Archive for July 23rd, 2008
Ohio kids in car, mom drinking; she’s convicted
PAINESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A jury in northeast Ohio has convicted a woman who left her two children in an unlocked, running car for four hours while she drank at a bar and left with a man.
Forty-two-year-old Kimberly Cartulla of Eastlake was found guilty Tuesday of two counts of child […]
Pilot lands on rural Ohio road
SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — A rural road in northern Ohio became an airstrip for a pilot from Wyoming, who made an emergency landing when his small plane’s engine died.
Fifty-six-year-old Dennis Volger says his 20-foot RV-6A aircraft made a “nice soft landing” Tuesday evening in Erie […]
Suspect in pregnant teen death had baby obsession
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A woman accused of slicing open a pregnant woman’s belly and taking her baby was obsessed with getting an infant and even had hallucinations of hearing babies cry after a February 1990 miscarriage, according to court records.
A few months later, Andrea Curry-Demus allegedly stabbed one woman in an apparent […]
Police: Ohio sporting goods stores in theft ring
MASSILLON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say they believe two northeast Ohio sporting goods stores were a part of a theft ring that stole tens of thousands of dollars in merchandise from other area retailers and resold the items for a reduced price.
Massillon police say they seized hunting […]
Mathis hits go-ahead homer as Angels down Indians
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jeff Mathis hit a go-ahead solo homer in the fifth inning to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night.
Angels right-hander Jered Weaver, making his first start since July 9, threw 77 pitches over three innings then left […]
Browns sign all five draft picks on eve of training camp
The rookies will be present and accounted for when training camp opens this afternoon. All five draft picks signed four-year contracts through 2011 Tuesday night and will be in uniform today when training camp opens with a practice at 3:30 p.m. Linebacker Beau Bell and tight end Martin Rucker were picked in the […]