http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:14:54 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/30/couple-indicted-manslaughter-newborn-death/stories/20260730102 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/30/couple-indicted-manslaughter-newborn-death/stories/20260730102#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:33:58 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/30/couple-indicted-manslaughter-newborn-death/stories/20260730102 An Oregon couple have both been indicted for involuntary manslaughter for their newborn daughter’s Feb. 25 death. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/30/man-admits-to-involuntary-manslaughter-for-girlfriend-s-shooting-death/stories/20260730092 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/30/man-admits-to-involuntary-manslaughter-for-girlfriend-s-shooting-death/stories/20260730092#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:01:53 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/30/man-admits-to-involuntary-manslaughter-for-girlfriend-s-shooting-death/stories/20260730092 A West Toledo man pleaded guilty Thursday morning to involuntary manslaughter and two other counts arising from his girlfriend’s shooting death nine months ago. Jeffrey Townsend, Jr. (right), goes over his plea documents with defense lawyer Jeff Crowther in Lucas County Common Pleas Court on July 30. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/29/woman-indicted-involuntary-manslaughter-fatal-boating-incident/stories/20260729109 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/29/woman-indicted-involuntary-manslaughter-fatal-boating-incident/stories/20260729109#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:31:26 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/29/woman-indicted-involuntary-manslaughter-fatal-boating-incident/stories/20260729109 A Lucas County grand jury on Wednesday indicted a North Toledo woman on a pair of felonies stemming from an incident on Lake Erie that left two people dead. Kristen Marie Gerrie. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/28/teenagers-murder-case-south-toledo-shooting-sent-adult-court/stories/20260728102 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/28/teenagers-murder-case-south-toledo-shooting-sent-adult-court/stories/20260728102#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:08:02 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/28/teenagers-murder-case-south-toledo-shooting-sent-adult-court/stories/20260728102 The case of one of three defendants in a gun sale that resulted in a fatal shooting last summer will be transferred to adult court under a juvenile-court judge’s order Tuesday. Exterior of the Lucas County Juvenile Justice Center in downtown Toledo. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/27/fresh-faces-on-farmland-new-clinics-to-expand-legal-access-in-rural-nw-ohio/stories/20260721103 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/27/fresh-faces-on-farmland-new-clinics-to-expand-legal-access-in-rural-nw-ohio/stories/20260721103#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:06:54 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/27/fresh-faces-on-farmland-new-clinics-to-expand-legal-access-in-rural-nw-ohio/stories/20260721103 Michelle Kranz wrangles mass tort lawsuits by day and cattle by night. The attorney represents clients in Toledo but lives on a farm in Wood County, where a new clinic partnered with the University of Toledo college of law is expected to bolster legal access in the surrounding area. The University of Toledo Law Center in Toledo. The University of Toledo Law Center in Toledo. A scroll statue at the University of Toledo Law Center in Toledo. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/24/funding-crisis-ends-domestic-violence-court-advocacy-program/stories/20260724073 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/24/funding-crisis-ends-domestic-violence-court-advocacy-program/stories/20260724073#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:44:21 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/24/funding-crisis-ends-domestic-violence-court-advocacy-program/stories/20260724073 The sudden end of a domestic violence advocacy program has left Toledo Municipal Court without victim advocates, forcing city officials to quickly find a way to continue supporting survivors. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/24/judge-warns-of-risks-as-lucas-county-cuts-jail-beds/stories/20260724071 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/24/judge-warns-of-risks-as-lucas-county-cuts-jail-beds/stories/20260724071#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:15:06 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/24/judge-warns-of-risks-as-lucas-county-cuts-jail-beds/stories/20260724071 Lucas County is looking to save taxpayer dollars by reducing the number of beds it contracts for at a regional jail next year — but one Toledo Municipal Court judge warns it could eventually hamper sentencing decisions and public safety. Judge Joshua Lanzinger of Toledo Municipal Court says Lucas County's plan to reduce the number of contracted beds at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio could eventually affect sentencing decisions and public safety. At center, Lucas County Commissioner and Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio Board Member Pete Gerken during a CCNO board meeting, where a discussion on bed reallocation took place on July 22 at the Defiance County Public Safety Building in Defiance. Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/23/toledo-firefighter-indicted-in-firehouse-fund-theft/stories/20260723087 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/23/toledo-firefighter-indicted-in-firehouse-fund-theft/stories/20260723087#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:54:13 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/23/toledo-firefighter-indicted-in-firehouse-fund-theft/stories/20260723087 A Toledo firefighter and professional boxer accused of filching funds from his fire station’s house fund has been indicted for two felony charges. