Archive for June 12th, 2008
Power’s being restored to city’s southside
BRUCE BISHOP | CHRONICLE A 69,000-kilovolt power line running along Oberlin-Elyria Road — across from Ritsko Insulation — suffered a power surge as a result of the increased demand for power to run air conditionings, and the surge knocked it down from the pole, where it hit a 12,000-kilovolt line. The result? A blackout on [...]
Supreme Court: Guantanamo prisoners have constitutional rights
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Osama bin Laden’s former driver may not go on trial this summer at Guantanamo after all. The military lawyer for Salim Hamdan says the Supreme Court ruling on the rights of Guantanamo prisoners is likely to at least delay the Yemeni’s war crimes trial. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Brian Mizer [...]
Hello, goodbye: Bentley’s feel-good story goes wrong as he asks for and receives his release from Browns
BEREA — LeCharles Bentley sat on a bench outside Browns headquarters Wednesday afternoon waiting for his mom to pick him up. When she arrived in a white luxury car, he rolled his small piece of luggage to the curb, placed it in the trunk and was driven away. A couple of hours later, the team [...]
Browns notes: Baxter surprises himself, others with performance in team drills
BEREA — Observers weren’t the only ones caught off guard Wednesday when Gary Baxter returned to team drills during both practices of minicamp. “I did great, man,” said Baxter, who had been limited to running on his own and a few individual drills. “I actually surprised myself with a lot of the things that I’ve [...]
Bad news Indians: Byrd lasts just three innings in loss to Twins; Martinez leaves game with elbow injury
CLEVELAND — With a victory in the series opener against Minnesota on Tuesday at Progressive Field, the Indians produced their first two-game winning streak since the middle of May. Three in a row was too much to ask. Unable to overcome a poor performance from starting pitcher Paul Byrd on Wednesday night, Cleveland dropped an [...]
Tribe notes: GM Shapiro not discouraged, believes Central title still a possibility
CLEVELAND — As disappointing as the first two-plus months of the season have been, the Indians are not raising the white flag, feeling as if they still have the ability to repeat as Central Division champions. “I think it’s still possible,” said Cleveland general manager Mark Shapiro, whose team stood six games under .500 and [...]
American Leagion baseball: Lack of execution costs Elyria in one-run loss to Sandusky
ELYRIA — When one team fails to take care of the little things, it frequently leaves the door open for the opponent to do a few big things. Elyria Post 12 hit into four double plays, gave Sandusky Post 83 an extra at-bat in the fifth inning, failed to get down a bunt in the [...]
American Legion baseball: Elyria, Avon Lake teams off to fast starts thanks to hot bats
Lorain County’s American Legion baseball teams have come out swinging. Not only that, they have come out making contact. Both Elyria Post 12 and Avon Lake Post 211 have put up big numbers this season, which got under way June 1, and they’ve done all right in the figures that truly matter — the number [...]
High school track and field notebook: Midview’s Ebersole trying to shake state disappointment, focus on future
Who could blame Midview senior Drew Ebersole for feeling upset? After all, his goal last Saturday was to win the Division I state discus title at Ohio State. But it didn’t happen and Ebersole had to settle for No. 2. Ebersole threw 182 feet, 4 inches on his first throw of the day. Cincinnati LaSalle [...]
Wrestling standout Collin Palmer headed to Ohio State … and Elyria grad Brett Daly staying there
Collin Palmer will have a lot on his plate during his senior wrestling season next year at St. Edward. He will be attempting to win his fourth Division I state championship and help his school win its 13th straight team championship. But one of the things he won’t have to worry about is the added [...]
Pair arrested for stealing donation jar
Money was for woman paralyzed in park attack Shaffer Edwards ELYRIA — A Lorain man and woman were arrested Wednesday on charges they stole a donation can set up in an Elyria gas station to raise money for a woman partially paralyzed after being attacked while hiking in Carlisle Reservation last month. Marvin Edwards, 41, [...]
Ford plant may be reconfigured for Econoline’s replacement
Ford Motor Co. plant managers and union leaders will meet Friday in Detroit to discuss rising fuel costs and the potential effect of shifting plant priorities to building more fuel-efficient vehicles. Ford spokeswoman Anne Marie Gattari said the meeting will address the automaker’s declining sales volume amid higher prices at the pump. “We asked the [...]
