http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Fri, 15 May 2026 04:46:28 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/14/man-girlfriend-disabled-son-starved-death-jury/stories/20260514131 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/14/man-girlfriend-disabled-son-starved-death-jury/stories/20260514131#comments Thu, 14 May 2026 22:42:39 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/14/man-girlfriend-disabled-son-starved-death-jury/stories/20260514131 A man accused of fatally neglecting his girlfriend’s profoundly disabled son told a trial jury Thursday that the girlfriend generally kept him away from the boy and their relationship had been decaying for months before his death. Joshua Mulvey arrives in court for an arraignment for an involuntary manslaughter and endangering children charge at Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo on Aug. 20. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/14/man-gets-10-years-distributing-child-pornography/stories/20260514128 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/14/man-gets-10-years-distributing-child-pornography/stories/20260514128#comments Thu, 14 May 2026 19:52:50 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/14/man-gets-10-years-distributing-child-pornography/stories/20260514128 An Oregon man who admitted distributing child pornography received a 10-year prison sentence Thursday afternoon from a Lucas County judge. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/14/northwood-man-gets-11-years-in-teen-s-fatal-shooting/stories/20260514101 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/14/northwood-man-gets-11-years-in-teen-s-fatal-shooting/stories/20260514101#comments Thu, 14 May 2026 13:57:14 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/14/northwood-man-gets-11-years-in-teen-s-fatal-shooting/stories/20260514101 BOWLING GREEN — A Northwood man has been sentenced to 11½ years in prison after pleading guilty to reckless homicide in a 15-year-old Woodmore High School student’s death in January as well as unrelated child pornography charges. Jakob Heintzelman https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/14/wood-county-man-pleads-guilty-to-7-pedophilia-related-charges/stories/20260514103 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/14/wood-county-man-pleads-guilty-to-7-pedophilia-related-charges/stories/20260514103#comments Thu, 14 May 2026 13:28:58 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/14/wood-county-man-pleads-guilty-to-7-pedophilia-related-charges/stories/20260514103 BOWLING GREEN — A Troy Township man is facing a sentence of 20 to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to five felonies Wednesday. A gavel. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/13/man-pleads-guilty-murder-jasmine-queen-shooting-death/stories/20260513096 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/13/man-pleads-guilty-murder-jasmine-queen-shooting-death/stories/20260513096#comments Wed, 13 May 2026 19:29:15 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/13/man-pleads-guilty-murder-jasmine-queen-shooting-death/stories/20260513096 One of two men charged with the Nov. 2 shooting death of a South Toledo restaurant’s popular server pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon to murder and multiple felonious assault counts. Marvin Pettaway Jasmine Queen was fatally shot Nov. 2 after a fight inside the Weekend Restaurant and Lounge at 5217 Hill Ave., Unit 26, that “spilled out into the parking lot." https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/13/enrights-charged-with-misdemeanors-after-argument-at-meta-site/stories/20260513092 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/13/enrights-charged-with-misdemeanors-after-argument-at-meta-site/stories/20260513092#comments Wed, 13 May 2026 17:44:38 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/13/enrights-charged-with-misdemeanors-after-argument-at-meta-site/stories/20260513092 BOWLING GREEN — Two labor-leader brothers face misdemeanor charges following a dispute last month at the Meta data center construction site in Wood County that for one of them turned physical. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/12/trial-starts-man-charged-with-manslaughter-girlfriends-sons-starvation/stories/20260512109 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/12/trial-starts-man-charged-with-manslaughter-girlfriends-sons-starvation/stories/20260512109#comments Tue, 12 May 2026 23:42:17 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/12/trial-starts-man-charged-with-manslaughter-girlfriends-sons-starvation/stories/20260512109 The last time Charles Snyder saw his son Kristopher alive, the boy appeared skinnier than usual as he lay in a playpen in the home his mother shared with a new boyfriend. Joshua Mulvey waits for his arraigment last August in Lucas Connty Common Pleas Court on charges of involuntary manslaughter and endangering children. