Archive for February 5th, 2008
Akron police officer murder trial
CANTON, Ohio (AP) _ A former police officer picked up a longtime friend early one morning last summer then told her the body of his son’s pregnant mother was in the back of the truck they were riding in, the woman testified Tuesday. Bobby Cutts Jr. looked nervous that day, like she’d never seen him [...]
Flood Warning update
THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BLACK RIVER AT ELYRIA * FROM WED MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 9 AM TUES THE STAGE WAS.4.4 FEET & RISING. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET. * THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE TO [...]
Accused baby killer`s boyfriend: She did it
DAYTON — A woman accused of killing her 1-month-old daughter in a microwave oven told her boyfriend she killed the baby and that the girl would still be alive if he wasn’t out cheating, the boyfriend testified Monday. Terrell Talley said he and China Arnold took Paris Talley to the hospital where she was pronounced [...]
Prosecutors accuse ex-officer of strangling woman pregnant with his child
CANTON — A former Canton police officer accused of strangling a woman pregnant with his child knew where her body was but had nothing to do with her death, a defense lawyer told jurors at the man’s murder trial Monday. The lawyer said prosecutors did not have evidence that Bobby Cutts Jr. killed Jessie [...]
Girl, 11, thwarts abduction
ELYRIA — An 11-year-old girl put a school lesson to use Friday when she fought off an attacker whom police believe was trying to abduct her in broad daylight as she walked home from school. Cascade Elementary student Tiara Moon said she was walking to her home on North West River Road when a man [...]
Response to fire delayed: Dispatcher doesn’t send help until second call
ELYRIA — A report of a fire on East Avenue went unanswered for 16 minutes Saturday — prompting fire officials to change the way such calls are handled. Firefighter Robert Resar, handling dispatching duties, didn’t send a crew out after receiving a call at 10:08 p.m. from a man who said he smelled smoke in [...]
Value City no more
ELYRIA — The Value City Department Store in Elyria will close within the next two months. The Oberlin Road store is among 11 stores statewide, and a total of 37 nationwide, closing following the Jan. 23 purchase of the Columbus-based chain by VCHI Acquisition Co. Kristin Mack, a spokeswoman for VCHI, said the new owners [...]
Aunt leaves newborn at EMH
ELYRIA — A baby girl supposedly born during Sunday night’s Super Bowl game was dropped off at EMH Regional Medical Center early Monday by a woman who said her teenage brother could not care for the infant. The 22-year-old woman told police she was called to take the child to the hospital because her brother, [...]
Harley closing shop: Elyria location to become offices
ELYRIA — A long tradition of selling and servicing Harley-Davidson motorcycles at 561 Cleveland St. will come to an end April 1. That’s when the store will consolidate with the company’s Avon store, a 30,000-square-feet facility at 38401 Chester Road, according to Mike Stevens, president of Elyria Harley-Davidson Sales Co. The 12,000-square-foot store in Elyria [...]
Josephine J. Manning
Josephine J. Manning (nee Blanco), 91, of Oberlin, died Thursday, January 31, 2008 at the home of her daughter. She was born April 19, 1916 in Wellington and had been a resident of Oberlin most of her life. She was employed for 32 years with GTE in Oberlin, retiring as a supervisor in 1976. She [...]
Paid sick-leave bill languishes in Ohio
COLUMBUS — The leader of Ohio’s Senate signaled little interest Monday in moving forward with an initiative that would require many businesses to provide their employees with paid sick days. Senate President Bill Harris said top lawmakers hadn’t discussed the proposal, which was submitted to the Legislature about a month ago after receiving the necessary [...]
Former JCPenney worker sues company
ELYRIA —A former JCPenney employee is suing the corporation and the manager of the Elyria store for race discrimination. In a lawsuit filed Monday in county Common Pleas Court, Fanecia Jackson, an African American, contends she was unjustly terminated as a JCPenney salesperson in August 2007 after she told the store manager that another employee [...]
Drunk driver hits wrong garage
LORAIN — A 51-year-old Lorain woman drove her car Sunday night into the closed garage of a home she thought was her own, police said. Kelly Louise of Lorain was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and failure to control after she drove her Ford Explorer into the garage door of an Osborne Avenue [...]
