Authorities seek help finding man who robbed Subway shop in Green
GREEN: The Summit County Sheriff’s office is seeking the public’s help finding a man who robbed a Subway sandwich shop Friday night in the 3400 block of South Arlington Road.According to the sheriff’s...
View ArticleHot rods: Someone is burning vehicles in Kenmore, Akron police say
At least seven vehicles have been set ablaze in Kenmore over the past two weeks, Akron police said. Detectives said at least half of the vehicles were stolen from nearby areas — a 1998 Jeep Cherokee...
View ArticleAnother day in Akron, another car fire
Akron police are investigating the eighth vehicle fire in the city since April 15.The latest incident happened in around midnight in the 1700 block of Brown Street in Firestone Park.When officers...
View ArticleMisjudging a man by his cover: Akron school officials assumed visitor was a...
Christopher Hendon dressed like a cop — often wearing what many would assume was a bulletproof vest.He talked like a cop — greeting some Akron police like old friends, many of whom he might have known...
View ArticleMan in black: Akron police suspect same man robbed two payday loan stores in...
Akron police suspect the same man has robbed two Check into Cash stores since Saturday. The latest incident happened at 496 S. Canton Rd about 11:30 a.m. Thursday. A clerk told police a man came into...
View ArticleAkron man wanted for breaking into friend’s home with gun, tying up friend’s...
A 62-year-old Akron woman escaped unharmed Wednesday after two men with guns broke into her Kenmore home, police said. The woman recognized one of the men as a friend of her son, police said....
View ArticleMotley crew: Akron police seek four suspects, one with ‘messy hair,’ in...
Akron police suspect a team of four people — including a woman driving a get-away car — were behind a robbery and shooting at an East Exchange Street jewelry store Thursday evening on the edge of the...
View ArticlePolice say Akron shoplifters turned into robbers to get away with...
Would you risk going to jail for a few things you wanted at a Family Dollar store? Akron police say two young women did Monday night on South Arlington Street. According to police, the women —...
View ArticleAkron homicide suspect turns himself in 13 days after shooting, police say
Kenneth D. Lindsey, wanted on a murder charge, turned himself in to Akron police detectives Monday, police said.Lindsey, 28, is suspected of shooting and killing Reginald Edwards, 32, in the parking...
View ArticleCleveland Hopkins Airport reopens about 4 p.m. with all clear from bomb squad
Cleveland Hopkins Airport officials have not yet said what was in the suspicious bag that closed the airport for about two hours Tuesday.Video from the airport showed an explosive detection unit at the...
View ArticleGoodyear Heights parents face felony charges after 2 year-old son overdosed...
Akron police Wedensday said they had arrested the parents of a 2 year-old who overdosed on a synthetic opiate in March.Randy Boggs II, 27, and Catelynn Smiley, 21, face charges of felony child...
View ArticlePlain Township home burglary leads to arrests, recovery of stolen ATV and...
PLAIN TWP. — Stark County Sheriff’s deputies said they nabbed two of three people they believe were involved in the burglary of a home Wednesday and found loot reported stolen during other...
View ArticleEight Akron children witness threats, violence before police arrest men in...
Children from two Akron families apparently witnessed ugly scenes of threats and violence involving men in their lives, according to Wednesday’s Akron police briefing.In the first case, police charged...
View ArticleWild, wild west (Akron): Driver tells police he was ambushed, shot at
Akron police are hoping the public can help them figure out what led to gunfire Wednesday afternoon in West Akron.Here’s what police said they know: Officers heard gunfire near Bacon Avenue and Peckham...
View ArticlePuff granddaddy?: Columbus senior citizen charged in Akron, Medina County...
It’s been about 10 months since someone broke into Karg and Sons Marathon in the 2200 block of West Market Street and walked away with about 20 cartons of cigarettes.Akron police said Thursday they...
View ArticleAkron man who shot woman three times in front of children pleads guilty to...
Beacon Journal staff reportThe Akron man accused of shooting his girlfriend in front of her three young children last year has pleaded guilty to 14 charges, Summit County prosecutors said. Jamarian...
View ArticleCleveland man, Columbus woman shot at Portage County party: Man dies from his...
FRANLIN TWP. — A Cleveland man and a Columbus woman were shot early this morning as law enforcement tried to quell a large party in Portage County, authorities said. The man - Jayquon Devione Tillman,...
View ArticleLaw and disorder: Akron Police follow blood trail in South Akron
Gunshots rang out in South Akron about 10:45 p.m. Monday.According to a police report, what happened next reads like the opening scene of “Law and Order”: Two Akron officers saw the front door of 1089...
View ArticleAkron’s top cop, a former G-man, says FBI will miss Comey but has chance to...
Skip Rudy Giuliani.Say no to Chris Christie.If President Donald J. Trump ever wants to move beyond politics and restore faith in the FBI, he needs to pick someone he doesn’t know to lead the nation’s...
View ArticleAkron robbery: Be careful who you smoke weed with, they may want your Kyrie...
Akron police are investigating the armed robbery of two roommates who said they recognized one of the thieves because they had smoked pot together earlier in the day.According to police, the incident...
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