CRIME & SAFETY
Fire breaks out at housing complex in Waynesburg, two residents hospitalized
In Waynesburg, a massive fire ravaged Indian Run Manor – a Stark County Metropolitan Housing Complex early Tuesday morning. Responding swiftly, 10 departments, with Mohawk Valley in the lead, dispatched 59 firefighters at 3:25 a.m. Mohawk Valley’s proximity facilitated their arrival within 4 minutes at the 7785 Mottice Dr. location.
Stark County attorney who swindled clients sentenced to prison
A former Canton-area attorney was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay restitution after pleading guilty to stealing from his clients, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Stark County Sheriff George T. Maier announced recently. “Robbing elderly clients behind their backs is a disgraceful betrayal of trust that warrants stiff...
Summit County deputies identify 48-year-old suspect at center of Stark Co. manhunt
STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The Summit County Sheriff’s Office Sunday morning identified the suspect at the center of a manhunt in Stark County who remains on the run. That shelter-in-place order, issued by the Uniontown Police Department, has since been lifted after authorities had to evacuate a park in Uniontown.
Stark County man gets federal prison term for helping his father cheat IRS
Christopher Karasarides gets prison time for helping his father cheat IRS. Man from North Canton area sentenced to serve a year and a day. Son helped his father hide $239,000 in cash in safety deposit box. A 33-year-old man from the North Canton area was sentenced Tuesday to one year...
Glenna White mystery: Stark County man's second cold-case murder trial delayed again
Mahoning County murder trial of Alliance-area man ends in mistrial. Robert Moore's second trial ends because of defense attorney's family emergency. Moore is accused of murder in connection with the 2009 disappearance of Glenna Jean White, 17. The second cold-case murder trial of a Stark County man accused of killing...
Statewide alert now canceled for missing Canton man, 87
CANTON ‒ The Canton Police Department has canceled a statewide missing person alert for an 87-year-old who walked away from his home on Fifth Street NE on Monday morning. No additional information was immediately available. The alert was canceled after 1 p.m. To view photographs, visit the Endangered Missing Adult Alert website at: http://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Law-Enforcement/Local-Law-Enforcement/Missing-Adult-Alert. This article originally appeared on The Repository: Statewide alert now canceled for missing Canton man, 87
'A calling from birth.' Meet Evan Hill, the Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper of the Year
Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper Evan M. Hill, who serves with the Canton post, was awarded and recognized earlier this year as the 2023 Ohio State Highway Patrol State Trooper of the Year. “I reside in Stark County where I am privileged to serve the same community in which I...
Hills and Dales man's sentencing on federal gambling-related convictions delayed
A federal judge has delayed the sentencing of a Hills and Dales man convicted of multiple charges related to illegal storefront gambling operations. U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent is now scheduled to sentence Christos Karasarides Jr. on June 10, the same time co-defendant Ronald DiPietro will learn his punishment. Karasarides' attorney, Michael...
Cash, homes & prison terms: Lots still at stake over illegal gambling raids in Stark
Two Stark County men convicted of federal charges related to long-closed storefront gambling operations have a lot to lose at their upcoming court hearings. In addition to the possibility that U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent could send Christos Karasarides Jr. and Ronald DiPietro to prison for years, both defendants stand to lose homes, cars and hundreds of thousands of dollars that jurors found to be proceeds of their crimes. ...
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