Woman avoids jail time after aiding fiance
ELYRIA — A Lorain woman who helped her fiancé avoid arrest after he was mistakenly released from the hospital — where he was recovering from injuries he sustained after crashing a stolen van during a high-speed chase with police — was spared jail at her sentencing Monday. Tanniquea Garner, 27, had faced up to a [...]
Indians: Santana deal doesn’t kill chances with C.C.
CLEVELAND — Mark Shapiro admits that the eye-popping contract Johan Santana signed with the New York Mets certainly doesn’t help the Indians in negotiating a long-term deal with C.C. Sabathia. But Cleveland’s GM has never dealt in absolutes when it comes to the bargaining table, and won’t start with the club’s Cy Young Award winner [...]
Man shot in stomach, neck with police Taser
LORAIN — Lorain police used a Taser early Monday to subdue a 29-year-old Lorain man who was fighting outside an E. 28th Street bar. Police responded to A & M Sports Bar after reports that a large crowd had been fighting. When they arrived, police saw Raul Lopez standing in a large crowd, threatening other [...]
Double trouble: Twins make 122 calls to 911
Double trouble: Twins make 122 calls to 911 LORAIN — A set of 11-year-old Lorain twins was tracked by police Sunday after making more than 120 prank emergency calls. Lorain police located the two girls after three days of searching the 400 block of Hamilton Ave. for a cell phone that 911 dispatchers had traced, [...]
Federal judge tosses death-row inmate`s appeal
CLEVELAND — A federal judge has thrown out the latest appeal of death row inmate Stanley Jalowiec, despite saying that police and prosecutors failed to turn over information on incentives offered to witnesses to testify against the convicted killer in his 1996 trial. In his ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Donald Nugent wrote that Jalowiec’s [...]
Cavs catch break, won’t face All-Star Garnett
INDEPENDENCE — The Cavaliers didn’t get any sympathy when they played in Boston without LeBron James earlier this season, so don’t expect Cleveland to feel bad that the Celtics will be minus Kevin Garnett tonight. Garnett, who polls show would win NBA Most Valuable Player honors if the season ended today, did not practice Sunday [...]
Area schools brace for the primary race
OBERLIN — Concerns about school security on Election Day have prompted Oberlin Schools to cancel classes on March 4. A number of parents have expressed concerns about various strangers streaming into the schools on Election Day, so the district made the decision to cancel classes, Oberlin Schools Board member Stephanie Jones said. However, no specific [...]
Hockey: Olmsted Falls beats WRA, will meet River
BROOKLYN — Rocky River will get another shot at beating its nemesis — Olmsted Falls — in a Baron Cup semifinal Friday. Olmsted Falls is the only team to have beaten Rocky River (22-3-1) this season, and the Bulldogs can make it four when the teams meet for the fifth time this winter. The game [...]
Anderson, Winslow give Browns 6 Pro Bowlers
CLEVELAND — Two more Cleveland Browns are headed to Hawaii for the Pro Bowl. Not bad for a team that didn’t even make the playoffs. Browns quarterback Derek Anderson will replace New England’s Tom Brady and tight end Kellen Winslow will sub for San Diego’s Antonio Gates on the AFC’s roster for the game Sunday [...]
Pryor’s indecision heats up OSU-Michigan rivalry
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Terrelle Pryor lives in a small town near Pittsburgh, insulated from the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry. The highly touted quarterback is about to make a decision, though, that might end up making him a pivotal player in one of the marquee matchups in sports. Pryor is expected to announce Wednesday where he [...]
Bob Knight resigns unexpectedly; son takes over
LUBBOCK, Texas — Bob Knight left when he wanted to this time. Almost a decade after he was fired by Indiana, the school he led to three national championships, Knight walked away Monday from college basketball in midseason. The Texas Tech coach, known as much for his fiery temper as his brilliance, abruptly resigned and [...]
Eli Manning proves former GM Accorsi correct
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Vindication for former New York Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi came in one gut-wrenching, last-minute drive engineered by Eli Manning to win the Super Bowl. The architect of the blockbuster trade that brought Manning to the Giants on draft day 2004, Accorsi has been the scapegoat for frustrated Giants fans for the [...]