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Driver sentenced to prison for crash in Dundee that claimed passenger's life
MONROE — An Ohio man has been sentenced to at least 17 years in prison for leading police on a lengthy pursuit that ended with a fiery crash in downtown Dundee that claimed his passenger's life. Kim Lynn Fitch Jr. 32, of Napoleon, Ohio, had fled a traffic stop...
Toledo residents raise safety concerns after multiple hit-and-runs at same intersection
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Multiple hit-and-runs at the corner of Bancroft and Glenwood are raising safety concerns among people who live in that area of the Old West End. One resident is hoping something can be done. Last week, a hit-and-run driver left plenty of damage on the corner at hitting a car.
Toledo police: Suspect approaches car with firearm, robs occupant
TOLEDO, Ohio — Police are investigating an armed robbery at a west Toledo gas station late Thursday. According to a Toledo police report, authorities responded to the Sunoco Gas Station in the 500 block of Reynolds Road after receiving a call regarding a robbery shortly after 10 p.m. Police...
Teen indicted, to be tried as adult in homicide of Josiah Gill
TOLEDO, Ohio — A teen suspect will be tried as an adult in the homicide of 20-year-old Josiah Gill, whose body was found in a burning car beneath an east Toledo bridge in November 2023. A Lucas County grand jury indicted Kristaun Self on the following counts Thursday:. Murder.
Toledo after-hours club torn down after catching fire for second time early Thursday morning
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A Toledo after-hours club was torn down after it caught fire for the second time early Thursday morning. TFRD says the club, located in the 1400 block of Belmont Ave., caught fire around 2:30 a.m. Crews arrived on scene and immediately went defensive. According to officials,...
Man convicted of murdering 3-year-old in Sylvania
TOLEDO, Ohio — A Lucas County jury on Friday convicted a man of murdering a 3-year-old in October 2022. Michael Kitto was found guilty of one count each of aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault and endangering children for the death of Declan Hill in Sylvania, according to a press release from the Lucas County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
Teen indicted for role in November slaying, car fire
A juvenile charged with murder for the Nov. 9 shooting of a man whose body was found in a burning car in East Toledo was indicted Thursday. Kristaun Self, 17, was indicted for murder, aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, and felonious assault, all with firearms specifications. He was also indicted for aggravated arson, arson, tampering with evidence, and abuse of a corpse. The Self youth was one of two people being sought by police in connection with the Nov. 9 death of Josiah Gill, 20, of Toledo’s Point Place neighborhood. Toledo firefighters found Mr. Gill’s body in the back seat of a burning car in the grass under Veterans’ Glass City Skyway bridge, near the northbound I-280 exit ramp to Front Street.
Firefighters battle heavy fire at Toledo house considered a ‘code red’ building
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Toledo Fire and Rescue crews are battling a house fire Friday afternoon. Firefighters responded to the house fire at Boalt and Field, not far from the intersection of Broadway and Walbridge, in Toledo before 1:30 p.m. on July 19. The house was already marked as a code red building, meaning that it was not structurally sound, so firefighters won’t go inside.
Doctors provide conflicting analyses from toddler's autopsy during murder trial
Lucas County Coroner Thomas Blomquist and one of his office’s former deputy coroners agreed in court testimony Thursday that a 3-year-old boy’s October, 2022, death was caused by severe head and neck trauma, but they differed on whether he was a homicide victim. Dr. Blomquist, who was a deputy coroner when he performed the autopsy on Declan Hill, likened the boy’s dislocated neck ligaments to the injuries he often sees on unrestrained car occupants involved in freeway crashes and denied any possibility that or his head trauma could have been caused by a fall in his Sylvania Township home. But...
Man indicted for fatal 2023 crash at West Toledo intersection
A Toledo man has been charged with two counts each of aggravated vehicular homicide and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs for another man’s death last year in a collision at Laskey and Bennett roads. Steven Dukett, 63, who lives along the 600 block of Custer Drive a short distance from the crash scene, is scheduled for arraignment in Lucas County Common Pleas Court on July 31 before Judge Michael Goulding. Mr. Dukett is charged for the death of David Heath, 56, of the 1600 block of Champlain Street, who police said was the other driver in a collision of two pickup trucks reported at 6:18 p.m. on Sept. 1, 2023. Mr. Heath died six days later in Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center. According to a witness statement included in the Toledo Police Department’s crash report, Mr. Dukett’s pickup was northbound on Bennett and, while running a red light at Laskey, collided “full force” with Mr. Heath’s westbound vehicle. After the collision, the witness said, the northbound vehicle continued “speeding and swerving down Bennett Road” and its driver appeared to be “highly intoxicated.”
VIDEO: Alleged contracting scammer facing felonies punches officer in the face, gets more charges
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A man facing multiple felony charges was hit with two additional felonies after he allegedly fought an officer serving him a warrant, and it was all caught on camera. “I got **** felonies for **** I didn’t even do!” Kyle Conaway can be heard saying in...
Police looking for teen reported missing out of west Toledo
TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo police are asking the public for helping in searching for a teen who has been missing for several days. According to a social media post from the city's police department, Ashton Morrow, 14, was last seen Monday, July 15. Morrow is missing from the 4000 block of Peak Road in west Toledo.
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