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Woman testifies she saw accused rapist sexually abusing her friend
Accused rapist and convicted sex offender Patrick Shank, center, listens as Medina County Common Pleas Judge James Kimbler rules to allow testimony from Shank’s previous trial in this week’s trial. His...
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Police throughout Medina County equipped with military gear
This refurbished military humvee serves as a public relations vehicle for the city of Brunswick. The city recieved four humvees in 2011 as part of a federal military surplus program. (LOREN GENSON /...
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Family, friends defend man against rape accusations at trial
Patrick Shank The wife and two children of a former Montville Township man accused of raping the family’s babysitter testified in his defense Wednesday. Patrick Shank, 47, is charged with 12 counts of...
View ArticleThis week’s Medina County police log (updated three times weekly)
Note: This page is updated every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Lodi police Tuesday, Aug. 12 6:21 p.m. — 600 block Wooster St., police responded to Discount Drug Mart, where store security had...
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Former Superintendent Randy Stepp sues Medina Schools ex-board members
Randy Stepp Former Medina Schools Superintendent Randy Stepp filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the district and former school board members, accusing them of breach of contract, defamation and invasion...
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Charges dropped against Bronson Street ‘nuisance’ homeowner
David Reed, 53, recounts the events that led up to his arrest Aug. 8 on a charge of permitting drug abuse at his Bronson Street home. Curtis Debose, 34, also was arrested that day on a charge of...
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Judge to decide case of man accused of raping teen more than 100 times
Defense attorney Elizabeth Kelley delivers her closing arguments Thursday. Also pictured, from left, are Medina County Assistant Prosecutor Scott Salisbury, Montville police Detective Angela Vivo,...
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Montville Twp. man guilty of repeatedly raping teenage babysitter
Patrick Shank MEDINA — A judge found a former Montville Township man guilty Monday morning of raping the family babysitter more than 100 times from 2003 to 2005. Patrick Shank, 47, was charged with 12...
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Trial begins in case of Union Square apartment shooting
Gregory Prince Jury selection began Monday afternoon in the trial of a 22-year-old Cleveland Heights man accused of shooting a man at Medina’s Union Square apartments in April. Gregory Prince is...
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Federal charges filed for ‘controlled buy’ at Bronson ‘nuisance’ house
Curtis Debose A Cleveland man accused of selling heroin to a police informant earlier this month has been indicted in federal court. Police say Curtis Debose, 34, sold about 0.3 grams of heroin on Aug....
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Defendant changes plea in Union Square shooting after day of testimony
Defense attorney Stephen Hanudel sits with his client Gregory Prince on Tuesday in Medina County Common Pleas Court. (NICK GLUNT / GAZETTE) The trial of a Cleveland Heights man accused of shooting a...
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Brunswick man charged with killing his mother could face death penalty
James Tench A 28-year-old Brunswick man could face the death penalty on charges he killed his mother last November. A Medina County grand jury has indicted James Tench on charges of aggravated murder,...
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Accused Union Square gunman also facing charges in Cuyahoga County
Gregory Prince A Cleveland Heights man who pleaded no contest Tuesday to trying to kill a man at Medina’s Union Square apartments also faces charges in Cuyahoga County. Gregory Prince, 22, who’s...
View ArticleSharon Township woman arrested in meth investigation
A 47-year-old Sharon Township woman is accused of trying to buy an illegal amount of pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in the manufacture of methamphetamine. Sandra Nash was arrested Wednesday on an...
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Ex-player sues Medina Schools
Chase Johanson Katie Anderson and David Knox | The Gazette A 2013 graduate of Medina High School is suing the school district and three staff members charging he unfairly was dropped by the basketball...
View ArticleAttorney named in capital murder case
A Brunswick man facing capital murder charges has been appointed the same defense attorney who represented Steven Cepec in his capital murder trial. James Tench, 28, faces charges of aggravated murder,...
View ArticleTraffic stop of investigator is deemed reasonable
A visiting judge Thursday ruled police had probable cause to pull over and arrest a Medina County Prosecutor’s Office criminal investigator on drunken-driving charges. Fred Wolk, 59, of Medina, faces a...
View ArticlePut-in-Bay’s police under investigation for unlawful arrests
PUT-IN-BAY — Allegations of unlawful arrests and heavy-handed tactics against police in the Lake Erie island resort town of Put-in-Bay are being investigated by a county sheriff and a state agency....
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Woman’s family petitions judge for leniency in teen’s heroin death
Iraq war veteran Heather Graham was found guilty in August of felony charges that she provided the heroin used in a teenager’s fatal accidental overdose last year. (PHOTO PROVIDED) More than a thousand...
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Brunswick Hills Police: Suspect flees traffic stop, warrant issued
Chaise Range Brunswick Hills Police have issued a photo of a Cleveland man wanted on a warrant charging him with theft, burglary, improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle and obstructing...
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