crowd as Dave Newsome joined to fill the vacancy after Mark Horton died in a February car crash. Newsome, on probation until 2019 for a disorderly conduct conviction, had previously served 12 years as trustee and narrowly lost to Horton in 2015. About 50 onlookers attended the session.
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Sheffield Twp
Dave Newsome
Mark Horton
Newsome
Oberlin
Horton
Grafton Woman Named in Federal Drug Conspiracy
Roya Tabatabai of Grafton is charged in a federal indictment alleging a conspiracy to import methamphetamine and cocaine into Ohio and West Virginia. The document says her brother Omid Tabatabai mailed drugs from Los Angeles to Capel Road and other local spots including Elyria, with Roya distributing to co-defendants Joshua Thacker Joseph Bratkovich and Nancy Rhodes among others.
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Grafton
Ohio
West Virginia
Roya Tabatabi
Omid Tabatabai
Los Angeles
Capel Road
Elyria
Roya Tabatabai
Joshua Thacker
Joseph Bratkovich
Nancy Rhodes
Comey says FBI probes possible Kremlin Trump ties
FBI Director James Comey testifies the agency is pursuing a counterintelligence inquiry into possible Kremlin links to the Trump campaign. He denies information supporting claims that Trump Tower was wiretapped. The hearing before the House Intelligence Committee lasts hours and could span months.
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FBI
James Comey
Capitol Hill
Washington
House Intelligence Committee
U.S
Trump Tower
Kremlin
White House
Comey
Donald Trump
Trump tweets during Comey hearing trigger fact check
The article notes a near real time exchange between President Trump and FBI Director Comey during congressional testimony via Twitter. It clarifies that neither Comey nor NSA Director Rogers offered determinations about Russia influencing the election.
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NSA
FBI
Congress
Russia
Comey
National Security Agency
Mike Rogers
Vermilion teen charged after Snapchat post shown as staged shooting
Erie County Sheriff reports a 16 year old Vermilion High student was charged with aggravated menacing after a Snapchat post showing a boy with a prop gun. The boy confessed the photo was not real and denied taking the shot. a 16 year old girl present admitted posting the image.
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Erie County
Paul Sigsworth
Erie County Detention Center
Sigsworth
Vermilion Township
Elyria Council OKs Budget Advance With Tax Increase
Elyria City Council approved a more than 145 million dollar budget with nearly 30 million in the general fund. The move includes authorizing the West Park spray pad project and allows bids for the park while endorsing Green Mile Solutions to seek medicinal cannabis licenses and funding for police equipment. The tax hike approved last year funds police, parks, capital improvements and economic development.
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Elyria
West Park
Green Mile Solutions
Scout leader abuse case tied to Olmsted Falls home
A search warrant unsealed Monday alleges a Boy Scout troop leader and former Olmsted Falls auxiliary police officer sexually assaulted a 15 year old boy he met through scouts. Aaron Robertson, 28, of North Ridgeville, was arrested earlier in the month in Cuyahoga County on a rape charge as investigators probe further.
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Olmsted Falls
North Ridgeville
Aaron Robertson
Cuyahoga County
Alex Bakos
Bakos
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