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US Marshals Service: Wanted fugitive on the run should be considered armed, dangerous
TOLEDO, Ohio — The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is seeking the public's help in locating and arresting a wanted fugitive that it says should be considered armed and dangerous. Tyrone Hoskins Jr., 34, is 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighs 250 pounds and has a gold tooth,...
SCAM: Bowling Green warns of scam targeting business owners, residents
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — A scam is targeting the Bowling Green community, according to a social media post made by the city's police department Tuesday afternoon. According to the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce, a man is going to local businesses, claiming to sell candy of behalf of Upward Sports, a youth ministry outreach program centered around athletics. The man is claiming that he is affiliated with the program, which is based out of the Bowling Green Church of the Nazarene, located on Gorrill Road.
Man out on bond for burglary accused of hit-and-run that killed 86-year-old woman
TOLEDO, Ohio — Two days before he allegedly killed an 86-year-old woman in a hit-and-run on Sunday in central Toledo, Antonio Lockett bonded out of jail on a burglary charge he had been arrested for the day prior. Judge Michelle Wagner set Lockett's bond for the burglary at $10,000....
Man accused of strangling woman in south Toledo apartment
TOLEDO, Ohio — A man is in custody on a felony charge after he allegedly broke into a south Toledo residence and strangled a woman. According to a Toledo police warrant, 22-year-old Kailyb Chestnut-Reid broke into an apartment in the 2500 block of Airport Highway on Oct. 16. He allegedly forced open the door by damaging its frame. Once inside, police said Chestnut-Reid strangled a woman in the apartment - described in the police warrant as the mother of his children - and then dragged her down the hall and down the stairs.
Police: Person shot in foot, hospitalized in east Toledo
TOLEDO, Ohio — One person was hospitalized after they were shot in the foot in east Toledo late Monday night, according to police. Toledo police told WTOL 11 just after 11:30 p.m. someone kicked in the front door of the victim's home on Arden Place, between Nevada Street and Starr Avenue, and shot him.
O-I Glass plans layoffs, plant closures
Perrysburg-based O-I Glass plans to lay off an unspecified number of employees as part of a restructuring program that will see an undetermined number of plants based in the Americas close.One of the plants to be closed is located in Streator, Ill. The Perrysburg Innovation Center at O-I’s headquarters is also slated to be idled. The news comes less than two weeks before the company will release its third-quarter financial report. O-I has been signaling that it faces a significant retrenchment as it struggles to maintain its glass container sales. In an email to employees from Tim Connors, the managing director of the company’s Americas North division, the company stated, “As part of our Fit to Win initiative, we have made the difficult decision to restructure the Americas North business, impacting multiple departments outside the plants. These decisions were not made lightly and we will provide transition support to our impacted team members.” The email went on to say, “To those who are leaving us, we express our gratitude for your hard work and dedication, some over many years — you will always be an important part of O-I’s legacy.”
High-speed chase ends in crash at roundabout, driver flees scene
TOLEDO, Ohio — A suspect involved in a high-speed chase with Toledo police is still on the run Monday morning. Police told WTOL 11 they tried to pull over the driver of a Kia in east Toledo around 3 a.m. but they sped off. The pursuit continued over the...
Mom still searching for answers 7 months after son's asphyxiation death ruled homicide
TOLEDO, Ohio — It was March 3 when DeAnne Kleinhans got a call that changed her life forever. "It was the supervisor telling me that she didn't know what all was going on, but there had been an incident and the ambulance had to cut Ethan out of the vehicle," DeAnne said.
2 Toledo boxers arrested following traffic stop in central Toledo
TOLEDO, Ohio — Two Toledo boxers were taken into custody early Friday morning following a traffic stop in central Toledo. According to Toledo police, Tyler McCreary, the driver, and Robert Easter Jr., a passenger, were taken into custody after being stopped in a vehicle for "several traffic violations" around 1:15 a.m. on Oct. 18 near the intersection of Nebraska and Forest avenues.
Man gets 6 years in prison for fatal Ashland Manor shooting
A Toledo man was sentenced to six years in prison Monday after entering an Alford plea to a reduced charge for another man’s shooting death late last year in central Toledo. Terrance Oliver, 42, had been charged with murder and felonious assault for the Dec. 6 death of Antron Tilman, 36, at the Ashland Manor apartments in the 2000 block of Ashland Avenue. But a prosecutor told Judge Lori Olender in Lucas County Common Pleas Court that “evidentiary concerns” had guided a decision to offer Oliver the chance to plead to involuntary manslaughter, with an agreed-to six-year sentence, and other charges in the case dismissed. Oliver’s Alford plea meant that while he did not admit guilt, he faced a greater punishment if convicted by a jury of the indicted charges and accepted a lesser conviction to avoid that risk. Jennifer Donovan, an assistant Lucas County prosecutor handling the case, said Ashland Manor management quickly identified Oliver as Mr. Tilman’s killer after the shooting. But when federal marshals located Oliver, Ms. Donovan said, he claimed self defense.
Three little pigs escape west Toledo home to go for ice cream; neighbors aren't happy
TOLEDO, Ohio — Three little piggies went to a west Toledo ice cream shop on Oct. 3. It was caught on camera. "They were almost bacon in the middle of Reynolds Road," said Mandy Flagg, who was managing Hannah's Soft Serve at the time and rescued the pigs. "I...
ODOT gives update on I-75 and I-475 construction
TOLEDO, Ohio — The next time you drive on I-75 you may notice more lanes open, easier merging and fewer orange barrels. Patrick McColley with the Ohio Department of Transportation said the goal of the billion dollar project on I-75 was to improve the interstate in Northwest Ohio. Now, the majority of that construction is completed.
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