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Two emaciated dogs rescued from Guilford Township home
This 7-year-old pitbull was one of two dogs rescued from a Greenwich Road home in Guilford Township last week. The owners of the dogs, Burdett and Augusta Crandall, have been charged in Wadsworth...
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Fugitive of Medina County courts caught in South Dakota
Randolph Valure A fugitive rapist wanted for jumping bail and multiple counts of burglary and drug manufacturing was captured Wednesday in South Dakota. Randolph Valure, 45, of Guilford Township, was...
View ArticleGloria Glens Park Village Council president guilty of drunken driving
Patrick M. Kennedy, president of the Gloria Glens Park Village Council, has been convicted of his third drunken driving charge. Kennedy, 45, of Demi Dune Drive, was found guilty of operating a vehicle...
View ArticleSobriety checkpoint tonight on Pearl Road
MEDINA TWP.— The Medina County OVI Task Force along with the Ohio State Highway Patrol will conduct a sobriety checkpoint tonight, starting at 7 p.m., in the 3500 block of Pearl Road (U.S. Route 42),...
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Accused meth maker’s trial delay violates rights, attorney says
William Kimble An attorney for an accused methamphetamine manufacturer says his client’s felony charges should be dismissed because his right to a speedy trial was violated. In his common pleas court...
View ArticleMedina school district seeks dismissal of lawsuit over teen’s suicide
Medina Schools has asked a judge to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the district last year by the father of Deven Baab, a 14-year-old student who killed himself in November 2012. Richard...
View ArticleMedina mother of two dies of heroin OD
Medina police say officers were able to revive a heroin overdose victim last week, but were too late to save another victim, a 35-year-old mother of two, who died Thursday. Officers were not able to...
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Thousands of dollars worth of guns stolen from Medina store
Medina City Finance Director Keith Dirham and his father, Dick Dirham, the owner of the building that houses DC Guns, 218 North Court St., board up the front window Friday afternoon. Police say the...
View ArticleConvictions upheld in $200M scheme
Staff and wire reports A U.S. appeals court in Chicago on Thursday upheld 10 convictions against an Indianapolis financier found guilty of bilking thousands of Northeast Ohioans, including more than...
View ArticleJudge to decide whether meth case has taken too long
Medina County Common Pleas Judge Christopher Collier said he will rule next week on whether to dismiss felony charges against an accused methamphetamine manufacturer. The attorney for defendant William...
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More than 80 police candidates test their mettle in Medina
Applicants vying to become Medina police officers participate in the physical fitness portion of the civil service hiring process Saturday. Four groups of about 20 people went through the test that...
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Two Medina men arrested in gun theft case, teen found with stolen gun
Andrew Davis and Loren Genson | The Gazette Mason Farnsworth Brandon Flemming Two Medina men have been arrested in connection with the theft of 18 handguns from a Medina gun shop after Brunswick and...
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Sheriff to commissioners: Radio communications towers need update soon
Dispatcher Shelia Reynolds takes calls at the dispatch center of the Medina County Sheriff’s Office in Medina on Monday afternoon. (KATIE ANDERSON / GAZETTE) Medina County Sheriff Tom Miller said time...
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Attorney: Accused child abuser too ill for trial delayed for six years
Kenneth Alex Grad A judge has ordered testimony from a doctor who says a former Montville Township man is too ill to stand trial on felony charges of breaking two dozen of his infant son’s bones....
View ArticleThree arrested during heightened OVI checkpoints, patrols
Three sobriety checkpoints were conducted in Medina County last month as part of the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over yearly campaign. Brunswick police Lt. Brian Ohlin, who heads the Medina...
View ArticleThis week’s Medina County police log (updated three times weekly)
Note: This page is updated every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Medina police Wednesday, September 3 1:08 p.m. — 200 block of East Reagan Parkway, police reported to an argument between and boyfriend...
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Accused child abuser jailed after trial delayed more than 20 times
Attorney Dennis DiMartino, right, sits alone at the defendant table in Medina County Common Pleas Court after his client, Kenneth Alex Grad, failed to show up for a jury trial Tuesday morning. Also...
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Gun store owner: Security system wasn’t working when thieves broke in
Brandon Flemming Mason Farnsworth Two Medina men suspected of being involved in the theft of thousands of dollars worth of handguns from a Medina gun shop remained in jail Tuesday with bond set at...
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Auditor decries pornography revelation on county laptop as politics
Katie Anderson, Loren Genson and Nick Glunt | The Gazette Mike Kovack A computer disc containing files from Medina County Auditor Michael Kovack’s county-owned computer, which was handed over to...
View ArticleWestfield Twp. couple’s retail property dreams on hold pending appeal
A court-ordered hearing before the Westfield Township Board of Zoning Appeals over a controversial zoning variance has been put on hold pending an appeal. Linda and Timothy Kratzer have been seeking a...
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