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High Bond for Alliance Woman Accused of Ramming APD Cruisers
ALLIANCE, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – A 31-year-old Alliance woman is jailed on $100,000 bond. She faces felonious assault and other charges for driving into two city police cruisers on Tuesday evening. Kayla Ryder reportedly had to be restrained with the use of a Taser. Police had been...
Beloit woman who was struck by train dies from injuries
SEBRING – A Beloit woman who was struck by a train earlier this month has died from her injuries. The Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed that 21-year-old Allison Carter was pronounced dead at 4:25 p.m. Friday at Summa Health System Akron Campus. "She was a Valentine's Day baby," said Carter's godmother Amy Coleman-Monk,...
Salem man accused of raping child
Brandon Seddon, 32, is charged with rape, a first-degree felony; sexual battery, a second-degree felony; and two counts of gross sexual imposition, third-degree felony charges. The charges follow a secret indictment filed July 10 in Columbiana County Court of Common Pleas.
'His heart was always on the farm.' Claymont High teacher killed in farming accident
A Claymont High School teacher died in a farming accident on Tuesday afternoon in rural Carroll County. Luke S. Logan, 44, was run over by a wagon at a farm in the 1100 block of Aster Road SE in Perry Township, authorities said. ...
Shoplifters rob 4 dollar stores; on the loose after chase with Akron police
SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron police are looking for several women who are wanted for shoplifting from four dollar stores in Summit and Stark Counties earlier this month. According to police, the suspects first robbed the Family Dollar in the 500 block of Cuyahoga Falls Ave. in Akron on July 14.
VIDEO: Woman rams Alliance police cruiser after alleged domestic violence incident, police say
ALLIANCE, Ohio (WOIO) - A woman rammed an Alliance police car and hit another after police gave her repeated commands to exit the vehicle following an alleged domestic violence incident Tuesday. Police said a male victim came to the police station to report the alleged domestic violence incident and escape...
Portage County woman who allegedly fired shots at neighbor hunter pleads no contest to charges
ATWATER, Ohio — We have an update on the story about Portage County neighbors who were at odds after video showed a woman appearing to threaten and then fire shots next door at a man who was deer hunting. Court records previously showed that Luanne Headley was facing charges...
Alliance woman, accused of striking police cruisers, stunned by Taser, arrested
ALLIANCE − A 31-year-old woman faces allegations that she struck two police cruisers on Tuesday, and also blocked another vehicle. Here's what went down, Alliance Police said, in a report: Around 6 p.m., in a parking lot near the police station, officers received a 911 call from a man who filed a police complaint...
Kitten gets stuck in recliner chair, bodycam video shows Alliance first responders coming to the rescue
ALLIANCE, Ohio — An Alliance woman is thanking first responders after saving her kitten, Rahmat, who was stuck inside a reclining chair. Mistura Akiaguade's nightmare started when she put the chair in its original upright position. She had no idea the kitten was underneath until she heard it let out a sound she had never heard before.
Canton man found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for shooting mother's fiancé
CANTON ‒ A man who fatally shot his mother's fiancé after the couple argued inside their northeast Canton home was found guilty Friday of involuntary manslaughter. A Stark County Common Pleas Court jury also declared Savier D. Smiley, 19, guilty of aggravated assault and having weapons under disability in connection with the Oct. 20...
Fire chief: Medical issue led to single-vehicle crash in New Philadelphia Friday afternoon
NEW PHILADELPHIA – One woman was transported to Cleveland Clinic Mercy Medical Center in Canton Friday afternoon, following a single vehicle crash in the 700 block of Fourth St NW at Belmont Avenue NW. Firefighters and medics from the New Philadelphia Fire Department along with New Philadelphia Police responded to the report of...
Former Canton residents get jail time after moving away, leaving dog behind to starve
CANTON ‒ Two Akron residents were ordered to spend two weekends in jail for leaving their dog behind to starve when they moved away from their rented Canton home last year. The man, 34, and woman, 35, deprived their pit bull of food and water by leaving the pet abandoned in their vacant house in northeast Canton, according to the criminal complaint filed by the Stark County Humane Society. ...
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