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/22/man-pleads-no-contest-brutal-stabbing-death/stories/20260722113 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/22/man-pleads-no-contest-brutal-stabbing-death/stories/20260722113#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:14:20 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/22/man-pleads-no-contest-brutal-stabbing-death/stories/20260722113 A 60-year-old man who brutally stabbed and beat his 63-year-old neighbor to death in February pleaded no contest to murder Wednesday afternoon in Lucas County Common Pleas Court. Bryan Laas https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/22/trust-shame-fueled-ohio-s-biggest-securities-fraud/stories/20260718106 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/22/trust-shame-fueled-ohio-s-biggest-securities-fraud/stories/20260718106#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:16:50 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/22/trust-shame-fueled-ohio-s-biggest-securities-fraud/stories/20260718106 The biggest securities fraud case in Ohio history was built on misplaced trust and furthered by victims’ shame, the state’s top investigator says. Defendants from left Gary Rathbun, Brad Konerman, Doug Miller, James Delverne, and Adam Salon April 18, 2023, at the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo. Judge Gary Cook sentences Richard Scheich, an executive in the Northwest Capital ponzi scheme, for his part June 29 at Lucas County Common Pleas Court in Toledo. Richard Scheich, an executive in the Northwest Capital ponzi scheme, is sentenced for his part June 29 at Lucas County Common Pleas Court in Toledo. Nancy Rathbun is arraigned April 18, 2023, at the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo. Victims involved in the case listen as Doug Miller, an executive in the Northwest Capital ponzi scheme, is sentenced for his part at the Lucas County Common Pleas Court in Toledo June 30. Nancy Rathbun, Gary Rathbun’s wife who was an executive in the Northwest Capital ponzi scheme, is sentenced for her part at the Lucas County Common Pleas Court in Toledo June 30. Doug Miller, an executive in the Northwest Capital ponzi scheme, is sentenced for his part at the Lucas County Common Pleas Court in Toledo on June 30. Gary Rathbun is arraigned April 18, 2023, at the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo. A Lucas County grand jury has indicted eight people for allegedly bilking at least 200 investors out of about $72 million in an investment scheme. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/21/2-more-convictions-thrown-out-in-2020-plot-to-kidnap-michigan-governor/stories/20260721075 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/21/2-more-convictions-thrown-out-in-2020-plot-to-kidnap-michigan-governor/stories/20260721075#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:17:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/21/2-more-convictions-thrown-out-in-2020-plot-to-kidnap-michigan-governor/stories/20260721075 DETROIT — A state appeals court on Monday set aside convictions for two men involved in a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers the State of the State address at the Michigan state Capitol in Lansing, Mich., Feb. 25. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/20/teen-pleads-manslaughter-point-place-stabbing-death/stories/20260720098 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/20/teen-pleads-manslaughter-point-place-stabbing-death/stories/20260720098#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:18:40 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/20/teen-pleads-manslaughter-point-place-stabbing-death/stories/20260720098 The teenager charged with murder for another youth’s stabbing death last summer near the McDonald’s restaurant in Point Place entered an Alford plea to a lesser charge Monday. John Jackson, Jr., appears for an arraignment at Lucas County Common Pleas Court in Toledo on Jan. 29. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/17/darnell-jones-defense-drops-serious-mental-illness-claim/stories/20260717087 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/17/darnell-jones-defense-drops-serious-mental-illness-claim/stories/20260717087#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:26:53 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/17/darnell-jones-defense-drops-serious-mental-illness-claim/stories/20260717087 The man charged with capital murder for Kei’mani Latigue’s death last year has withdrawn, through his lawyers, notice that he will claim serious mental illness in his case. Darnell Jones (right) confers with defense lawyer David Klucas before a hearing April 1 in Lucas County Common Pleas Court. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/16/brothers-diamani-and-delveon-lear-sentenced-life-prison/stories/20260716095 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/16/brothers-diamani-and-delveon-lear-sentenced-life-prison/stories/20260716095#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:24:38 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/16/brothers-diamani-and-delveon-lear-sentenced-life-prison/stories/20260716095 Two brothers convicted in the robbery and fatal shooting of a 16-year-old Toledo boy were sentenced Thursday to life in prison. From left, Diamani Lear and Delveon Lear enter court for their sentencing hearing after being convicted of aggravated murder last month for the death of a 16-year-old boy, on July 16 at the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo. From left, Delveon Lear and Diamani Lear leave court after their sentencing hearing after being convicted of aggravated murder last month for the death of a 16-year-old boy, on July 16 at the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo. Flanked by his lawyers Morgan Isenberg, left, and Ronnie Wingate, right, Delveon Lear is sentenced