Jurors Resume Deliberations in DeChant Murder Case
Eight men and four women tasked with deciding if Gregory DeChant fatally stabbed his parents on Case Road and staged a robbery. Jurors were sequestered overnight at the Elyria Holiday Inn after an emotionally charged eight day trial.
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Elyria
Gregory DeChant
Adrian Bedleski
DeChant
Lorain County
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Gerald Gold
John Pyle
Rosenbaum
Cleveland State University
Case Road
Lorain
Lorain USX shipment blocked by striking steelworkers
In Lorain Ohio USX workers sat on a couch and an overturned car on the tracks to block the first steel shipment in six weeks. More than 300 on East River Road awaited the shipment amid ongoing contract negotiations.
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Sheffield
USK
Lorain
East River Road
U.S. Steelworkers Local 1104
al Pena
United Steelworkers of America
Lorain Usx
John
Shortridge
Texas
USX
Pittsburgh
Barnes to wed ex-wife in jail after life sentence
Norman K. Barnes, 59, Amherst Township, was sentenced to life for the May 6 killing of G W Grigsby, husband of Barnes's longtime lover. In a new chapter, Barnes announced plans to remarry his former wife Lillian, divorced since August 1985, with a ceremony expected this week.
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Barnes
Will
Amherst Township
G.W. Grigsby
Lillian
Norman Barnes
Gus Chan
Barnes sentenced for fatal shooting at Amherst Mobile Home Park
Norman Barnes received 18 years to life after convictions for fatally shooting neighbor Grigsby and attempting to murder Grigsby’s wife Ola Faye. Lorain County Common Pleas Court ordered concurrent terms for the killings and gun use. The defense and victim statements followed the verdict.
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Barnes
Chillicothe Correctional Institute
Gerald Smith
Grigsby
Amherst
Ola Faye Grigsby
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Joseph Cirigliano
Norman Barnes
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Avon
Leonard and
Arlene DeChant
Greg DeChant
Susan Galvin
USW
Common Pleas
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas
Frank J. Gorman
C-T
Matthew Brown
Michael Petrakis
Michael's
Detroit Avenue
Rocky River
Gas Chan
Scott Stephens
Norman K. Barnes
Baga
Nia
Cleveland Zoo
Ohio Northern University
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