Someone fired shots into a house in Cleveland – killing a young girl while she slept in her bed. Police report the shots were fired around Midnight Monday morning at a home along East 102 Street near Columbiana Avenue…where witnesses told responding officers that a vehicle had pulled into the driveway before someone got out…
Woman Killed in Police-Related Shooting
An exchange of gunfire between a woman and police left the woman dead outside an Ohio apartment building. Miami Township Police were sent by Clermont County Dispatch to the Berry Lane apartment complex around 5:00PM Friday – told that an armed woman had fired at least two rounds while approaching a resident. When officers arrived,…
East Akron Business Burglarized
Detectives with the Akron Police Department are still investigating after a business was burglarized on the east side late Sunday morning. Officers responded to K&P Beauty Supply in the 1400 block of South Arlington Street shortly after 11:00AM…arriving to speak with the manager of the store in Arlington Plaza. He learned that someone had gained…
Thieves Burglarize Akron Gas Station
Akron Police detectives are working to identify and locate the thieves who forced their way into a business on the city’s east side over the weekend. Police got a call around 2:00AM Sunday, told that several people were inside the Circle-K at the corner of East Exchange and South Arlington Street after the business had…
Home Shot-Up in Akron
A shots-fired incident on Akron’s west side sent bullets into a home over the weekend. Police were called to a home in the 700 block of Garth Avenue just before 10:00PM Saturday, arriving on the scene near Diagonal Road to speak with a 31-year-old man who told them that he and his family were inside…
Victim Critically Wounded in Akron Shooting
A shooting on Akron’s west side over the weekend sent the victim to an area hospital with life-threatening wounds. Akron Police report the incident happened just after 1:00AM Saturday, when officers were summoned to Frederick Boulevard and Slosson Street after someone found the victim lying in the middle of the street. EMS took the 35-year-old…
Accused Drive-By Shooter is FOTW
A young man accused of being involved in a fatal drive-by shooting has been tagged as Fugitive of the Week by the US Marshals Service. The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force has a warrant on the head of Leroy Billups – wanted by Euclid Police on a homicide charge in connection with a December…
Several Arrested in Crackdown on ATV’s
There were more than a dozen arrests made when Cleveland Police, the State Highway Patrol and other agencies conducted a weekend crackdown on people illegally riding ATV’s in the city. With riders of dirt bikes and off-road machines tearing through the city streets for several years, police and other agencies decided to mount “Operation Wheels…
One Dead, One Arrested after Shooting in Wooster
One person was killed and another arrested following a shooting that happened early Friday evening in Wooster. Police report the incident happened shortly before 6:00PM in the 400 block of East Larwill Street…where officers arrived to find people trying to provide medical help to 28-year-old Blair Snyder of Wooster. He was taken to a nearby…
Two Killed in Highway Crash
Two people lost their lives in a crash between their SUV and a semi tractor-trailer in Richland County over the weekend. The State Highway Patrol and Sheriff deputies worked the scene after the wreck that happened around 11:00PM Saturday along I-71 near the 174 Mile Marker in Mifflin Township. The Patrol reports the SUV was…