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Cops & Courts

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Medina County rape suspect Samuel Legg also indicted in Youngstown for murder (UPDATED)

Published on Feb. 14, 2019

Legg, who was extradited from Arizona, made his initial court appearance in Medina today, where he was arraigned on two counts of rape. →

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DNA testing links Arizona man to 1997 Medina County cold case

Published on Feb. 13, 2019 | Updated 7:06 p. m.

MEDINA — A cold case from 1997 involving a 17-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by a truck driver in Medina County has been reopened due to technological advances in DNA testing, authorities said Wednesday at a press conference. →

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Charges sought after teen shot with BB gun near Brunswick Library

Published on Feb. 12, 2019 | Updated 11:26 p. m.

BRUNSWICK –– A teenage girl was shot in the leg with a BB gun Monday afternoon near Brunswick Library and a 16-year-old boy is facing charges. Officers responded to Brunswick Library at 4:59 p.m. for a report of a female juvenile who →

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Driver suspected in crash that caused Vermilion house explosion has civil court history

Published on Feb. 1, 2019

VERMILION — The man police say was the driver of the vehicle that struck a Vermilion home that resulted in an explosion that destroyed the Darrow Road home has been in court several times for various cases, though not for criminal charges. →

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Cleveland police: Body of man shot found on foot bridge over I-77

Published on Jan. 28, 2019

CLEVELAND — Police say a man has been fatally shot in the head and they are investigating the shooting as a suspected homicide. Cleveland police say the 33-year-old man's body was found on a foot bridge over Interstate 77 on the city's east →

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Wadsworth woman abandons ailing dog at Walmart

Published on Jan. 24, 2019 | Updated 12:26 a. m.

WADSWORTH— A local woman is scheduled to appear for sentencing Wednesday in Wadsworth Municipal Court next week after abandoning her elderly dog at Walmart last November. Rita L. Swartz, 52, 100 block Terraceview Ave., pleaded guilty last →

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Semi crash closes Interstate 76 in Guilford Township

Published on Jan. 16, 2019

A semi crash led to the closure of Interstate 76 in Guilford Township on Tuesday evening. According to a news release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Denis Pislari of Wheeling, Illinois, was driving a semi with a flatbed trailer hauling 70-foot →

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Suspect sought in Spencer bank scam

Published on Jan. 10, 2019 | Updated 1:56 a. m.

SPENCER — The Medina County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information regarding the theft of an unknown sum of money from Farmers Savings Bank, 111 W. Main St., Spencer, according to a social media post from the agency. According to →

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Boy Scouts affiliate is indicted on porn charges

Published on Jan. 4, 2019

CLEVELAND — A former Boy Scouts of America affiliate who had worked with Scouts at the Firelands Scout Reservation in Wakeman was indicted on federal child pornography charges Thursday. Thomas Close, 39, of Shelby in Richland County, was →

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Teen prosecutors called 'serial killer in training' gets life without parole in killing of 98-year-old Wadsworth woman (UPDATED)

Published on Jan. 3, 2019

“He wanted to kill somebody just to see how it felt,” Medina County Prosecutor S. Forrest Thompson said. “He showed no remorse to anyone. He wasn’t repulsed. He was excited. →

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1. Brutal murder of widow shocks community

Published on Dec. 31, 2018

The April 9 discovery of Margaret Douglas’ body inside a closet in her Wadsworth home left a community in need of answers. The 98-year-old widow was strangled to death and then hidden in the closet, covered with various items and clothing. It →

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5. No jail time for Lodi father in child's death

Published on Dec. 31, 2018

A Lodi man responsible for the death of his 6-month-old daughter, who was left in a hot car in July, was able to avoid possible jail time with a sentence that shocked many. Christopher Stewart, 22, was sentenced to two years of probation in October →

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7. Fatal stabbing focus of first trial of 2019

Published on Dec. 31, 2018

An upcoming trial will offer clues into a crime that took place in March in Brunswick. A 34-year-old Brunswick man, Bawi Thang, fatally stabbed his roommate, Tial Ceu. Why the two roommates had a fight that turned fatal is still unclear. Thang is →

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2 Medina County businesses robbed at gunpoint

Published on Dec. 30, 2018 | Updated 7:01 p. m.

Police have not yet determined if the robberies at Discount Drug Mart in Brunswick Hills Township and Bob Evans in Medina Township are related. →

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Medina County rape suspect Samuel Legg also indicted in Youngstown for murder (UPDATED)

DNA testing links Arizona man to 1997 Medina County cold case

Charges sought after teen shot with BB gun near Brunswick Library

Driver suspected in crash that caused Vermilion house explosion has civil court history

Cleveland police: Body of man shot found on foot bridge over I-77

Wadsworth woman abandons ailing dog at Walmart

Semi crash closes Interstate 76 in Guilford Township

Suspect sought in Spencer bank scam

Boy Scouts affiliate is indicted on porn charges

Teen prosecutors called 'serial killer in training' gets life without parole in killing of 98-year-old Wadsworth woman (UPDATED)

1. Brutal murder of widow shocks community

5. No jail time for Lodi father in child's death

7. Fatal stabbing focus of first trial of 2019

2 Medina County businesses robbed at gunpoint

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