Crime

09:00 AM
Feb 07
2012

Elyria man weighs settlement in brutality suit against PIB police

Elyria businessman Bradley Ohlemacher is considering a settlement in a brutality lawsuit he filed last year against Put-in-Bay police, federal court records show.
08:00 AM
Feb 07
2012

Michigan woman injured in hayride crash sues driver, bar owner

A Michigan woman is seeking $100,000 in compensation from the driver of an ill-fated Oct. 22 hayride.
05:00 AM
Feb 07
2012

Sandusky man caught huffing air cans again

A Sandusky man was arrested Monday after police found him huffing air duster cans, his second such offense in recent weeks.
12:00 PM
Feb 04
2012

Sandusky County jail guard in pending suit for inmate's 2007 death

One of three Sandusky County jail guards awaiting discipline for exploiting a naked inmate on Jan. 10 is also a defendant in a pending wrongful death lawsuit.
08:30 AM
Feb 02
2012

Federal judge pushes for answers in Sandusky County shooting death

Federal Judge Jack Zouhary wants to understand why Sandusky County Sheriff’s deputies used a flash bang device when they entered the Jones family’s home to confront Bryan Jones.
08:00 AM
Feb 02
2012

Man gets four years in prison for sexually abusing girl, 13

A Huron County judge sentenced Greenwich resident Joshua Bierce to four years in prison for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl in 2010.
09:00 AM
Feb 01
2012

Deputies: Boy, 14, stabs man who tried to rape mom

A 14-year-old boy stabbed his mother’s boyfriend in the back three times Jan. 25, effectively putting an end to the Wakeman man’s violent sexual advances, according to Huron County deputies.
06:00 AM
Feb 01
2012

Los Angeles teacher charged with molesting 23 kids

Detectives say the elementary school teacher told the children it was a game. Once inside his third-grade classroom, he blindfolded them, gagged them and set cockroaches crawling on their faces.
08:30 AM
Jan 31
2012

Sandusky County jail guards sexually exploited naked woman

Three jailers sexually exploited a naked, schizophrenic inmate while she was locked for six hours in a jail cell flooded with urine and water, according to information in a police investigation.
05:00 AM
Jan 31
2012

Abandoned infant's parents remain jailed on $10K bond each

A Sandusky man and woman remain in jail on $10,000 bond each for leaving their 2-month-old infant home alone while they went out and panhandled, according to police.
08:30 AM
Jan 27
2012

Sandusky County Sheriff keeps iron grip on jail probe info

Thick. That's the adjective Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer used to describe an investigation into alleged wrongdoings by employees at his jail — an investigation that remains entirely under wraps.
05:00 AM
Jan 27
2012

Car break-ins plague Perkins

Perkins police are investigating a series of car break-ins Wednesday on Hoffman and Kevin drives.
08:30 AM
Jan 26
2012

Fremont police investigate Sandusky County jail workers

Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer remains tight-lipped about an investigation into possible "workplace violations" by employees at the county jail.
08:00 AM
Jan 26
2012

Hancock Street assault suspect arrested

Police arrested a drunken Sandusky man Tuesday after he punched out a window at a Hancock Street home and busted down the door to get at his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend, a police report said.
09:00 AM
Jan 25
2012

Internet cafe owner sues Fremont officials, Ohio AG for Jan. 7 raid

Players Club Internet Cafe owner Robert Dabish has filed a federal lawsuit against Fremont officials and the Ohio Attorney General, alleging they violated his constitutional rights when they raided his business earlier this month.
08:30 AM
Jan 24
2012

Police: 2-month-old girl abandoned while parents panhandled

A 2-month-old girl spent at least half a day alone in a Perry Street apartment before her jailed parents finally told corrections officers to check on her Jan. 14.
05:00 AM
Jan 24
2012

Attorney: Client lied, won't pay

An attorney for a man accused of attempted murder says she can’t represent him anymore because he won’t pay her and he lies to her.
03:25 PM
Jan 19
2012

Deputies seek leads in string of burglaries

Erie County Sheriff's deputies have two men in custody who they believe may be involved in burglaries around the area.  
05:00 AM
Jan 19
2012

Murder trial looms in cage fighter's death

A murder trial is scheduled to start in April for the man accused of killing a cage fighter on South Bass Island this past summer.
08:30 AM
Jan 18
2012

Crash report: Oct. 22 hayride driver was intoxicated

The man who was driving a tractor that pulled two trouble-bound wagons Oct. 22 was intoxicated when the rig crashed, according to an Ohio State Highway Patrol report.