Lorain/Elyria, OH
Jonathan Rosenbaum is shot
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AMHERST TWP. — Former Chief Assistant County Prosecutor Jonathan Rosenbaum was in critical condition Saturday night after being shot in the back while skeet shooting at a local gun club.
The incident happened about noon Saturday at the Sportsmen Gun & Reel Club on Middle Ridge Road, where Rosenbaum, 54, was skeet shooting with his two sons.
He was taken to Amherst Hospital and was later flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, where he was listed in critical condition late Saturday, according to a nursing supervisor.
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Lorain County Sheriff’s Capt. Rich Resendez refused to release many details about the case, other than to confirm that it was Rosenbaum who was shot and that deputies aren’t looking for a suspect.
He said deputies plan to interview Rosenbaum today about what happened.
But others in the law enforcement community — many of whom worked side-by-side with Rosenbaum when he was the lead prosecutor during county Prosecutor Greg White’s long tenure — said he was shot by one of his sons at close range with a 12-gauge shotgun.
Rosenbaum’s family declined to comment Saturday.
For years, Rosenbaum’s name was associated with the major criminal cases in Lorain County — he was the prosecutor who handled nearly all the politically difficult or headline-generating cases.
Rosenbaum unsuccessfully prosecuted former Lorain Police Chief John Malinovsky after accusing him of trying to curry special favors for his daughter.
He handled the controversial Head Start case, which resulted in two people being sent to prison, although questions have since been raised about how the investigation was conducted.
He also was farmed out for his expertise — being tapped as a special prosecutor in Youngstown, a position he served in for a year before being dropped from the job by a visiting judge after he refused to hand over evidence to defense attorneys as required by that county’s courts.
In 1987, Rosenbaum was named outstanding assistant prosecuting attorney for the state by the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association.
In 1990, he received special recognition from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for coordinating and prosecuting an interstate gun-running ring.
Over three years, 22 people were prosecuted, hundreds of guns were confiscated in New York, and drug dealers’ assets were forfeited in Lorain and Ottawa counties.
Rosenbaum worked for White from 1981 until he resigned from White’s staff in 2000. He is now in private practice and maintains an Elyria office.
Robert Rousseau, who earlier this year stepped down as head of the Lorain County Republican Party, said Rosenbaum was a great asset to the Republican White’s staff.
“He’s tenacious,’’ Rousseau said. “He was — for a long time — ‘the man’ over there (in the prosecutor’s office.)’’
Contact Jason Hawk at 329-7148 or jhawk@chroniclet.com.
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I also attend college, one that helps innocent people sitting in prison. I have reviewed Nancy Smith case. She was not found guilty twice. Her appeal was not looked at for jurisdiction reasons. You should spend more time studing to be a nurse(that is what you are going for correct)than putting opinions out there about stuff you really know nothing about. She is an innocent woman and will be set free.
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I see someone has used FIGHTING FOR MOM. I probably know you and have spoken with you, feel free to contact me at http://www.bronish4@yahoo.com Thank you
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Again,
why was Cantu pulled off the case when he had stated she was not guilty of those charges. He had stated that she showed no decption in her polygraph. It was stated as such.
He was again the officer that was on that case, then pulled off by the now “chief”. Maybe someone in the “know” has that answer and not an “opinion” to offer.
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I can tell you. http://www.bronish4@yahoo.com
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Well KSU student since you seem to know it all please tell me how she was convicted twice, LOL nice what was that you said “become better informed before you go shooting your mouths off in a public forum.” maybe you need to do your research and not shoot your mouth off on a public forum. How about this when you research the case, read her transcript, and her appeals than we can talk . Why don’t you go on up and read that post by
HalBlotnick that dear is all facts you can start with.
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This man is not very nice period. I have been falsely accused by him. He threatened a witness with prossecution to lie in an affidavit. When witness was questioned he admitted the strong arm bs J.R. pulled.
When we tried to go after J.R….he had his ‘friends’ blow us off. Probably afraid of his wrath. In my case he was privately hired.
Not very nice at all. And the question about him telling his son to shut up on the 911 call I can understand that. He is a father, and no matter what your son does, says or admits to, he is still your son.
I also believe that you can make yourself believe anything and that rage puts blinders on the angry…tunnel vision. Those of you using bad language and accusing tones toward others opinions need to cool down. Lest they end up in the same jackpot as other hotheads.
As for the case that most of this is about, I do not know anything about it besides what I read here. So I will not comment.
J.R. is not nice or ethical privately or publicly. You do not have to be that way to win trials.
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To Nancyskids, I’d like to apologize, I was misinformed. I took the time to read your webpage, well, i assume it is kept by you. It seems as though what you are saying could be true. I’m actually very interested to read more. I did read the court records that she was not granted her appeal. So, again, I apologize for being misinformed. My advice to you is keep trying, and IF she is innocent, then I pray to God that she gets some justice, because if she is innocent, she deserves it. Again, I apologize. And no, I am not studying to be a nurse….. thank God…..I don’t know that I could actually deal with people like that on a daily basis. To those of you who are mocking the education of the nurse who did write a comment, I hope you don’t ever need medical attention from the hospital she works at, assuming that she works in a hospital…What a lack of respect for a civil servant.
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Thank you KSUsytudent for taking time to read the site. It is actually updated and done by a lady named Lona Manning, she is a lady that happened to read about the case and reasearched it.. and has done a great job at helping us bring attention to my moms case. It really is not easy fighting a law system but our fight has been going on for 14 years now, and I know that we will get her cleared.
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