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Updated: November/21/2009
Convenience store robbed in North Toledo
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A Toledo convenience store clerk was confronted by armed robbers outside the Stop & Go on Upton Avenue early Friday, less than 12 hours after another carryout employee was shot and killed.
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Updated: November/21/2009
Woman, 21, gets 13 years for killing
BOWLING GREEN - Saying Sarah Bunch was shown considerable leniency in a plea agreement that reduced the charges against her, Wood County Common Pleas Judge Alan Mayberry Friday ordered her to serve 13 years in prison - the maximum sentence - for shooting a Northwood man to death and then setting his house ablaze.
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Updated: November/21/2009
Ottawa Hills resident sues over council speech
An Ottawa Hills resident who long has been in conflict with the village’s administration has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Toledo, claiming the village violated her constitutional rights when council allegedly prohibited her from speaking at a public meeting.
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Updated: November/21/2009
2 Toledoans get prison for links to dogfighting
Two Toledo men, who entered pleas to misdemeanor charges related to dogfighting, were sentenced in Lucas County Common Pleas Court Thursday to one year in prison. One of the dogs in the case was deemed vicious and ordered euthanized.
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Updated: November/21/2009
2 men slain in 13 hours; killers remain at large
Customers who came up a little short on their bills at the Lewis Carryout could always count on Bassam Kanouh. The smiling, friendly store clerk, known by many as “Sam,” regularly loaned money to those in need. But during his shift Thursday night, family members believe someone may have tried to rob Mr. Kanouh, 46. He was shot inside the West Toledo store, 4252 Lewis Ave.
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Updated: November/20/2009
Ex-BGSU director indicted for theft
The former director of the animal research lab at Bowling Green State University was indicted for stealing animal tranquilizers from the lab and using them to euthanize two pets.
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Updated: November/20/2009
Two people killed in Toledo during separate shootings
Two people have been shot and killed in Toledo during separate incidents that occurred 13 hours apart. Their deaths mark the 23rd and 24th murders in Toledo this year. No one has been arrested in either case. Flowers were left at the front of the building in which the the earlier shooting took place.
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Updated: November/19/2009
Cafe owner cleared of offering gambling
A local businessman who was charged with gambling for offering a chance to win money with the purchase of a prepaid phone card was found not guilty by a Toledo Municipal Court judge Wednesday, marking what is believed the first judicial decision statewide addressing computerized games that some have called slot machines in disguise.
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Updated: November/19/2009
City worker held in rape of girl, 7
A city of Toledo employee was arrested Wednesday by the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force for allegedly raping a 7-year-old girl, authorities said.
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Updated: November/19/2009
Man seriously hurt in East Toledo fight
A White Street man was in serious condition in Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center and charged with felonious assault Wednesday after a melee just after midnight that police said grew out of an ongoing dispute in East Toledo.
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Updated: November/18/2009
Several charged after East Toledo fight
A man was seriously injured around midnight Wednesday in an East Toledo melee that involved several men brandishing bats and guns, authorities said.
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Updated: November/17/2009
Ottawa Hills standoff trial moved to Jan. 26
Less than a week after pleading guilty to shooting "in close proximity" of his wife in a March 10 incident that led to a standoff with Lucas County sheriff's deputies, Michael Swiergosz was granted a January trial date Monday to face charges resulting from a second, separate confrontation with police.
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Updated: November/17/2009
Jury indicts man, 52, in slaying from 2008
Nearly two years after a Toledo man's beaten body was found in a burned-out duplex, a Lucas County grand jury has indicted a man in the slaying.
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Updated: November/16/2009
For Toledo police, some taverns are too well known
Police officers and politicians alike keep their eyes on problem-plagued bars, gas stations, and convenience stores throughout the city - sometimes for simple complaints such as loud noise, but other times because of repeated reports of violence. "We hear about problems from the neighborhood like people leaving their trash, vulgarity coming out of the bar, [and] loud noise," Toledo police Capt.
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Updated: November/16/2009
Sheriff’s office probes Monroe County robbery
MONROE — The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate an armed robbery and attempted murder over the weekend in which the suspect shot twice at the victim.
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Updated: November/15/2009
Michigan deputies investigate attempted murder
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate an armed robbery and attempted murder incident over the weekend in which the suspect shot twice at the victim.
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Updated: November/15/2009
Fremont man jailed; gun is suspected in Clyde shooting
A 51-year-old Fremont man was arrested on charges of carrying a concealed loaded gun and then was named as a suspect in last week's shooting of a 52-year-old Clyde, Ohio, man, Fremont police said.
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Updated: November/13/2009
Murderer spared a cell on death row
Rosalyn Nagel remained calm sitting just rows away from her mother's killer yesterday, as a judge ruled that William Thomas was mentally retarded and should be spared the death penalty. Thomas, 53, was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of his elderly neighbor, Florence "Mollie" Newbirt, on Nov. 23, 1994.
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Updated: November/13/2009
Water park sued over death
The family of a Michigan toddler who drowned is suing an Ohio water park that calls itself the nation's largest.
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Updated: November/12/2009
Toledo man spared death row cell
The death sentence of a South Toledo man convicted of beating his elderly neighbor to death with a hammer was changed to a life sentence Thursday, based on a legal determination that he is mentally retarded.
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Updated: November/12/2009
Suspect in woman's murder found dead
The Erie County sheriff says the suspect in the murder of a woman whose body was dumped in Pennsylvania has been found dead.
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Updated: November/12/2009
Man fails in attempt to rob North Toledo eatery
A North Toledo restaurant called Mr. Hero proved to be too big a challenge for a hapless robber who failed to gain access to the register and fled, authorities said.
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Updated: November/10/2009
Perrysburg bank robbed
A Perrysburg bank was robbed Tuesday morning by a man who passed a note to a teller, authorities said.
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Updated: November/10/2009
Huron woman's death investigated
HURON, Ohio - Erie County sheriff's detectives and state crime scene investigators used two search warrants Sunday to examine two homes related to the suspected murder of a Huron woman.
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Updated: November/10/2009
Michigan man indicted for murder in shooting
A 20-year-old LaSalle, Mich., man accused of a shooting death in West Toledo was indicted Monday by a Lucas County grand jury for murder with a firearms specification, burglary, and grand theft of a motor vehicle.
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Updated: November/10/2009
Class-action status sought for Owens suit
BOWLING GREEN — Attorneys for four nursing students at Owens Community College who contend the college failed to inform them the program’s accreditation was in danger want the lawsuit to cover all nursing students at Owens.
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