http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:03:50 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/06/04/charges-dropped-on-trial-date-of-man-accused-of-attempted-murder/stories/20260604101 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/06/04/charges-dropped-on-trial-date-of-man-accused-of-attempted-murder/stories/20260604101#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:13:23 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/06/04/charges-dropped-on-trial-date-of-man-accused-of-attempted-murder/stories/20260604101 Attempted murder and arson charges against a man accused of setting his girlfriend on fire last year were dismissed Monday after the woman refused to cooperate with the case, the Lucas County Prosecutor’s Office said. Delvon Stone in Lucas County Common Pleas Court on June 5, 2025. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/06/03/her-medicare-fraud-convictions-vacated-former-maumee-doctor-gets-time-served-in/stories/20260602127 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/06/03/her-medicare-fraud-convictions-vacated-former-maumee-doctor-gets-time-served-in/stories/20260602127#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:24:54 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/06/03/her-medicare-fraud-convictions-vacated-former-maumee-doctor-gets-time-served-in/stories/20260602127 A former Maumee doctor previously convicted of six felony counts of health-care fraud received a misdemeanor sentence for time already served after she successfully appealed her jury trial’s outcome. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/06/03/owner-of-dog-who-attacked-mother-at-sylvania-school-sentence/stories/20260603085 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/06/03/owner-of-dog-who-attacked-mother-at-sylvania-school-sentence/stories/20260603085#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:14:13 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/06/03/owner-of-dog-who-attacked-mother-at-sylvania-school-sentence/stories/20260603085 The owner of a dog that attacked a mother at Whiteford Elementary School apologized Wednesday before a Sylvania judge spared him jail time. Nikai Roberts, owner of a Rottweiler that attacked a Sylvania parent, is sentenced June 3 at Sylvania Municipal Court in Sylvania. Nikai Roberts, owner of a Rottweiler that attacked a Sylvania parent, is sentenced June 3 at Sylvania Municipal Court in Sylvania. Nikai Roberts, owner of a Rottweiler that attacked a Sylvania parent, is sentenced June 3 at Sylvania Municipal Court in Sylvania. Judge Michael Bonfiglio sentences Nikai Roberts, owner of a Rottweiler that attacked a Sylvania parent, June 3 at Sylvania Municipal Court in Sylvania. Nikai Roberts, owner of a Rottweiler that attacked a Sylvania parent, is sentenced June 3 at Sylvania Municipal Court in Sylvania. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/06/02/judge-duhart-receive-scoutings-distinguished-alumnus-award/stories/20260601071 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/06/02/judge-duhart-receive-scoutings-distinguished-alumnus-award/stories/20260601071#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:27:19 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/06/02/judge-duhart-receive-scoutings-distinguished-alumnus-award/stories/20260601071 Judge Myron Duhart will be honored June 4 with the Erie Shores Council Distinguished Alumnus Award. Judge Myron Duhart shares a few words during an event celebrating Ohio’s newly designated 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Day, honoring the only all-Black, all-female battalion to serve overseas in World War II, at Lucas County Veterans Service Commission in Toledo on on March 9. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/28/last-defendant-motel-beating-4-years-prison/stories/20260528102 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/28/last-defendant-motel-beating-4-years-prison/stories/20260528102#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 20:06:24 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/28/last-defendant-motel-beating-4-years-prison/stories/20260528102 The last of six defendants to be sentenced for a Toledo man’s detention, beating, and torture received a four-year prison term Thursday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court. David Cessna appears before Judge Timothy Kuhlman during an arraignment for a kidnapping charge in Toledo Municipal Court in Toledo in 2025. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/27/6000-acre-solar-project-permit-nixed-ohio-supreme-court/stories/20260527106 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/27/6000-acre-solar-project-permit-nixed-ohio-supreme-court/stories/20260527106#comments Wed, 27 May 2026 21:02:44 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/27/6000-acre-solar-project-permit-nixed-ohio-supreme-court/stories/20260527106 The Ohio Supreme Court overturned a permit that state officials previously granted to a massive, 6,000-acre industrial-scale solar farm and battery operation in Madison County. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/27/judge-sentences-mulvey-11-years-girlfriends-sons-death/stories/20260527099 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/27/judge-sentences-mulvey-11-years-girlfriends-sons-death/stories/20260527099#comments Wed, 27 May 2026 19:43:16 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/27/judge-sentences-mulvey-11-years-girlfriends-sons-death/stories/20260527099 The Toledo man whose girlfriend’s disabled son starved to death in 2023 received a maximum 11-year prison sentence Wednesday from a Lucas County judge. Joshua Mulvey in court for an arraignment for an involuntary manslaughter and endangering children charge at Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo on Aug. 20, 2025. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/27/tentative-trial-date-set-for-man-accused-of-mother-in-law-s-murder/stories/20260527095 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/27/tentative-trial-date-set-for-man-accused-of-mother-in-law-s-murder/stories/20260527095#comments Wed, 27 May 2026 18:49:27 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/27/tentative-trial-date-set-for-man-accused-of-mother-in-law-s-murder/stories/20260527095 A Lucas County judge set a mid-September trial date Wednesday for the Sylvania man charged with his mother-in-law’s beating death, although both the prosecutor and the defense lawyer hesitated to commit to it. Jonathan Schmidt with defense lawyer Pete Rost in Lucas County Common Pleas Court on April 29. