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Person stabbed multiple times in north Toledo, no arrests made, police say
TOLEDO, Ohio — A person was stabbed multiple times in north Toledo and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries just after midnight Wednesday, police told WTOL 11. According to police, the victim said they were stabbed by an unknown person at the Greenbelt Place Apartments by Cherry and Erie streets and then left the complex to another nearby apartment complex where they received help.
Child succumbs to injuries suffered in July 9 crash
Braxton James, 4, succumbed early this morning from injuries suffered in a crash July 9 in Lake Township. According to a post on a GoFundMe page set up to support the family, Braxton died at 3 a.m. this morning (July 16) at Toledo Children’s Hospital where he has been on life support since the crash.
1 dead after drive-by shooting in Toledo
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A man is dead after a drive-by shooting on Eleanor Ave. early Sunday morning, according to the Toledo Police Department. Around 2 a.m. officers say they were dispatched to Eleanor Ave. Perrion James was found suffering from at least one gunshot wound, according to a press release from TPD.
Family of murdered couple speaks at defendants' sentencing
Eighteen months after the murders of Malinda Moore, 28, and Brent Roscoe, 36, their families had a chance to address two women involved in their deaths. Fourteen family members filled the spectators’ seats in the Lucas County Common Pleas courtroom of Judge Ian English for the sentencings Monday of Riley Franke and Camryn Chase. In April, Franke pleaded guilty to burglary and robbery and Chase pleaded guilty to two counts of murder. Judge English sentenced Franke, 20, of the 2300 block of Starr Avenue in Oregon, to 13 to 16 years in prison and Chase, 24, of the 500 block of Leach Avenue in Toledo, to two consecutive life terms with parole eligibility after 30 years. Chase faced more severe charges for her role as a planner and for actually entering the house to carry out the Nov. 10, 2022, robbery and murders. She did not, however, pull the trigger that killed the young couple. Their shooter, Prince Jones, 24, died in a shootout with police in East Toledo several hours after the crime.
14-year-old missing from west Toledo
TOLEDO, Ohio — A 14-year-old has been reported missing from west Toledo, according to police. Milan Simpson is missing from the 1900 block of Penn Road by Dorr Street. Simpson is 5 feet, 1 inch tall, weighs 95 pounds, has dark, brown, curly hair and was last seen wearing a white windbreaker, black pants and dark blue-and-white Nike shoes, Toledo police said on social media.
Driver accused of fatally hitting pedestrian with car in Toledo
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A Lucas County grand jury indicted a person for allegedly hitting a woman with a vehicle in Toledo, killing her. The grand jury indicted Kimani Edwards, of Toledo, on July 16 in the death of Leticia Flores, 34, of Toledo, in 2023. Flores, a 34-year-old mother...
TPD: Person critically injured after being shot in north Toledo
TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo police are investigating a shooting that injured a person in north Toledo over the weekend. Officers responded just after 2 a.m. to a call about a person shot on East Lake Street. When they arrived, they found a person suffering from a gunshot wound on the sidewalk.
Trial starts for man charged with death of girlfriend's toddler son
Police and rescue officers who responded to a Sylvania Township home where a dying 3-year-old child was found after his mother’s boyfriend called 911 were immediately skeptical of the boyfriend’s explanation for the child’s condition, testimony Tuesday at the start of the boyfriend’s murder trial showed. But Kurt Bruderly, the lawyer for defendant Michael Kitto, said his client is unwavering in his assertion that the death of Declan Hill, 3, was indeed the result of the boy hitting his head on the floor after crashing into the end of a door while running through the house. Mr. Kitto could be heard giving that explanation several times to police in a distraught voice on body camera video recorded by Kevin Pelwecki, a Sylvania Township police officer who was the second officer to arrive at the Oct. 6, 2022 scene in the 3400 block of King Road. But Officer Pelwecki was then recorded as telling arriving detectives “it wasn’t a great explanation” because “kids are more resilient than that.”
WATCH: Witness captures video of Toledo woman driving with man on hood
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A witness captured a video of a woman driving near Cherry and Bancroft with a man on the hood of her car. 19-year-old Ahmni Jordan-Griffin, of Toledo, allegedly drove through several intersections with her boyfriend on the hood of her car before police could catch up with them and stop the car about half a mile from where it was first reported.
Lyons, Ohio Driver Involved In Fatal Vehicle / Pedestrian Accident
(PRESS RELEASE) Sylvania – The Toledo Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a pedestrian crash on Centennial Road near Erie Street in the City of Sylvania. The crash occurred on July 13, 2024 at approximately 10:56 p.m. A 2015 Jeep Wrangler operated by Donald Christian, age...
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