Bullets fly in South Lorain shoot-out; three hit
LORAIN — Three men were hospitalized with gunshot wounds about 9 p.m. Wednesday after a shoot-out in front of two East 29th Street homes, Lorain police Sgt. Robert Brown said. The names of the victims weren’t made public. One of the men was shot once in the right leg and another was shot twice in [...]
Lorain official: Snooze, not booze reason for charge
LORAIN — When city Service Director Robert Gilchrist was hired, he had a pending drunken driving charge. Last month, Gilchrist pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of reckless operation. He was found guilty and received a suspended jail sentence. Gilchrist said he wasn’t drinking when his 1995 Mercedes went off the road and struck [...]
Gas USA coaxes back customers with cheaper gas
ELYRIA — Cars were lined up Wednesday afternoon at Gas USA on Middle Avenue, where a price of $3.69 per gallon of unleaded was drawing customers back after a gas leak scare in late May. Other local gas stations were advertising prices anywhere from $3.79 to $3.99 per gallon at the same time. “We’ll keep [...]
They need blood so badly they’re giving away gas
Gas prices are high and blood supplies are low, so two blood centers are hoping to coax donors to give by offering free gas. Every week, LifeShare Community Blood Services will be giving away $100 in gas at each donation site, and the American Red Cross will enter donors into a raffle in the fall [...]
Cash lands in neat pile after motorcycle wreck
ELYRIA — Police who witnessed a motorcycle crash early Wednesday on East Bridge Street said they were surprised when the bike’s driver disappeared behind a bush, then disavowed $2,052 in cash found behind the bush. According to an Elyria police report, the biker had scrapes and bruises but wasn’t badly injured when he disappeared behind [...]
Motorcyclist’s mishap results in broken leg
LAGRANGE TWP. — A man’s leg was broken early Wednesday when his motorcycle crashed into a trash can on Biggs Road, the Ohio Highway Patrol said. Samuel Spector, 21, of Grafton, was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, and a nursing supervisor there said he was released later in the day. He was charged [...]
Patrons don’t take kindly to gun threat
SOUTH AMHERST — Bar patrons dragged a drunken man out of the Far West Inn about 7 p.m. Saturday after he allegedly yelled that he had a gun and planned to shoot everyone, a sheriff’s report said. Barry Maxwell, 47, of Amherst, was charged with inducing panic and was taken to the county jail after [...]
Blotter: June 12, 2008
Elyria police Tuesday, June 10 9:22 a.m. – Holiday Inn, Lorain Boulevard, someone broke into a car and poured lighter fluid inside. 2:30 p.m. – West Avenue and Sixth Street, Eric Quinn, 30, Elyria, warrant. He was also charged with possession of marijuana. 2:45 p.m. – 1000 block Garden St., a woman said a man [...]
Strickland endorses state treasurer for attorney general
COLUMBUS — Gov. Ted Strickland on Wednesday endorsed state Treasurer Richard Cordray to be the Democrats’ choice for attorney general in the party’s bid to retain the scandal-marred office. Strickland said Cordray is fair, kind and a tenacious problem-solver who will restore integrity to the highest legal position in the state. “Rich Cordray knows the [...]
United Way to give out $1.6M
LORAIN — The United Way will distribute $1.6 million to 51 health and human service programs in Lorain County, the organization’s board of directors announced Wednesday. All of the beneficiaries are nonprofit groups and help strengthen families, nurture children and care for basic needs. Only agencies that have the potential to make a long-lasting impact [...]
First of three headed to court over interstate sex jaunt
VERMILION — One of three adult men accused of traveling from New York to Ohio to have sex with adolescent girls will stand before a judge today. Edinger Lass Wightman But his two companions will stay in the county jail until pretrial hearings next Tuesday, court records show. James Lass, 21, of Brattsburg, N.Y., is [...]
Mother, son open truck driving school in Columbia Township
CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE Doris Young, founder and president of Great Lakes Truck Driving School, poses behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer. COLUMBIA TWP. — If you got it, a truck brought it. That’s a saying that Doris Young and her son, Roger Rollins, like to use when talking about their latest business venture — [...]
DNA match links man to decade of rapes
Read more details on the charges against Humrichouser here and here. WOOSTER — A prison inmate charged with sexual attacks on elderly women during an 11-year span pleaded not guilty Wednesday to rape, attempted rape and several other charges. Jeffrey Humrichouser, 49, of Wooster, appeared in Wayne County Common Pleas Court before Judge Robert Brown. [...]