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/26/family-fights-parole-man-convicted-womans-2003-killing/stories/20260524133 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/26/family-fights-parole-man-convicted-womans-2003-killing/stories/20260524133#comments Tue, 26 May 2026 10:59:46 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/26/family-fights-parole-man-convicted-womans-2003-killing/stories/20260524133 Priscilla Deal Rossi is fighting for her younger sister, Christina Deal, who was murdered 23 years ago. Gary and Elizabeth Deal with a photo of their late daughter, Christina Deal, at their home in Martin on May 25. Christina was murdered in 2003. Gary and Elizabeth Deal with a photo of their late daughter, Christina Deal, at their home in Martin on May 25. Christina was murdered in 2003. Christina Deal https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/23/sylvania-native-represents-haitian-immigrants-supreme-court/stories/20260515114 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/23/sylvania-native-represents-haitian-immigrants-supreme-court/stories/20260515114#comments Sat, 23 May 2026 12:48:29 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/23/sylvania-native-represents-haitian-immigrants-supreme-court/stories/20260515114 Sylvania native Geoff Pipoly holds a sign in support of Haitian immigrants. Last month, Mr. Pipoly presented oral arguments to the Supreme Court in defense of 350,000 Haitian immigrants whose Temporary Protective Status, or TPS, is at risk of being terminated. Pastor Carl Ruby, third from left, discusses the problems facing the Haitian community, and the community at large, in Springfield, Ohio, where he leads the nondenominational evangelical Central Christian church. Pastor Carl Ruby leads the nondenominational evangelical Central Christian church in Springfield, Ohio, where he has welcomed the city's roughly fifteen thousand Haitian immigrants into his congregation and his community. Pastor Carl Ruby, left, heads to the Supreme Court to witness Sylvania native Geoff Pipoly's oral arguments for why Haitian immigrants should not have their Temporary Protective Status, or TPS, revoked. Pastor Ruby leads the nondenominational evangelical Central Christian church in Springfield, Ohio, where he has welcomed the Haitian community. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/21/woman-accused-man-hatchet-murder-pleads-reduced-charge/stories/20260521113 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/21/woman-accused-man-hatchet-murder-pleads-reduced-charge/stories/20260521113#comments Thu, 21 May 2026 22:32:50 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/21/woman-accused-man-hatchet-murder-pleads-reduced-charge/stories/20260521113 A woman charged with a South Toledo man’s brutal killing in 2018 entered an Alford plea Wednesday to robbery and involuntary manslaughter counts. Shelby McCarthy-Smith https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/21/man-accused-setting-fatal-fire-found-incompetent-trial/stories/20260521120 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/21/man-accused-setting-fatal-fire-found-incompetent-trial/stories/20260521120#comments Thu, 21 May 2026 22:18:07 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/21/man-accused-setting-fatal-fire-found-incompetent-trial/stories/20260521120 A man accused of setting a fatal West Toledo house fire last month has been found incompetent to stand trial. Cory Allen https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/21/former-rossford-mayor-faces-child-pornography-indictment/stories/20260521117 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/21/former-rossford-mayor-faces-child-pornography-indictment/stories/20260521117#comments Thu, 21 May 2026 20:54:55 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/21/former-rossford-mayor-faces-child-pornography-indictment/stories/20260521117 BOWLING GREEN — Former Rossford Mayor Louis Bauer was indicted Thursday morning for 11 child pornography charges by a Wood County grand jury. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/21/judge-gives-head-of-small-cult-that-brutally-beat-man-22-years-in-prison/stories/20260521103 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/21/judge-gives-head-of-small-cult-that-brutally-beat-man-22-years-in-prison/stories/20260521103#comments Thu, 21 May 2026 17:49:41 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/21/judge-gives-head-of-small-cult-that-brutally-beat-man-22-years-in-prison/stories/20260521103 Horrific abuse a Toledo woman suffered as a child did not justify the beatings she then orchestrated for a man in her polyamorous household, a judge said Thursday before imposing a 22-year prison term. Martina Esqueda appears before Judge Timothy Kuhlman during an arraignment for a kidnapping charge in Toledo Municipal Court in Toledo on Monday, March 24, 2025. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/19/man-gets-24-years-for-robbery-that-resulted-in-nephew-s-fatal-shooting/stories/20260519082 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/19/man-gets-24-years-for-robbery-that-resulted-in-nephew-s-fatal-shooting/stories/20260519082#comments Tue, 19 May 2026 17:05:54 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/19/man-gets-24-years-for-robbery-that-resulted-in-nephew-s-fatal-shooting/stories/20260519082 When Robert Dorr, Jr., conjured a plan to rob a man at a party of his gun, that plan didn’t end with his nephew, Darius Washington, getting fatally shot. Robert Dorr, Jr. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/18/securities-fraud-defendant-gets-2-years-prison/stories/20260518087 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/18/securities-fraud-defendant-gets-2-years-prison/stories/20260518087#comments Mon, 18 May 2026 21:02:16 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/18/securities-fraud-defendant-gets-2-years-prison/stories/20260518087 A Perrysburg man who was the last of five people to enter guilty pleas in a $72 million securities fraud case became the first to be sentenced Monday when a Lucas County judge sent him to prison for two years. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/15/man-convicted-of-manslaughter-girlfriend-son-starvation-death/stories/20260515088 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/15/man-convicted-of-manslaughter-girlfriend-son-starvation-death/stories/20260515088#comments Fri, 15 May 2026 15:45:34 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/05/15/man-convicted-of-manslaughter-girlfriend-son-starvation-death/stories/20260515088 A Toledo man whose girlfriend’s disabled son starved to death was convicted Friday morning by a Lucas County jury of involuntary manslaughter and child endangering. 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-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