Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for February 15th, 2008
BREAKING NEWS — Cutts could get death
CANTON — A former police officer who tearfully told jurors he accidentally killed his pregnant lover and their unborn baby has been convicted of their murders and faces a possible death sentence. Bobby Cutts Jr., who sobbed when testifying that he killed Jessie Davis with a blow to the throat during a [...]
TRAFFIC UPDATE — Traffic moving again on SR 2
State Route 2 is back open after being momentarily shutdown Friday morning between state routes 254 and 611.
Sheffield Village police responded to the non-injury accident around 10:30 a.m. when a truck struck a semi-trailer.
Traffic was backed up by the crash, but is now moving again.
BREAKING NEWS — Cutts guilty
CANTON— A former police officer who tearfully told jurors he accidentally killed his pregnant lover and her unborn baby has been convicted of their murders and faces a possible death sentence. Bobby Cutts, Jr. who sobbed when testifying that he killed Jessie Davis with a blow to the throat during a disagreement [...]
BREAKING NEWS — Cutts jury reaches verdict
CANTON — A jury has reached a verdict in the trial of a former police officer accused of killing his pregnant lover and their unborn child.
Bobby Cutts Jr. could receive a death sentence if convicted of aggravated murder in the deaths of Jessie Davis and her near full-term fetus.
Cutts testified through sobs [...]
Lorain building official declares innocence
LORAIN — Bill Desvari, the city’s embattled chief building official, said Thursday he has no idea what led to him being suspended and escorted out of City Hall last week.
He said Lorain police officers conducting a criminal investigation that centers on him haven’t talked to him yet.
“All I was told was to leave the building,” [...]
Teen cited for running red light after seven-car pileup on Rt. 57
ELYRIA — A 17-year-old girl who police say caused a seven-car crash Wednesday was cited for running a red light, police said.
Police said six people were taken to the hospital, all with minor injuries, after Melissa Mathews of Grafton traveled through a red light at state Route 57 and [...]
Man suspected in grocer’s killing arraigned
ELYRIA — The Lorain man accused of robbing and shooting to death Lorain grocery store owner Jose Gonzalez was arraigned Thursday in county Common Pleas Court.
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Decio Rodrigues Jr. is led into court for his arraignment Thursday in Lorain County Common Pleas Court.
Decio Rodrigues, 24, of Lorain, pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated [...]
Grafton-LaGrange police blotter: Feb. 15, 2008
LaGrange police
Thursday, Feb. 7
12:50 a.m. — East of Chicago Pizza, door was found open. Nothing was disturbed.
Friday, Feb. 8
5:45 p.m. — Church Street, a man was seen driving door-to-door with out-of-state plates selling steaks.
Grafton police
Thursday, Feb. 7
3:13 p.m. — 1000 block Elm St., a resident asked for an officer [...]
Budding food bank seeks donations
The room is small but its shelves are filled with neatly organized rows of canned vegetables, boxes of cereal, pasta and macaroni and cheese, and jars of peanut butter.
Outside, a steady stream of traffic zips by 2367 North Ridge Road with drivers taking scant notice of Lorain’s United Hearts Life Mission Center, one of the [...]
Playmate from Avon Lake makes SI swimsuit issue
One could hardly confuse Carmella Garcia with a wallflower.
The Avon Lake High School grad and wife of Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia shows a lot of skin for readers of Sports Illustrated’s annual Swimsuit Issue, which hit newsstands this week.
Garcia, better known locally by her maiden name [...]