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CRIME & SAFETY
Akron Walgreens robbed in the morning, suspect returns for his keys
AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron officers are looking for the suspect in a Walgreens robbery that happened Wednesday morning. Police say they responded around 9:50 a.m. to the Walgreens in the 100 block of South Arlington Street regarding a robbery. The employee told police the suspect held him at knifepoint...
Akron police arrest 2 teens in connection with shooting of 15-year-old girl
AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Two 17-year-old boys are under arrest in connection with the shooting of a 15-year-old girl at Joy Park earlier this month. Akron police said the victim was shot several times around 6 p.m. on May 2. Officers administered first aid, before EMS transported her to a...
Massillon woman, Akron man killed in separate crashes in Canton
CANTON ‒ Two people died in separate motor vehicle crashes on Thursday afternoon. Louise Wisniewski, 85, of Massillon, was pronounced dead at 3:36 p.m. at Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital after a collision at Tuscarawas Street East and Belden Avenue, said Harry Campbell, the coroner's chief investigator for the Stark County Coroner's Office. Wisniewski...
Akron apartment ransacked, stolen from with resident home
AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron police are investigating a Wednesday night home invasion. Police say they responded to the 1000 bock of Ericsson Avenue around 7:30 p.m. for a call about a home invasion. The victim told police that two armed men entered her apartment and demanded money while ransacking...
Akron man arrested after fleeing police with child in car: Police
AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - An Akron man faces charges after fleeing police with a child in the car, according to investigators. Summit County Sheriff’s Deputies say the man took his 4-month-old child and fled the scene of a domestic dispute in Stow. SCSO says deputies stopped him near the...
City of Akron names new police chief
AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - A new police chief has been named in Akron, according to Akron Mayor Shammas Malik. Acting Chief Brian Harding has been selected to be the next Chief of the Akron Police Department, who will be sworn in the week of May 27. “This is a responsibility...
Akron police warned in November about counterfeit SWAT body armor
Akron Police Captain Agostino Micozzi sat in front of Akron City Council’s Public Safety Committee meeting on May 6 and asked for immediate passage of legislation giving the department $60,000 to replace body armor for the SWAT team. “In this case, we need to replace them all,” Micozzi told...
Fired Akron officer waives his right to a mayor's hearing but will go to arbitration
Ryan Westlake, an Akron officer fired over two use-of-force incidents, waived his right to a mayor's hearing. Westlake, though, will take his termination to arbitration. Westlake has a troubled history that includes multiple disciplines and him being fired, then reinstated in 2021. An Akron officer who was recently fired following...
Kent man indicted in crash that killed passenger, injured another
A Kent man is facing felony charges in connection with a January crash that killed a passenger in his car and injured a Spectrum truck driver in Kent. A grand jury has indicted Albert Carmen Ditomaso, 50, with second-degree felony aggravated vehicular homicide, two counts of third-degree felony aggravated vehicular homicide, a single count of fourth-degree felony vehicular assault, three counts of operating a vehicle under the influence and a minor misdemeanor citation of assured clear distance ahead.
Bodycam: Medina elementary school psychologist found allegedly under the influence at work
MEDINA, Ohio (WOIO) - MEDINA, Ohio (WOIO) - 19 News obtained new police bodycam video on Saturday of the OVI arrest of a now former Medina Schools elementary school psychologist. Earlier this month Medina City Schools confirmed that district administrators suspected that a Northrop Elementary staff member was under the...
Summit County prosecutor finds Barberton man not involved in incident with female Realtor
A man who some area Realtors thought was again targeting female real estate agents was not involved in a recent incident, according to the Summit County Prosecutor's Office. The office investigated reports of a man, possibly a registered sex offender from Barberton, approaching a female Realtor at a recent open house. Investigators found that the individual was not the Barberton man, who has been jailed in the past for crimes committed against area female real estate...
35-year-old New Franklin man killed Wednesday in single-car crash on Yager Road
A 35-year-old man died Wednesday evening in a single-car crash in New Franklin, according to Gary Guenther from the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office. Dale Dann Ashcraft, who went by Dann, was traveling in the 500 block of Yager Road at around 7:19 p.m. when he lost control of his vehicle and struck a light pole.
South Side Neighborhood Watch
BARBERTON: Police received a call May 6 about a man possibly overdosing in a vehicle. Officers located the man and he admitted to using narcotics. Syringes with a clear liquid were found in the vehicle and the man was charged with possession of drug abuse instruments. Officers were called to...
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