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Coroner's Office identifies body recovered from Maumee River
The Lucas County Coroner’s office has identified the body that was pulled from the Maumee River Tuesday, near the 2200 block of Front Street. While conducting training exercises in the river, the U.S. Coast Guard recovered the body of Dion Robinson, 29, of the 2400 block of Berdan Avenue. He drowned and his death has been ruled a suicide, the coroner’s office reported Wednesday. He was the individual who was seen in distress in the water on May 8 near the Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge, a mile and a half upriver from where the body was found. Around 4:38 p.m. on May 8 a caller told 9-1-1 she had seen someone in the water and they were flailing their arms in apparent distress before disappearing from her sight.
Paying it forward at a local pizza shop after a big order was never picked up
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A locally owned pizza shop was left holding the bag after someone failed to show up for a big order. The story made the rounds on social media, and it caught the eye of another small business owner. What happened at PizzAroma in Maumee is a great example of how a simple act of kindness can have a profound impact.
Dorner resigns as Lake Township fire chief
MILLBURY, Ohio — The embattled Lake Township fire chief has resigned — of his own volition, according to the township administrator and police chief. Barrett Dorner, who had been on the job for 17 months, announced his resignation formally Monday morning, said Mark Hummer, the township administrator and police chief. “He resigned on his own. He was not asked to resign,” Chief Hummer said. He said Mr. Dorner evaluated things and decided he had better opportunities available to him.
Crime Stoppers seeking information on 2022 North Toledo murder
Toledo police are seeking information about the shooting death of a 27-year-old man who was killed outside of a bar at Elm and East Hudson streets in North Toledo in 2022. Melvin Thomas, Jr., was attending a birthday party for his girlfriend in the early morning hours of Sept. 8, 2022, when three masked suspects approached and opened fire on the partygoers standing outside, witnesses told police said at the time. Mr. Thomas was shot and pronounced dead at the scene. Anyone with information is asked to call or text the Crime Stopper program at 419-255-1111. Callers may remain anonymous and could be eligible for a reward.
Property Transfers: Ottawa County
The Ottawa County Auditor's Office recorded the following Property Transfers between May 6 and May 10. 0 Anna and Third streets, Estate of Donald R. DuPrae to Julie Greer, $6,000. Carroll Township. 10119 Locust Point Road, Maria Charlene Arbutina (Trustee) to David Lamb and Jamie AgrippaLamb, $91,300. 8341 W. Fick...
Jury to decide fate of two charged with killing teens
The aggravated murder case against two men accused of killing two teenaged boys in late 2022 after others lured them to a South Toledo house to confront one boy about a stolen gun was handed to a trial jury Tuesday evening. Defense lawyers’ and prosecutors summations concluded a trial day during which two defense witnesses testified, two others declined on self-incrimination grounds, and a Lucas County Common Pleas judge excluded a fifth that the defense tried to add to the witness list at the last minute. The potential witnesses against Charles Walker, 34, and Brent Kohlhofer, 42, who cited their Fifth Amendment rights were Carrissa Eames and Don Eames, Jr., separately indicted codefendants against whom charges remain pending. In their closing arguments, defense lawyers for both Walker and Corbin Gingrich repeated their introductory assertions that the allegations against their clients were made up by the Eamses and codefendants Gingrich and Cruz Garcia, who accepted plea bargains and turned state’s evidence, to hide their own direct roles in the boys’ deaths.
Shots fired at south Toledo homes Tuesday
TOLEDO, Ohio — Police are investigating an incident in which two south Toledo homes were struck by gunfire Tuesday night. According to a Toledo police report, officers responded to the 1800 block of Airport Highway after receiving a call regarding shots fired. Police arrived at the location, where they said two homes in the same block had been struck by gunfire.
School board to decide fate of Woodmore Middle School principal
WOODVILLE, Ohio — Supporters of embattled Woodmore Middle School principal Kevin Ball are planning to turn out at Thursday’s school board meeting to urge the board to renew the principal’s contract. Thursday’s monthly board meeting starts at 6 p.m. and has been moved from the high school media center to the gym shared by the elementary and middle schools in anticipation of a larger audience. The meeting’s agenda includes an item from the superintendent recommending that Mr. Ball’s contract not be renewed. Mr. Ball was told in April that his contract, which expires July 31, was not going to be renewed. While officials have not publicly discussed the reason, a review of the principal’s personnel file revealed a recurring pattern of concerns about discipline, or the lack thereof, in the middle school. It culminated in February, when a student was expelled for multiple instances of racial bullying.
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