Medina Township police seek person after restaurant incident
Police said Thursday they are still searching for an individual after an incident Wednesday at restaurants on Medina Road near Interstate 71. Medina Township Police Chief Dave Arbogast told The Gazette...
View ArticleTeens charged with felony vandalism of golf course
Two 18-year-olds from Montville Township have each been charged with one count of felony vandalism. PHOTO PROVIDEDVandalism to the 15th green on the golf course at the Fox Meadow Country Club is set...
View ArticleStrongsville man who fled from ambulance on I-71 apprehended
A Strongsville resident who was said to have jumped out of a moving ambulance on Interstate 71 late Monday night was reported safe by his girlfriend Tuesday, leading to his apprehension. Quentin...
View ArticlePatient bails from ambulance on I-71, isn’t found
The Ohio Highway Patrol and Medina County Sheriff’s Office spent Monday night and early Tuesday morning searching for a man who jumped out of a moving ambulance on Interstate 71. Quentin Crossan As of...
View ArticleFormer sportscaster Chuck Galeti charged with OVI again
Former television and radio sports broadcaster Chuck Galeti, who has faced drunken driving charges in the past, was picked up this month in Litchfield Township after the Medina County Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleAfter Dallas, Baton Rouge shootings, police officers double up on patrols
DENVER — Police departments across the country are ordering officers to pair up after ambush attacks left eight officers dead in Texas and Louisiana, a precaution that could slow response times to...
View ArticleDespite setbacks, Baltimore authorities pressing on with Freddie Gray case
BALTIMORE — A Baltimore judge dealt the state yet another blow in the protracted and unsuccessful prosecution of six police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, a young black man who was...
View ArticleToddler killed in vehicle-pedestrian accident in Brunswick
BOB FINNAN / GAZETTEFriends and family sit by a vigil at Oxford Heights condiminiums in Brunswick after the death of a 17-month-old boy on Saturday after a car accident. Bob Vargo said the picture of...
View ArticleWoman dies in car crash
A 39-year-old Chippewa Lake woman died early Saturday morning in a one-car crash in Guilford Township. The Ohio State Highway Patrol reported in a news release that Valerie H. Hinderman was a...
View ArticlePhoenix serial killer leaves trail of grief, fear
PHOENIX — In a blue-collar Phoenix neighborhood known for gang and drug violence, Margarito Castro’s 19-year-old son Manny was learning to be a welder just like his father. Father and son carpooled...
View ArticleExperts: Use of robot to kill Dallas shooting suspect opens door for others
CHICAGO — Police in Dallas were the first in the nation to use a robot to deliver and detonate a bomb to kill a suspect, but other law enforcement agencies are willing and able to follow suit,...
View Article2-hour manhunt ends in arrest
Marc Morley A 47-year-old man with a theft conviction and involvement in five criminal cases dating to 1996 was taken into custody after an almost two-hour manhunt Wednesday afternoon in Medina...
View ArticleNational unrest prompts Medina police to ride in pairs
Until there is calm nationwide, the Medina Police Department is not taking any chances with officer safety. Police Chief Pat Berarducci announced at Monday night’s Medina City Council that until...
View ArticleNot-guilty pleas in Wadsworth hostage situation
A Wadsworth man accused of creating a brief hostage situation at his home last month has pleaded not guilty to seven felony counts. Larry Noble Larry Noble, 32, pleaded not guilty Monday in Medina...
View ArticleWadsworth woman killed, three injured in Ottawa County car crash
A Medina County Career Center teacher died and two others were injured in a Monday afternoon crash in Ottawa County, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol. Jetta Fete, 64, of Wadsworth, died of her...
View Article8 Wadsworth officers want to be new canine handler
After a five-year absence, the Wadsworth Police Department is getting ready to add a K-9 officer to the force again. Eight officers have shown interest in becoming handlers for the dog, a German...
View ArticleWoods gets 23 years to life for killing mother of his children
BOB FINNAN / GAZETTE Debbie Young, mother of the late Emily A. Young, holds up a photo of her three daughters in Wayne County Common Pleas Court Friday during the sentencing of admitted murderer...
View ArticleUPDATED: Warfel receives three-year prison sentence
Eric Warfel was sentenced to three years in prison Friday for leaving the body of his 20-month-old child in his apartment more than a month after her death. The 34-year-old Medina resident said concern...
View ArticleBREAKING: Warfel receives three-year prison sentence
A Medina County judge ordered a 3 year prison sentence for Eric Warfel — a 34-year-old Medina man convicted of leaving the body of his 20-month-old daughter in her crib for more than a month after her...
View ArticleBody found in Brunswick park identified, police suspect suicide
Brunswick police officers expect to close the investigation of a Litchfield Township man found dead of a suspected suicide in a Brunswick park. Russell Frank, 25, was found dead in a soccer field at...
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