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/12/judge-denies-extons-insanity-defense/stories/20260512094 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/12/judge-denies-extons-insanity-defense/stories/20260512094#comments Tue, 12 May 2026 21:50:14 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/12/judge-denies-extons-insanity-defense/stories/20260512094 After reviewing a doctor’s report, a Lucas County judge ruled Tuesday that a man accused of trying to kill his wife in a Warehouse District restaurant last year did not have a severe mental defect at the time. Matthew Exton, accused of an attempted shooting at a downtown restaurant, appears in Toledo Municipal Court on April 14, 2025 in Toledo. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/11/ut-surgeon-claims-sham-investigation-forced-him-into-retirement/stories/20260511078 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/11/ut-surgeon-claims-sham-investigation-forced-him-into-retirement/stories/20260511078#comments Mon, 11 May 2026 20:05:33 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/11/ut-surgeon-claims-sham-investigation-forced-him-into-retirement/stories/20260511078 A surgeon is suing the University of Toledo and its medical center, claiming he was pushed into retirement by officials who launched a “sham investigation” to justify his departure and are still blocking him from practicing surgery. Dr. Nabil Ebraheim. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/11/second-man-gets-life-fatal-north-toledo-shooting/stories/20260511093 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/11/second-man-gets-life-fatal-north-toledo-shooting/stories/20260511093#comments Mon, 11 May 2026 21:24:44 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/11/second-man-gets-life-fatal-north-toledo-shooting/stories/20260511093 If Scott Hirschfield’s family had its way, both of the men who tried to rob the North Toledoan five months ago would be permanently behind bars, not just the one who fatally shot him. Tywone White in Lucas County Common Pleas Court after arraignment Dec. 30, 2025 on aggravated murder and other charges. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/08/county-divestment-foreign-bonds-draws-scrutiny-ohio-attorney-general/stories/20260508093 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/08/county-divestment-foreign-bonds-draws-scrutiny-ohio-attorney-general/stories/20260508093#comments Fri, 08 May 2026 16:10:04 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/08/county-divestment-foreign-bonds-draws-scrutiny-ohio-attorney-general/stories/20260508093 Ohio’s attorney general has said county officials cannot direct Lucas County’s treasurer to halt new investments in foreign bonds — namely Israeli bonds. Lucas County Treasurer Lindsay Webb addresses protesters who were advocating for Lucas County to divest from Israel during an advisory meeting in August in Toledo. Yost https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/07/man-charged-with-teen-s-death-pleads-guilty-to-manslaughter/stories/20260507098 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/07/man-charged-with-teen-s-death-pleads-guilty-to-manslaughter/stories/20260507098#comments Thu, 07 May 2026 18:40:41 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/07/man-charged-with-teen-s-death-pleads-guilty-to-manslaughter/stories/20260507098 One of three men charged with a teenage boy’s shooting death last summer pleaded guilty Thursday afternoon to involuntary manslaughter and two other charges. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/07/venezuelan-man-who-posed-as-teen-gets-additional-prison-time/stories/20260507095 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/07/venezuelan-man-who-posed-as-teen-gets-additional-prison-time/stories/20260507095#comments Thu, 07 May 2026 15:04:19 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/07/venezuelan-man-who-posed-as-teen-gets-additional-prison-time/stories/20260507095 BOWLING GREEN — A Venezuelan man who posed as a teenage refugee to enroll at Perrysburg High School was sentenced to four years, adding to a two-year federal sentence. Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra appears in the Wood County Court of Common Pleas on March 26, where he pleaded guilty to two criminal charges for posing as a teenage refugee to enter the United States. