Archive for June, 2010
Mayor Grace’s one-time campaign manager says he’d back Siwierka
ELYRIA — Mayor Bill Grace is gearing up for a tough election season as he fights to get an income tax increase passed in November. Meanwhile, Councilwoman Mary Siwierka, D-at large, is thinking of challenging Grace next year because of what she deems the ill-conceived plan of the tax increase, which will give the Police [...]
Vermilion man charged with threatening judge
ELYRIA — A Vermilion man has been charged with threatening Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Mark Betleski. Richard Sagert, 45, was being held in the county jail on charges of aggravated menacing and making a terroristic threat, according to Elyria Municipal Court records. Sagert was arrested earlier this week after sending a letter to Betleski [...]
Lorain man gets life for raping 10-year-old girl
ELYRIA — A Lorain man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for raping a 10-year-old girl. Under a plea deal with prosecutors, Rafael Rios, 47, will be eligible for parole after serving 15 years in prison, said his attorney, Kenneth Ortner. “This just seemed like the best thing to avoid putting any kids on [...]
Boss: Worker on ground when trench gave way
AVON — The general manager of a local Roto-Rooter office said Wednesday that an accident that buried a workman for about 30 minutes Tuesday afternoon did not occur while the man was working in a 9- to 10-foot-deep trench. “My understanding of what happened at the scene is that the man was not in the [...]
Police log for June 10, 2010
Elyria police Sunday, June 6 7:34 p.m. – Cascade Park, Russell Lockett, 27, of Wellington, William Marrero, 25, of Cleveland, and Michael Lyons, 24, of Cleveland, charged with felonious assault. 8:13 p.m. – 800 block Garden St., cell phone stolen from work locker. 11 p.m. – 200 block Marseilles Ave., 17-year-old male charged with underage [...]
Tribe notes: St. Ed’s Alex Lavisky takes in a game
The Indians’ eighth-round selection from this week’s First-Year Player Draft, catcher Alex Lavisky of St. Edward High School, was in attendance Wednesday and met with the media prior to the game. Lavisky, who helped the Eagles to a Division I state title, grew up on the West side of Cleveland. “It was exciting,” said Lavisky [...]
Rascals 8, Crushers 6: Crushers come up short on the road
O’FALLON, Mo. — Despite four home runs by Lake Erie batters, the Crushers came up short in an 8-6 loss to the River City Rascals on Wednesday. Lee Huggins hit a two-run homer over the left-center fence to give Lake Erie the early lead. Arden McWilliams went deep in the fifth to tie the score [...]
Rural safety system wins grant
WELLINGTON — An information system using computerized maps and charts should reduce the time it takes Wellington firefighters and other emergency personnel to get to fires, accidents and other emergencies. Known as the GIS Cooperative for Small Communities and Utilities, the five-county project was one of four awarded a total of $330,000 in grants Wednesday [...]
Vote until Saturday for new Ohio statue at U.S. Capitol
Ohioans have until Saturday to vote for a new statue that will represent their state in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall. That’s when voting ends at the Statehouse in Columbus and at 35 other sites affiliated with the Ohio Historical Society, the Cincinnati Museum Center and the Cleveland-based Western Reserve Historical Society. Results will be [...]
Indians notes: Strasburg coming to town
CLEVELAND – For one of the few times this season, Progressive Field will be the place to be Sunday. The Washington Nationals have confirmed that phenom pitcher Stephen Strasburg, whose spectacular major league debut Tuesday held the attention of the sports world, will start against the Indians in the finale of a three-game series. He [...]
Indians 11, Red Sox 0: Masterson pitches Tribe to win
CLEVELAND – For much of the season, Justin Masterson appeared to be destined to return to the bullpen. Not anymore. Masterson has pitched well out of the rotation over his last three outings, the crown jewel arriving Wednesday night, as the right-hander offered up what was easily the best start of his career to help [...]
Masterson pitches Tribe past Red Sox
Justin Masterson pitched a complete-game shutout while allowing just two hits Wednesday in an 11-0 drubbing of the Red Sox at Progressive Field. It was the second complete game of Masterson’s career. Cleveland bnroke the game open with an eight-run eighth inning.
