Real estate killings and robbery shake Northeast Ohio
Two real estate agents were killed in vacant homes and a third robbed within a week in Northeast Ohio. Vivian Martin, 67, was found dead in a burning Youngstown house. autopsy showed strangulation before arson. Andrew VonStein, 51, was found shot in a vacant Kent State area home. Two brothers were arrested in a Sept. 15 Boardman Township robbery. investigators weigh links to the Youngstown case.
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Kent
Ohio
Boardman Township
Youngstown
Vivian Martin
Jimmy Hughes
Andrew VonStein
Kent State University
Portage County
David Doak
von Stein
Martin
Doak
Convicted killer appeals decision in fatal Riley Smath case
Melissa Dovala, serving a murder sentence for 2004 death of 5 month old Riley Smath, appeals a judge’s ruling denying a new trial. Her lawyers argue trial counsel failed to mount an effective defense citing questions over injury cause and expert testimony.
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Elyria
Melissa Dovala
Riley Smath
Dovala
Lorain County Common Pleas
James Burge
Burge
Riley
Eileen Callahan-Smath
Amherst
Amherst Township Park Recreational Trail Grant Secures Expansion
Amherst Township officials received a $34,852 NatureWorks grant from ODNR Director Sean Logan toward a 2,000 foot long by 6 foot wide trail extension at the township park on Middle Ridge Road. The total four grant package amounts to $119,789 for the Amherst Township Park Recreational Trail project. Trustees aim to complete the trail by spring 2011 with bids advertised and a bid opening planned by early October.
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Steve Manheim
Chronicle
Sean Logan
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Amherst Township
Neil Lynch
Sue Morano
Odnr NatureWorks
Middle Ridge Road
Amherst
Department
NatureWorks
Amherst Township Park
Repayment Found From Most Former City Officials In Vermilion
Vermilion officials say three of four former city officials repaid money they were not entitled to after about 25 750 paid for unused sick leave and vacation time, with remaining questions and audit findings cited by Mayor Eileen Bulan and former officials.
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Vermilion
Eileen Bulan
Jean Anderson
Bulan
Anderson
Dan Squires
Michelle Bowens
Lynn Spanski
Brian Huff
Unau
Lorain Woman Beaten in Purse Theft Attempt
A 47 year old Lorain woman was beaten and dragged by a suspect who grabbed her hair while attempting to steal her purse. She was airlifted to Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland in fair condition. Police took a witness report and described the suspect as a Black male in his early 20s wearing dark pants and a red shirt with a black backpack near West 25th Street and Reid Avenue.
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Lorain
East 25Th Street
East 27Th Street
Apple Avenue
Metro Health Medical Center
Cleveland
West 25Th Street
Reid Avenue
W. 25Th St
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