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/07/judge-sentences-warner-to-decades-long-prison-term-for-wife-s-murder/stories/20260507091 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/07/judge-sentences-warner-to-decades-long-prison-term-for-wife-s-murder/stories/20260507091#comments Thu, 07 May 2026 14:51:27 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/07/judge-sentences-warner-to-decades-long-prison-term-for-wife-s-murder/stories/20260507091 ADRIAN — Dale Warner, the rural Tecumseh, Mich., man convicted of killing his wife, Dee, and then hiding her body in a fertilizer tank, received sentences totaling between 32⅔ and 70 years Thursday morning from a Lenawee Circuit Court judge. Dale Warner in Lenawee Circuit Court on May 7. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/06/judge-who-forced-girlfriend-take-abortion-meds-pleads-4-felonies/stories/20260506101 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/06/judge-who-forced-girlfriend-take-abortion-meds-pleads-4-felonies/stories/20260506101#comments Wed, 06 May 2026 19:52:13 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/06/judge-who-forced-girlfriend-take-abortion-meds-pleads-4-felonies/stories/20260506101 A doctor who spiked his girlfriend’s drinks with abortion-inducing medication then also tried to force crushed pills directly into her mouth, entered no-contest pleas Wednesday to four felony charges. Dr. Hassan-James Abbas, 32, entered no-contest pleas May 6 to four felony charges. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/04/man-gets-statutory-life-term-infants-murder/stories/20260504094 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/04/man-gets-statutory-life-term-infants-murder/stories/20260504094#comments Mon, 04 May 2026 20:27:39 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/04/man-gets-statutory-life-term-infants-murder/stories/20260504094 A mother whose infant daughter died at her boyfriend’s hands tearfully regretted her relationship with him before his sentencing Monday to a life prison sentence. Alexander N. Butler https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/04/rathbun-case-delays-murder-trial-victim-s-family-protests/stories/20260504085 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/04/rathbun-case-delays-murder-trial-victim-s-family-protests/stories/20260504085#comments Mon, 04 May 2026 17:12:41 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/04/rathbun-case-delays-murder-trial-victim-s-family-protests/stories/20260504085 A judge granted a seven-week delay in a 17-year-old’s murder trial Monday despite an objection from the victim’s family about how slowly the case is moving. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/01/doctor-who-hid-phone-camera-hospital-restrooms-pleads-guilty-8-charges/stories/20260501100 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/01/doctor-who-hid-phone-camera-hospital-restrooms-pleads-guilty-8-charges/stories/20260501100#comments Fri, 01 May 2026 20:37:52 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/01/doctor-who-hid-phone-camera-hospital-restrooms-pleads-guilty-8-charges/stories/20260501100 A former resident doctor at ProMedica Toledo Hospital pleaded guilty Friday morning to voyeurism and attempted evidence tampering after a cell phone camera he had hidden in an employee restroom was discovered. A gavel. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/01/detective-details-speakerphone-confession-sylvania-woman-killing/stories/20260501092 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/01/detective-details-speakerphone-confession-sylvania-woman-killing/stories/20260501092#comments Fri, 01 May 2026 16:45:10 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/01/detective-details-speakerphone-confession-sylvania-woman-killing/stories/20260501092 The man accused of beating his mother-in-law to death at her Sylvania home April 15 confessed to the crime in a phone call to his father shortly afterward, a Sylvania detective testified during a court hearing Friday morning. Jonathan Schmidt with defense lawyer Pete Rost in Lucas County Common Pleas Court on April 29. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/04/30/final-defendant-in-motel-beatdown-enters-guilty-pleas/stories/20260430102 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/04/30/final-defendant-in-motel-beatdown-enters-guilty-pleas/stories/20260430102#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:41:46 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/04/30/final-defendant-in-motel-beatdown-enters-guilty-pleas/stories/20260430102 A woman accused of orchestrating a man’s kidnapping and beating last year in a Maumee motel pleaded guilty Thursday morning in Lucas County Common Pleas Court to kidnapping and felonious assault charges. Martina Esqueda appears before Judge Timothy Kuhlman during an arraignment for a kidnapping charge in Toledo Municipal Court in Toledo on March 24, 2025.