2:01 PM Jan 16, 2013
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Michael Milner, provided photo

Two death penalty cases could cost Erie County $600K

Two capital murder trials scheduled for 2013 could cost local taxpayers up to $600,000.
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4:00 PM Jan 16, 2013
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Man tries to break into Perkins bar safe

Perkins police are searching for a man who tried to steal money from a safe Monday afternoon at a bar in the Sandusky Mall.
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1:25 PM Jan 15, 2013
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Provided photo, Chad Moretz

Ex-Perkins man suspected in murder killed by police during standoff

Georgia police shot and killed a former Perkins Township man who took his own wife hostage as officers attempted to investigate a missing person case.
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4:15 PM Jan 14, 2013
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Huron County indictments released

A Huron County grand jury handed down several indictments Friday. An indictment is a formal charge and does not denote guilty or innocence.
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5:00 AM Jan 12, 2013
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Sandusky officers slip, but they don't let suspect slide

Five Sandusky police officers and an alleged burglar slipped and fell on an icy driveway late Tuesday night during a foot-chase on E. Washington Street.
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12:18 PM Jan 10, 2013
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Hermes sentenced to 10 days for hayride crash

(UPDATED WITH VIDEO 7:30 p.m.) An Oxford Township man will serve 10 days in jail for drinking while driving a hayride that tipped over in October 2011.
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8:02 AM Jan 9, 2013
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Keys to plead insanity in Follett Street stabbing death

A man accused of killing his girlfriend by stabbing her 34 times in the neck may plead insanity in his case.
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6:01 AM Jan 9, 2013
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Jason Zwick enter Miami County Common Pleas Court , Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, in Troy, Ohio, where he entered a no contest plea to one count of child rape. Zwick was sentenced to the maximum 10 years to life and a $20,000 fine. (AP Photo/Dayton Daily News, Jim Witmer)

Ohio man pleads no contest to raping child

A western Ohio man pleaded no contest Tuesday to one count of child rape involving the adopted son of a man who had earlier admitted to raping three boys in his care.
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4:00 PM Jan 8, 2013
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Grand jury indicts suspect in Sandusky high-speed chase

A man who led police on a high-speed, early morning chase faces felony charges after an Erie County grand jury session last week.
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5:00 AM Jan 9, 2013
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Michael Milner, provided photo

Trial set for mother, boyfriend in Owen Barker murder case

A mother and her boyfriend accused of causing a 3-year-old boy’s death could face criminal trials in the next few months.
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