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Man killed, another hospitalized in two-vehicle crash
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A man is dead and another was hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash in Pleasant Township on Friday, authorities said. John Lunsford, 56, of Bucyrus, was killed in the crash and a 20-year-old Oak Harbor man suffered serious injuries, according to Ohio State Highway Patrol. It happened...
Person shot multiple times Saturday morning in Toledo, TPD says
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Toledo police say one person was found shot multiple times in the front yard of a Toledo home Saturday morning. A TPD sergeant on the scene confirmed with 13 Action News an adult male was taken to the hospital after being shot multiple times. The victim’s condition isn’t clear at this time.
Kitto given life without parole for beating girlfriend's toddler son to death
A man convicted by a jury last week of fatally beating his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son will spend the rest of his days in state prison under the sentence a Lucas County judge handed down Wednesday. The life sentence without possibility of parole that Judge Linda Jennings gave Michael Kitto, 33, of Saline, Mich., echoed the request of Kelley McEwen, who addressed the Lucas County Common Pleas courtroom about the October, 2022, death of Declan Hill. “I have a life sentence without parole, and I hope Michael Kitto gets the same,” Ms. McEwen said after tearfully giving herself some of the blame for the boy’s death by having allowed Kitto into her Sylvania Township home. Evidence made it clear, Judge Jennings said, that Declan’s death was from severe, abusive blunt-force trauma.
Police recover body of missing 14-year-old who drowned in Lake Superior
LUCE COUNTY, MI -- The body of a 14-year-old boy was recovered from Lake Superior Thursday evening, a day after he went missing while swimming with a friend. According to WLUC-6, members of the Michigan State Police dive team located the body during a recovery mission involving numerous agencies. The...
Woman gets 30 years for deliberate car wreck that killed 2
A Lucas County judge sentenced an East Toledo woman who admitted to ramming her car into another in South Toledo, killing two of the other car’s occupants and injuring a third, to 30 years in prison Thursday. Judge Lori Olender said before sentencing Jasmine Pitts, 34, of the 400 block of Clark Street, that while the word “accident” commonly applies to all manner of traffic crashes, “this was not an accident by any means.” It may not have been Pitts’ intent to kill the victims, Judge Olender said, but the collision itself was deliberate — investigators estimated an impact speed of 80 mph. “There’s really not any words because this is so terrible,” the judge later said before remarking that resolving the case with a plea relieved the victims’ families from having to go through a trial and watching a video recording of the collision.
Ohio State Highway Patrol investigates commercial injury crash on U.S. Route 20
July 24, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol: TOLEDO—The Toledo Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a commercial injury crash on US Route 20, near milepost 25, in Amboy Township, Fulton County. The crash occurred on July 24, 2024, at approximately 02:44 a.m. The crash and clean-up have US Route 20 closed in both directions.
Police: 'Blood trail' located near east Toledo home after shots fired
TOLEDO, Ohio — Police are investigating a shooting in east Toledo late Tuesday that led officers to a scene, but not to any injured persons. According to a Toledo police report, officers were called to the 1100 block of Earl Street for a complaint of shots fired and a ShotSpotter Alert just before midnight.
13 Action News Big Story: Retail theft
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Stores lost more than $120 billion to retail theft last year and that number is only going up. Now, businesses are stepping up surveillance and security to better protect against thieves. You can watch the full Big Story above. Latest Local News | First Alert Weather...
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