Thursday, May 17, 2012
The Ohio State Highway Patrol will announce the location Friday morning
Portage County is becoming a popular location for sobriety checkpoints this year. The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced Thursday morning that Portage will again be the site for a drunk driving checkpoint Friday evening. The street location for the checkpoint will be announced Friday morning. Check Patch for updates. The checkpoints are federally funded and local police departments assist in the operation. The purpose is to "deter and intercept impaired drivers," according to the OSHP. "Based on provisional data, there were 332 OVI-related fatal crashes in which 359 people were killed last year and 7,507 injured in Ohio,” Lt. Nakia Hendrix, commander of the Ravenna Post, said. “State troopers make on average 25,000 OVI arrests each year…
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Police say Christopher S. McCormick, 26, of North Canton, crashed into a federal building before taking his clothes off and running around. He failed to appear for his arraignment hearing in Stark County court Monday.
A Stark County judge has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Christopher McCormick, the man who police say ran around naked after crashing into a federal building May 5. McCormick, 26, of North Canton, didn't show up to his arraignment hearing Tuesday, after the hearing was pushed back three times, according to court documents. McCormick was being treated at Heartland Behavior Healthcare since his arrest. McCormick had driven a Dodge Stratus into the southwest corner of the Ralph Regula Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse at 301 McKinley Ave. SW about 3 a.m. May 5, according to NewsNet5.com. After crashing into the building, McCormick took off his clothes and ran around naked, the news station reported. He faces a fourth-degree …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
The week's strangest police reports from departments throughout Northeast Ohio.
There's no shortage of bizarre police calls and charges in Northeast Ohio. We'll gather the zaniest of the region each Sunday in this Best of the Blotter column. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Questioned in the Nude: Twinsburg Police didn't learn much about a stolen-money accusation on May 3, but they were exposed to a naked man. The unexpected showing occurred during officers' second trip to the Warren Parkway residence that day. Police came earlier because a woman was screaming for help outside. She was being chased by the naked man's roommate, who believed the woman had stolen $1,000 from the apartment. When police returned with questions, the garment-free man said no one had taken …
Friday, May 11, 2012
The following information was supplied by the North Canton Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Police responded to Hoover High School after being told one student gave another a brownie laced with marijuana during the school day on April 20. The student ate the brownie knowing that the marijuana was in it, according to the police report. The report did not list any suspect information. Car damaged by rock-thrower on Everhard Road Someone threw a rock at a car's windshield three to four times, breaking the windshield and denting the roof, between 11:30 p.m. May 4 and 9:30 a.m. Saturday. The car was sitting in the 100 block of Everhard Road. Drunken man with shopping cart arrested outside Gabriel Bros. A 30-year-old Canton man was arrested for theft and disorderly conduct by intoxication about 2 a.m. April 28, after police saw him …
The following information was supplied by the North Canton Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A North Canton woman called police about 9:50 a.m. Tuesday to report that a video of a local 16-year-old boy in the bath tub had been posted all over Facebook and YouTube that day. Five 15- and 16-year-olds were involved in the making and posting of the video, according to a call-for-service entry from the North Canton Police Department. Police contacted the Stark County Prosecutor's Office, which said no crime was committed because the boy's genitals were not exposed in the video.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Christopher S. McCormick, who'se accused of crashing into a federal building then streaking, was slated to make an initial appearance in court today. According to court records, he's still being treated at a mental health facility.
The arraignment hearing for a man who police say crashed into a federal building before taking off his clothes and running around was postponed from today until Friday. Christopher S. McCormick, 26, of North Canton, still is being treated at Heartland Behavior Healthcare, according to Stark County court records. His new arraignment hearing date is 9 a.m. Friday. (It already had been changed from Monday to today.) McCormick drove a Dodge Stratus into the southwest corner of the Ralph Regula Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse at 301 McKinley Ave. SW about 3 a.m. Saturday, according to NewsNet5.com. After crashing into the building, McCormick took off his clothes and ran around naked, the news station reported. He faces a fourth-degree …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Christopher S. McCormick, 26, of North Canton, is slated to make an initial appearance in court Wednesday
A man who crashed into a federal building in Canton then stripped down naked and ran around before being arrested will appear in court Wednesday. Christopher S. McCormick, 26, of North Canton, drove a Dodge Stratus into the southwest corner of the Ralph Regula Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse at 301 McKinley Ave. SW about 3 a.m. Saturday, according to NewsNet5.com. After crashing into the building, McCormick took off his clothes and ran around naked, the news station reported. McCormick originally was to appear in Canton Municipal Court for an arraignment Monday, but the arraignment was rescheduled for Wednesday morning, according to Stark County court records. Records indicated McCormick was being treated by Heartland Behavior …
Friends and family members of Cody Dollinger and Matthew Buzzard watched as the two men were sworn in as full-time North Canton police officers Monday night
The North Canton Police Department officially welcomed two new faces to the force Monday night as officers Cody Dollinger and Matthew Buzzard were sworn in as full-time officers. "I noticed they both have a strong desire to become police officers," Police Chief Stephan Wilder said at the swearing-in ceremony that took place just before the North Canton City Council meeting. "They've got the heart, and they've got the desire and that means a whole lot when you're focused on going at this career." The addition of Dollinger and Buzzard brings the number of officers up to 15, Wilder said. "I think they both have good heads on their shoulders. They're intelligent. And they're exercising good common sense, which I think are good qualities for …
City officials are supportive of a wireless emergency notification system that enables dispatchers to send a text, email and phone call during emergencies. The system was discussed at Monday night's North Canton City Council meeting.
Emergency notifications — like a heads up about a flood, missing child or boil alert — could be making their way to North Canton employees and residents via text message, email and phone call soon. City officials discussed the Wireless Emergency Notification System (WENS) that makes spreading the word about emergencies more efficient at Monday night's North Canton City Council meeting. "We can notify numerous phones, numerous texts, numerous emails at the touch of a button," said North Canton Fire Chief John Bacon, who led the discussion about the system that night. It works in a few ways: For one, department heads can notify their specific employees. Groups could range from City Council to snow plow crews to police officers. All alerts to…
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Monday, May 7, 2012
The Stark County Prosecutor's Office and North Canton police are teaming up to help keep residents safe with a crime watch meeting Tuesday night
A few burglaries along Everhard Road in the past year have residents wondering why they're being targeted. Their concerns prompted a crime watch meeting, set to take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the North Canton City Council Chambers. Jim Knight, a crime prevention specialist with the Stark County Prosecutor's Office, will lead the meeting, which will help residents become proactive against crime. North Canton Police Lt. Stanley Strausser said the department has investigated five burglaries on Everhard Road since the beginning of 2011. It may not seem like a large number, but it is for that type of area. "The problem is it's right on a main road," Strausser said. "Most of our burglaries occur on residential streets." Although the prosecutor'…
Torri K
12:23 am on Monday, May 14, 2012
Police in Strongsville have nothing better to do than return a drunk woman's purse to her after she left it in a friend's car! I hope no one was driving while intoxicated on I71 during that time. more ›