Lorain cops break up nude club shootout with toy squirts
Lorain Police and state Liquor Control agents halted a disturbance at Eagle's Nest night club after investigating nude dancers and illegal beverages. Four people were arrested including the two dancers charged with unlawful exposure and public indecency, while the owner and manager faced obscenity-related counts. The columnist questions laws on consensual adult behavior and fire safety, arguing for reform.
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Lorain
Eagle’s Nest
Lewis Straad
Leroy Hunter
Columbus
Lesia Watkins
Gustavo “Nunez
Jeal
Lakeltha Simmons
Nunez
Simmons
Watkins
Lewis Stmad
Shaffer Drive
Man sues doctor over partial penis loss in Elyria case
Aubrey C. Francis sues Dr. Louis DAmico alleging failure to warn that balanitis could be precancerous after a 1985 circumcision. Francis seeks at least $25,000 for medical expenses and lost income claiming diminished sex life with his wife of 44 years. Trial testimony debated whether balanitis is a cancer precursor as experts offered conflicting views.
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Elyria
Aubrey C. Francis
Louis D’amico
Francis
Mary St. Francis
D'Amico
Robert D. Warmer
D’amico
Warner
Avon woman gets 40 years to life for LSD trafficking
An 18 year old Avon woman Nova Styles was sentenced to 40 years to life in Lorain County Common Pleas Court for aggravated drug trafficking after buying 1000 hits of LSD from an undercover officer and 300 more from an informant. She faced a potential life term under the state super bulk law and is eligible for parole in about 15 years. The case tied to a drug ring shipping LSD from California, with six arrests in April.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Nova Styles
Common Pleas
Styles
Kosma J. Glavas
John S. Haynes
Lisa A. Locke Graves
Locke Graves
Calfornia
San Francisco
Victim proposes year delay to keep rapist in jail
A rape victim from North Ridgeville urges officials to extend her attacker’s prison term by one year. She says the extra 12 months would allow her to sell her home and secure a new job before parole. Reece, 35, could be freed after the additional year while she continues her fight. She met a Parole Board member at Grafton Correctional Institution and sent a two page letter to the board and another to a Rape Crisis Center.
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North Ridgeville
Reece
Parole Board
North Olmsted Considers Lifting Door to Door Ban
North Olmsted weighs a proposed ordinance to lift a long standing ban on door to door sales after a lawsuit by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry. The plan would require solicitors to register with City Hall for a $10 fee and aims to resolve a First Amendment free speech challenge.
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North Olmsted
National Association of the Remodeling Industry
Cleveland
Nude dancer pleads innocent in Lorain club raid
Lorain Municipal Court hears that Lakeitha Simmons 20 of East Cleveland pleads innocent to public indecency unlawful exposure and related charges after a raid on the Eagle's Nest 575 Broadway along with dancer Lesia Watkins 91 who pleaded no contest and received a suspended jail sentence and fine. A pretrial hearing was set for Oct 21.
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Lorain
Lakeitha Simmons
East Cleveland
Lesia Watkins
Cleveland
Gus Nunez
Watkins
Simmons
Nunez
Quorum Shortage Cancels Wakeman Village Meeting Again
For the second time in four days Wakeman village council could not conduct business due to insufficient attendance. Three members were present at both meetings, with four needed to proceed. Attendees were Waldron Delong and Upchurch. Molesky Arhar absent. Rogers also missed. A third attempt is scheduled for Monday at 8 p.m. The council must act on linking to Erie Huron Rural Water Authority, pending Ohio EPA timetable approval. The village sources Vermilion River water and previously chose among upgrading, a new plant, or rural water.
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Wakeman
Kenneth Waldron
Mike Delong
Jim Upchurch
Louis Molesky
Joe Arhar
Linda Rogers
Michael Ashar
Erie Huron Rural Water Authority
Ashar
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Vermilion
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Colan
Eno Ne
Cleveland Clinic
Harry Quick
Kosma Glavas
Michael Warren
Urologist
Martin Resnick
Avon Teen
Gene Krebs
Chrongle
Grafton Correctionial Institution
N. Olmsted
Debbie Kline
the Chronicle-Telegram
Michael Gareau
Broadway
Hunter
Rad
Strand
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
Ellen Simmons
Chronicle-Telegram
Council
Erie Huron
Ohio Epa
Glen Goodwin
Union Terminal Museum Center
Cincinnati
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