Guilty pleas in Pilot Flying J rebate scheme case
In Knoxville federal court two Pilot Flying J executives pled guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud tied to a rebate scam known as jacking. Regional sales director Arnold Ralenkotter and regional accounts representative Ashley Judd face up to 20 years, with likely lighter sentences due to cooperation.
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Arnold Ralenkotter
Ashley Smith Judd
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Browns
Jimmy Haslam
Ralenkotter
Judd
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Pilot Flying
Tom Ingram
Pilot
Bay man charged after punching officer in Vermilion
Antonio Fernandez, 20, reportedly ran in front of traffic on Liberty Avenue near Overlook Drive before being stopped near Midway Mini Storage. He punched an officer during arrest, resisted to the ground, and was charged with assault on a police officer vandalism obstructing official business disorderly conduct persisting and resisting arrest. Witnesses provided statements of the assault.
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Vermilion
Bay Village
Antonio Fernandez
Midway Mini Storage
Fernandez
Liberty Avenue
Overlook Drive
Bob Hope
Vermilion teen charged in sexual incident with younger girl
A 17-year-old male was charged after police say he had sexual relations with a girl under 13 at his home on Nantucket Place. The girl reported the incident. the boy admitted involvement but claimed it was consensual. The case was sent to Erie County Juvenile Court and he was released at the scene.
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Vermilion
Erie County Juvenile Court
Nantucket Place
Woman charged after taking man’s car without permission
Donna Dellinger 41 of Elyria Township was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle after Sheffield police stopped her driving a 1996 Geo matching a car stolen from a man who had let her stay at his home. The man reported in addition to the car a necklace wedding ring and credit cards missing.
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Lorain
Donna Dellinger
Elyria Township
Sheffield
Root Road
Dellinger
Students Buckle Up With the Crushers at Kids Day
Avon middle school students joined about 5 000 attendees at the Lake Erie Crushers game for a Kids Day promoting seat belt safety. The Lorain County Safe Community Coalition staffed a Clickit or Ticket table during the week long campaign.
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Avon
Lake Erie
Kate Walsh
the Crushers
Walsh
Safe Community Coalition
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NHTSA
Katie Bevan
Ali Cariglio
Lorain County General Health District
Bevan
Lorain County
Cambrie Brown
Jacqueline Butcher
Siera Baker
Nord Middle School
Amherst
Brown
Chelsea Miller
Chronicle
House votes to shield JobsOhio deal details from audit
The Ohio House approved a measure to shield proceeds from JobsOhio measures tied to a 1.5 billion liquor deal from public audit. The move limits Auditor Dave Yost’s oversight and declares that bond proceeds tied to liquor funds for 25 years are private, not public, funds. Democrats opposed, calling it secret dealings by the governor’s job-creation office.
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JobsOhio Deal
Columbus
JobsOhio
Legislative
John Kasich
Ohio
Dave Yost
Yost
Bed tax expansion extends to any lodging with one bed
Lorain County commissioners expand the 3 percent bed tax to cover facilities renting even a single bed. The change, effective 2014, will bring about 60 more beds under tax collection, leveling coverage among all lodgings in the county.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Tom Williams
Barb Bickel
Bureau
Men Robbed At Gunpoint In Lorain Barbershop
A Hispanic man armed with a black semi automatic handgun robbed three men inside Just For Looks Barber shop on West 28th Street Lorain at 12 10 p m Tuesday. The victims handed over cash phones and valuables and were unharmed.
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West 28Th Street
Just For Looks
28Th St
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