Highway Patrol: 5 dead in crash on I-70
ZANESVILLE — The Ohio State Highway Patrol says a car crossed the median of an interstate in central Ohio, colliding head-on with a minivan and killing five people. The patrol says another person is in serious condition following the crash at about 1 p.m. Wednesday on eastbound I-70 in Muskingum County. The patrol says its [...]
Couple steals dog from Friendship APL
ELYRIA — A young couple stole a dog from the Friendship Animal Protective League in Elyria over the weekend, according to Executive Director Gregory Willey. Willey said the white male and female took Argos, a male boxer mix who is about 5 years old, for a walk on APL property a little before noon on [...]
Police: Bulgarian linked to ‘skim’ had 46 $20 bills
ELYRIA — A Bulgarian national suspected of attaching a card-reading device to a North Ridgeville ATM last month had $920 in $20 bills concealed in a pair of gloves that police found during a search of his car, according to an unsealed search warrant. Mihail Vasilev also had made more than one transfer of slightly [...]
Woman jailed after calling 911 5 times looking for a husband
ALLIANCE — An Ohio woman spent three days in jail for calling the 911 emergency line five times seeking a husband. The dispatcher, familiar with odd calls, was flabbergasted and asked Audrey Scott of Alliance, “You need to get a husband?” The 57-year-old Scott responded, “Yes.” Scott was warned that she could face arrest for [...]
Police: Juveniles riding recklessly had stolen dirt bike
ELYRIA — Police officers responding to a call of two juveniles riding a dirt bike recklessly yesterday afternoon eventually determined the bike had been stolen from nearby home while residents of the home were attending a funeral. A 14-year-old Elyria boy is facing charges of receiving stolen property, according to a police report. Police located [...]
Car was stolen at gunpoint after man gave acquaintance ride home from bar
ELYRIA — Police responded to Infirmary Road overnight after a man reported he was robbed of his car at gunpoint. According to a police report, the 54-year-old Mississippi man said he was drinking at Ely Inn when a white man he knew only as “KJ” asked him to give him a ride to an unknown [...]
Police: Red Roof Inn clerk robbed at gunpoint, roughed up
ELYRIA — Police were called to Red Roof Inn in Elyria overnight after the front-desk clerk was robbed at gunpoint and roughed up by two assailants, according to a police report. Police responded to a holdup alarm about 1:45 a.m., the report said. Police are looking for two individuals described as black males, each about [...]
Lorain woman finds car spray-painted red and green
LORAIN — A Lorain woman reported she found her car had been spray-painted red and green after she left it parked on the street overnight. The 52-year-old woman, who said her white Chevrolet Geo Metro was parked in the 200 block of Euclid Avenue overnight Monday, called police a little before 4 p.m. yesterday, the [...]
Lorain home ransacked while elderly homeowner is hospitalized
LORAIN — Lorain police are on the lookout for a Hispanic male in his mid-20s who may have robbed a Riverview Lane home yesterday while the homeowner was in the hospital. Police were called to the home, off of Homewood Drive in South Lorain, yesterday about 5 p.m. The homeowner’s stepson, an Elyria man, said [...]
Reports: Fight, search follow rollover crash overnight
CARLISLE TWP. — Rescue squads responded to a rollover accident on Middle Avenue by the railroad tracks in Carlisle Township overnight that left a vehicle heavily damaged, according to first responders. The one-car accident happened about 12:15 a.m. According to the State Highway Patrol, a report is not complete, and the trooper who handled the [...]
Children Services levy on November ballot
ELYRIA — Lorain County Commissioners today approved a replacement levy for the November ballot that will bring in additional funds for Lorain County Children Services. Barbara Kilgore, who is chairing the levy campaign committee, said the 1.5 mill replacement will bring in an additional $37,000 annually and will cost the owner of a $100,000 home [...]
Lawmakers pan speeding ticket ruling, working on bill to require radar
COLUMBUS — Two leading state lawmakers want to overturn a ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court that says police officers can write speeding tickets just by looking at a vehicle and estimating how fast it is going. State Rep. Robert Hagan, a Democrat from Youngstown, and state Sen. Tim Grendell, a Republican from suburban Cleveland, [...]
Obituaries for June 9, 2010
Frank Adam Corn Lillie P. Hardnett Mary Cathryn Latto Page Robert Paul Ellis Caroline Lucas Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/