Report: Lorain woman mugged in her own garage

LORAIN - A Lorain woman was mugged inside her garage Friday, according to a police report.

The 28-year-old woman had just finished shopping at Apples around 5:30 p.m. and pulled into her detached garage in the 1200 block of West 37th Street.

When she got out of her vehicle with her purse and a work bag, a man approached her, said “I’ll take that” and grabbed her purse and work bag, the report said.

He ran to a silver SUV parked nearby and fled the area.

The woman’s purse contained credit cards, her driver’s license and $1,000 cash. Her workbag had two sets of headphones for her job.

Police: Drunken driver fled traffic stop

LORAIN - An Elyria man is facing multiple charges for fleeing a traffic stop Friday night and lying to police, according to a Lorain police report.

Freddie Stafford, 33, was charged with operating a vehicle while impaired, refusal to provide a breath sample, reckless operation, driving under suspension, failure to comply, marked lanes, failure to signal a turn, failure to provide identifying information, resisting arrest and three counts of obstructing official business.

Police noticed the red 1996 Honda because the driver nearly hit a cruiser at the intersection of East 32nd Street and Elyria Avenue as it made a turn onto Elyria Avenue wide enough to enter the opposite lanes of traffic, the report said.

The driver ignored police lights and turned down East 30th Street before pulling into an alley off East 30th Street, the report said.

The vehicle’s occupants fled on foot and the driver, Stafford, was finally stopped when police Tasered him in the back. He struggled as he was handcuffed and struggled again before an officer secured him in a cruiser, the report said.

Stafford gave police a fake name - that of his passenger - and repeatedly lied about his name, residence and Social Security number before being arrested.

A check revealed six open suspensions on Stafford’s license, the report said.

Krislov appointed to humanities council

OBERLIN - The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced the appointment of Oberlin College President Marvin Krislov to the National Council on the Humanities.

Krislov was sworn in and began his official duties Thursday along with Rolena Adorno, the Reuben Post Halleck professor of Spanish at Yale University. The council is the NEH’s 26-member advisory body.

Krislov and Adorno were nominated by President Barack Obama in July and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Nov. 5.

Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports learning in history, literature, philosophy and other areas of the humanities. It meets four times a year to review grant applications and to advise the NEH chairman. The terms of both Krislov and Adorno will expire on Jan. 26, 2014.

Krislov became Oberlin College’s 14th president in July last year. Prior to his arrival at Oberlin, he served nine years as vice president and general counsel at the University of Michigan and as a member of the president’s cabinet.

For information about National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs, visit www.neh.gov.

Scholarships for 1st-year CSU students

CLEVELAND - No matter what your economic situation, your child may be eligible for a $3,000 scholarship from Cleveland State University.

The Freshman Scholars Program will be awarded to new full-time freshmen who enter in fall 2010 with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA and an ACT score of 23 or a combined 1060 SAT total score.

Feb. 1, 2010, is the last day to apply for the Freshman Scholars Program. Incoming freshmen can apply at www.engagecsu.com.

The $3,000 scholarship is renewable by maintaining a 3.0 cumulative GPA for full-time students.  Accordingly, a four-year scholarship can be worth as much as $12,000. With CSU tuition at about $8,000 per year, the Freshman Scholars Program reduces annual tuition by 36 percent.

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