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Internet cafe arrestees include Kent police captain

Published on Sept. 21, 2018 | Updated 1:29 p. m.

ELYRIA — A captain with the Kent Police Department and his wife were arrested and charged in connection with internet cafe raids that took place throughout Lorain County last month. James Cole, 52, of Stow, and his wife, Audrey Cole, 45, of →

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OVI checkpoint scheduled tonight in Lorain

Published on Sept. 21, 2018

The Lorain County OVI Task Force has announced it will hold a checkpoint for potentially impaired drivers from 6 p.m. to midnight on Oberlin Avenue in Lorain. Because of court rulings, law enforcement officials are required to announce in advance →

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Vermilion officer suspended for sleeping on job

Published on Sept. 21, 2018 | Updated 8:39 a. m.

VERMILION — A police officer is back on the force after losing 20 days of work for sleeping on the job. Patrolman Nick Forrider was found sleeping in his cruiser at Vermilion Elementary School by Detective Steve Kopniske, the acting officer →

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Elyria man gets 21 years in prison after 2017 shooting

Published on Sept. 21, 2018 | Updated 8:13 a. m.

ELYRIA — An Elyria man was sentenced to more than 21 years in prison after being found guilty on drug and firearms charges in federal court. Joey Wiseman Jr., 37, of George Street, was found guilty of possession of cocaine with intent to →

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Lorain Police search for home robbery suspects

Published on Sept. 20, 2018 | Updated 2:10 a. m.

LORAIN — Police are on the lookout for suspects accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint in her home, according to a police report. The woman told police she answered the door at her McKinley Street home to two men who pointed a small handgun →

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Dozens indicted after internet cafe sting

Published on Sept. 20, 2018 | Updated 11:59 a. m.

ELYRIA — Several individuals were indicted on charges in connection with last month’s raids of internet cafes throughout Lorain County. On Wednesday, 10 secret indictments in connection to the raids were unsealed, according to court →

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Elyria police add second program to combat drug addiction

Published on Sept. 20, 2018 | Updated 6:56 a. m.

After making the Quick Response Team a permanent program, police kicked off the Voluntary Drug Intervention Program, which connects addicts with counseling and possible treatment, on Wednesday. →

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Lorain man charged with murder after fight turns fatal

Published on Sept. 20, 2018 | Updated 6:43 a. m.

ELYRIA — A Lorain man has been indicted on a murder charge and other charges in connection with a February altercation that led to the death of another man. Francisco Rojas Jr., 18, was indicted on counts of murder, first-degree felony →

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Grafton man gets four-year prison sentence after attempting murder-for-hire

Published on Sept. 20, 2018 | Updated 6:39 a. m.

ELYRIA — A Grafton man will spend four years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy charges for paying someone to have another man murdered. Seljami Idrizi, 40, of Royalton Road, was sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday morning →

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Names released in fatal Lorain bicycle crash

Published on Sept. 19, 2018 | Updated 8:12 a. m.

LORAIN — Lorain Police have released the names of those involved in a fatal bicycle and vehicle crash Sept. 12. Police were called to the scene at West 21st Street, west of Westpark Drive, about 9:30 p.m. after a 2005 Buick LaCrosse heading →

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SUV hits ambulance transporting patient to hospital

Published on Sept. 19, 2018 | Updated 8:11 a. m.

Shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday, a GMC Envoy struck the back driver’s side wheel well of a North Ridgeville Fire Department ambulance at the intersection of State Route 57 and Cleveland Street. The ambulance and SUV were both headed west on →

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Jeffrey Miraldi, Jenna Turner plead guilty in connection with killing of Cody Snyder

Published on Sept. 18, 2018 | Updated Sept. 19, 2018 7:17 a. m.

ELYRIA — Two people pleaded guilty Monday to charges in connection to the January shooting death of 19-year-old Cody Snyder. Jeffrey Miraldi, 21, of Elyria, pleaded to involuntary manslaughter, trafficking in drugs, multiple counts of →

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Man reaches plea deal in attempted murder case

Published on Sept. 19, 2018 | Updated 6:43 a. m.

ELYRIA — For the second time, Zack Spurlock has pleaded guilty to lesser charges in connection to a 2015 shooting. This time, though, Spurlock was sentenced to prison. Spurlock, 21, of Amherst, was facing attempted murder charges, but →

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Woman, 94, killed during home invasion in Cleveland

Published on Sept. 18, 2018 | Updated 4:49 p. m.

CLEVELAND — Cleveland police are searching for a man suspected of killing a 94-year-old woman and injuring her 74-year-old daughter during a home invasion. Police say Eucebia Garcia died at a hospital after police were called to a home early →

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Internet cafe arrestees include Kent police captain

OVI checkpoint scheduled tonight in Lorain

Vermilion officer suspended for sleeping on job

Elyria man gets 21 years in prison after 2017 shooting

Lorain Police search for home robbery suspects

Dozens indicted after internet cafe sting

Elyria police add second program to combat drug addiction

Lorain man charged with murder after fight turns fatal

Grafton man gets four-year prison sentence after attempting murder-for-hire

Names released in fatal Lorain bicycle crash

SUV hits ambulance transporting patient to hospital

Jeffrey Miraldi, Jenna Turner plead guilty in connection with killing of Cody Snyder

Man reaches plea deal in attempted murder case

Woman, 94, killed during home invasion in Cleveland

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