Judge rejects video plea deal in Lorain crash case
Lorain Municipal Court Judge Thomas Elwell rejected a plea by Paul Pelton for no contest pleas to vehicle trespass and a reduced charge of attempted intimidation. The deal would have included 25 hours of community service and a $200 fine. Families of the teen who died and prosecutors supported the agreement, but the judge declined and Pelton remained titularly charged with remaining court actions.
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Lorain
Friday
Thomas Elwell
Paul Pelton
R.J. Budway
Elwell
Cameron Friend
Pelton
Bruce Bishop
Family sues driver after car crashes into Amherst Township home
The family of Debra Markut 34 filed suit in Lorain County Common Pleas Court naming Adrianna Young alleging recklessness and negligence after a July 28 crash that sent Young’s southbound Toyota Camry off Route 58 and into the living room of 8788 Leavitt Road.
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Elyria
Amherst Township
Debra Markut
Adrianna Young
Lorain County
Juana
Ohio Highway Patrol
Young
Leavitt Road
Markut
Jaxon
Jacob
Suit
Carlisle Township Fire Chief Suspended For Altercation
Carlisle Township trustees suspended Fire Chief Kevin Dembiec for two days and ordered anger-management counseling after an incident at the Carlisle Reservation Duck Pond following the drowning of Quishawn Johnson. The deputy chief and two firefighters disputed the chief’s account, with a county report noting differing statements about the boat trailer and scene actions.
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Carlisle Twp
Berry Taylor
Kevin Dembiec
Dembiec
Richard Willard Jr
Quishawn Johnson
Carlisle Reservation
Duck Pond
Johnson
Willard
Lorain County
Richard Mellett Jr
Louis Hodge
Phillip Katy Brescan
Hodge
Brescan
Mellett
Pittsfield couple sues Quasar over breached permit and lagoon plan
Donald and Deborah Ortner sue Quasar Energy Group for breach of contract over a 6 million gallon human waste lagoon project on their 56 acre land. The suit cites misrepresented permits and damages exceeding $100,000 after the project halted in 2013 amid wetlands destruction and appeals by 43 property owners with the Ohio EPA.
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Elyria
Pittsfield
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Quasar Energy Group
Ortners
Quasar
O'Toole
Quasar Energy
Army Corps of Engineers
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