Posted by Cameron Heron on April 3, 2012
A former FBI agent and Youngstown Municipal Court administrator will be in the Mahoning County jail on a $10,000 bond for reportedly beating her father.
Police arrested Sheila Lawson on Wednesday on Katherine Street on the city’s East Side. Officers were sent to the home when Lawson’s father called. He said his daughter was under stress about getting her job back, and she had yelled, screamed and hit him.
Lawson appeared before Judge Robert Milich of Youngstown Municipal Court on Friday morning for arraignment on the charges of domestic violence and intimidation of a witness. The
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Posted by Rose Giorza on April 3, 2012
He offered to transport her to a hospital emergency room to obtain pain pills and anxiety medication if she’d “be nice” and show him her breasts. He fondled her breasts and grabbed at her crotch and buttocks during the ride to the hospital and said if she gave him oral sex, he’d later take her to a pharmacy, according to court records. The allegations were part of a broader sexual abuse scandal connected to the Delaware County jail. Fifteen women alleged groping, sexual assault and rape. The allegations were part of a federal civil rights lawsuit that produced a $13.5 million settlement. Delaware County residents will vote Tuesday on whether to approve a 17-year, half-cent sales tax on Tuesday to pay the settlement. Read full article…
Posted by Archie Parsons on March 30, 2012
Police in Norfolk are investigating two shooting incidents that appear to be unrelated on Wednesday night.
A woman was shot around 7:30 p.m. in the 200 block of East Virginia Beach Boulevard, and a man was shot about 10 minutes later near the 3100 block of East Princess Anne Road. Police spokesman Chris Amos said the two incidents are unrelated.
Both gunshot victims were transported to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. There was no word on their conditions, and there was no immediate information on the circumstances of the shootings.
Anyone with information can call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
Posted by Cameron Heron on March 27, 2012
MOUNT VICTORY — A man has been charged with menacing after witnesses said he pulled out a gun and made a threat during a confrontation between a Ku Klux Klan group and a black man.
The suspect, a 22-year-old Hamilton man, is white.
The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office responded Saturday to a report that a KKK group was walking down a street in Mount Victory, about 50 miles northwest of Columbus. Some participants wore robes or jackets with KKK insignia.
Witnesses say the suspect pointed a pistol at the ground and told the black man “I will kill you.”
Sheriff Keith Everhart tells the Kenton Times the man was legally carrying the weapon. He was
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Posted by Archie Parsons on March 20, 2012
It was only four days until Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year for Alice Lynn Murphy, and her best friend was coming to town to share some more of the season with her.
The front door to Murphy’s apartment was open, so her friend Tammy O’Reilly walked in and called out, “Hi, I’m here!” When nobody answered, O’Reilly went back to her car to get her suitcase. Then she glanced quickly into Murphy’s bedroom, where something caught her attention.
“I saw her leg and stopped,” O’Reilly testified Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
O’Reilly touched her friend’s left arm and realized “something was terribly, terribly wrong.” She ran to a neighbor’s home and called 911.
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