for the aggravated murder of a 16-year-old boy, on July 16 at the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo. Garnett Johnson, left, reads a victim’s impact statement as Vera Saunders, Director of Victim Services, looks on during the sentencing of Diamani Lear and Delveon Lear, on July 16 at the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo. Delveon Lear is sentenced for the aggravated murder of a 16-year-old boy, on July 16 at the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo. Flanked by his lawyers Gretchen DeBacker, left, and LaRon Bankston, right, Diamani Lear is sentenced for the aggravated murder of a 16-year-old boy on July 16 at the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo. Flanked by his lawyers LaRon Bankston, left, and Gretchen DeBacker, right, Diamani Lear is sentenced for the aggravated murder of a 16-year-old boy, on July 16 at the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo. Delveon Lear is sentenced for the aggravated murder of a 16-year-old boy, on July 16 at the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/16/mcdonald-s-gunman-found-insane-committed-life/stories/20260716090 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/16/mcdonald-s-gunman-found-insane-committed-life/stories/20260716090#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:28:50 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/16/mcdonald-s-gunman-found-insane-committed-life/stories/20260716090 A Toledo man who fatally shot another man in the head at a McDonald’s restaurant on Reynolds Road last year was committed for life to a psychiatric hospital after a Lucas County Common Pleas Court judge found him not guilty by reason of insanity. Kemarri Anderson in Lucas County Common Pleas Court on June 5, 2025 with lawyer Kurt Bruderly behind him. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/16/lawyers-argue-details-of-alleged-robbery-in-fatal-gun-sale-shooting/stories/20260716096 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/16/lawyers-argue-details-of-alleged-robbery-in-fatal-gun-sale-shooting/stories/20260716096#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:46:50 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/16/lawyers-argue-details-of-alleged-robbery-in-fatal-gun-sale-shooting/stories/20260716096 A judge’s decision on whether three teenagers planned to rob another boy instead of selling him a gun will determine whether the oldest defendant’s case is transferred to adult court. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/15/prosecutors-judge-say-ohio-guidelines-direct-weapons-offenders-to-probation/stories/20260710084 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/15/prosecutors-judge-say-ohio-guidelines-direct-weapons-offenders-to-probation/stories/20260710084#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/15/prosecutors-judge-say-ohio-guidelines-direct-weapons-offenders-to-probation/stories/20260710084 When the defense lawyer for a man facing a weapons charge asked a Lucas County judge last week to reduce his bond, the recent mass shooting at the Old West End Festival surfaced in the judge’s denial. Ka Nye Taylor, left and Eljay Crisp-Carr Ka Nye Taylor, one of the alleged Old West End shooters, listens during a bond hearing on June 25 at Toledo Municipal Court. Eljay Crisp-Carr listens during his bond hearing for the shooting in the Old West End Thursday, June 18, 2026, at Toledo Municipal Court. Toledo police investigates a shooting that left 12 people injured at the Old West End Festival at the Agnes Reynolds Jackson Arboretum in Toledo on June 6. First responders help a woman who was injured the mass shooting that left 12 people injured at the Old West End Festival at the Agnes Reynolds Jackson Arboretum in Toledo on Saturday, June 6, 2026. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/14/lucas-county-prosecutor-s-office-expands-scope-of-conviction-integrity-unit/stories/20260714086 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/14/lucas-county-prosecutor-s-office-expands-scope-of-conviction-integrity-unit/stories/20260714086#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:58:57 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/14/lucas-county-prosecutor-s-office-expands-scope-of-conviction-integrity-unit/stories/20260714086 After two years in operation, the Conviction Integrity Unit of the Lucas County Prosecutor’s Office is getting an expansion. Lucas County Prosecutor Julia Bates said the prosecutor's office is expanding its Conviction Integrity Unit to accept referrals from any attorney who believes a client may have been wrongfully convicted. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/13/driver-in-teenager-s-robbery-slaying-gets-8-years-in-prison/stories/20260713094 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/13/driver-in-teenager-s-robbery-slaying-gets-8-years-in-prison/stories/20260713094#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2026 21:34:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/13/driver-in-teenager-s-robbery-slaying-gets-8-years-in-prison/stories/20260713094 The man who drove a car used in a botched gun sale that ended with a boy’s shooting death last year was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison. Delveon Lear, top left; Diamani Lear, top right; Shamur Hughes, bottom left, and Omarion Coleman, bottom right. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/13/woman-pleads-guilty-to-top-counts-for-fatal-ovi-crash/stories/20260713087 https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/13/woman-pleads-guilty-to-top-counts-for-fatal-ovi-crash/stories/20260713087#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:41:31 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2026/07/13/woman-pleads-guilty-to-top-counts-for-fatal-ovi-crash/stories/20260713087 An East Toledo woman pleaded guilty Monday morning to two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide for a Dec. 27 impaired-driving crash that killed two people. Lucas County Courthouse.