Wellington Credit Union Robbery Shocks Local Community
The Sun Federal Credit Union branch at 805 A Patriot Drive was robbed around 3 34 p m Tuesday by a white man in his 20s with a red scarf over his face. He demanded money from two tellers. no one was hurt. A police lockdown near Wellington High School involved about 100 students and staff during the investigation. FBI agents processed evidence and lead the probe. no suspect photo yet due to video delays. The robber may have fled in a vehicle. The last Wellington bank robbery occurred in 2002.
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Wellington
Sun Federal Credit Union
Steve Rollins
Rollins
Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff's Deputies
Wellington High School
N. Main St
John Nolan
Nolan
FBI
Credit Union
VFW Blue Jeans BBQ to fund Elyria police volunteers
Elyria hosts a Blue Jeans BBQ at the VFW hall on Thursday from 5 to 7 p m to raise funds for the police auxiliary. Tickets cost 20 dollars in advance and 25 dollars at the door and include live music two drink tickets and a barbecue chicken and ribs dinner. Proceeds will buy uniforms and equipment for 24 new volunteers with a 43920 dollar outfitting goal.
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Elyria
Veterans of Foreign Wars
S. Abbe Road
Memorial sweatshirt marks son’s sudden Air Force death
Jennifer Simmons recalls the 2009 San Antonio moment when her son Jason L. Valatka graduated basic training and received a cherished US Air Force Mom sweatshirt. Valatka, 21, a senior airman at Misawa Base Japan, died Oct 16 after a bath area fall in a barracks. His mother describes a mix of sorrow and disbelief, wearing the garment as a tribute amid grief.
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Elyria
USAF
Jennifer Simmons
San Antonio
Jason L. Valatka
Lackland Air Force Base
Valatka
U.S. Air Force Base
Misawa
Japan
Simmons
Execution table test supports inmate Post weight claim
Warden at Southern Ohio Correctional Facility states the execution table can hold 540 pounds plus Post’s 396 pounds. He tested with a 420 pound volunteer and 12 weights for two hours, confirming no instability. Post, 53, is scheduled for Jan. 16 for the 1983 murder of Elyria clerk Helen Wantz.
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Ohio
Ronald Ray Post
Southern Ohio
Lucasville
Post
Helen Wantz
Elyria
Donald Morgan
Morgan
SOCF
Airport security chief jailed for obscene calls
John Dialinos the suspended airport security manager at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport was sentenced to 10 days in jail and 90 days of house arrest after pleading no contest to public indecency and two counts of telephone harassment. The case stemmed from obscene calls to tanning salons in North Ridgeville and an incident outside a salon. Dialinos, 45, appeared before Elyria Municipal Court Judge Lisa Locke Graves, who scolded him as attorney John Paris sought probation.
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Elyria
John Dialinos
Cleveland Hopkins International
North Ridgeville
Dialinos
Elyria Municipal Court
Lisa Locke Graves
Locke Graves
John Paris
Paris
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Chelsea Miller
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Steve Manheim
Chronicle
Yvonne Hendricks
Jason Hendricks
Alex Valatka
Jason Valatka
Air Force
Valatkas
University Avenue
Mom
Jennifer Simmon
Brad Dicken
Lee
Chuck Humel
Advice Business
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Roniclet
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