Roundup: July 11, 2008
The Chronicle-Telegram Staff
Milan man killed in motorcycle crash
MILAN TWP. — A motorcyclist was killed Wednesday when a vehicle driven by a 19-year-old Vermilion man turned into his path, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol.
Robert Still, 49, of Milan, was pronounced dead at the scene after being ejected from his motorcycle about 7:14 p.m. along Wikel Road in Erie County. He was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
Still was traveling south when a northbound Dodge Neon driven by Joshua Walbom, 19, of Vermilion, turned left into a private driveway and into Still’s path, the patrol said.
The crash remains under investigation, and no charges had been filed as of Thursday.
Woman in hospital after bar assault
LORAIN — A 31-year-old Lorain woman was seriously injured Wednesday after a group of women beat her up outside a bar.
Lakeisha Hughes arrived about 2 a.m. on her boyfriend’s doorstep, beat up and looking for a place to sleep.
When he tried to wake her up in the morning, he couldn’t and called 911.
Hughes had a broken arm, and notable bruises and swelling to her face and body, according to a police report.
She drifted in and out of consciousness and could only tell Lorain police officers that she was jumped by three girls outside of Pali’s Night Club in Lorain.
Police noted that her injuries were similar to those suffered by someone run over or struck by a vehicle.
Hughes was taken to Community Regional Medical Center in Lorain and later was transferred by helicopter to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, where she remained Thursday in good condition.
Bridge contract awarded by county
ELYRIA — A contract was awarded Thursday on a $47,868 bid for repair materials for the Kipton Nickel Plate Road, Neff Road and Island Road bridges to United Precast of Mount Vernon, county Engineer Ken Carney said.
The bridges are in Pittsfield and Grafton townships.
Concrete box beams will be replaced with new pre-cast beams and new guardrails and end assemblies will be installed. United Precast will provide the materials and work will be done by county crews.
Construction dates and detours have not been announced.
Miller fails to get conviction erased
Former Lorain Safety Service Director Craig Miller will have to live with his criminal conviction.
The Ohio Supreme Court decided Wednesday not to hear Miller’s latest appeal of his 2006 for obstructing official business.
Miller, who resigned after he was found guilty, never admitted to wrongdoing in the case, in which he was accused of lying to police investigating the city’s rental of heavy equipment from another city employee in 2002 and 2003.
Miller initially told police that he had received approval of the deal from the Ohio Ethics Commission before it was put in place. He later called police and told them he had been mistaken and hadn’t talked to the commissioner until after he learned there were questions about the deal.
Miller was released from probation earlier this year and served 10 days in the county jail after he was sentenced in the case. The 9th District Court of Appeals upheld Miller’s conviction earlier this year.
Attorneys of accused killers file appeal
ELYRIA — Prosecutors aren’t the only ones taking issue with Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge’s decision to limit the state to using only sedatives in lethal injection executions.
On Thursday, defense attorneys for Ruben Rivera and Ronald McCloud — the accused killers who challenged the constitutionality of the state’s lethal injection protocols — filed a notice of appeal.
Prosecutors already have asked the 9th District Court of Appeals to review Burge’s decision, which found that the three-drug cocktail currently used by the state violates an Ohio law that requires executions to be quick and painless.
Dan Wightman, an attorney for McCloud, said Burge’s ruling didn’t go far enough.
“Our biggest issue is actually the remedy he ordered,” Wightman said. “We feel he should have taken the death penalty out of consideration.”
WELLINGTON TWP. — A Summit County woman died early Thursday when her car spun out of control and slammed into a utility pole.
Victoria S. Romero, 27, of Canton, was driving a 1996 Ford Contour north about 1:05 a.m. on Hawley Road near Peck Wadsworth Road, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol.
A statement from the patrol’s Elyria post said she went off the left side of the road.
She was pronounced dead at the scene. It is unknown whether alcohol or drugs played a part in the crash, the statement said.
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