Akron arrest reports — compiled March 24
Recent arrest reports from the Akron Police Department, compiled March 24:• A South Jenkins Boulevard man, 51, was charged with domestic violence with a previous conviction and domestic violence...
View ArticleAkron woman charged in stabbing after fight over chips, salsa
An Akron woman has been charged with stabbing her boyfriend in what police said began as an argument over chips and salsa. When officers arrived at the Lake Street home around 4 p.m. Sunday, the...
View ArticleWest Akron card game broken up by robber with a handgun
A card game ended late Monday night when an armed intruder forced his way inside a West Akron residence and robbed the occupants.Several people were playing cards in an apartment in the 700 block of...
View ArticleTwo suspects arrested in Canton Township home invasion robbery
CANTON: Stark Count Sheriff’s deputies, with assistance from the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force, have arrested two suspects in a Tuesday home invasion robbery at the South Haven Trailer Park in the...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls anonymous tip line catching criminals; unique system even pays...
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Crime fighting tipster 15-7190: You’re reward is ready.Cuyahoga Falls Police have no idea who alerted them to the marijuana-growing operation at a Loomis Street home — and it’s going to...
View ArticleAkron man identified as suspect in Sunday robberies
An Akron man is wanted on two counts of robbery after being identified as a suspect in a surveillance video.Police believe Steven Watson, 33, of North Seiberling Street, robbed two stores Sunday on the...
View ArticleAkron school custodian charged with sexual assault turns himself in
A night custodian at an elementary school in Akron “pretty much admitted” to sexually assaulting an underage family member, according to Akron police.Kevin Dasen, 41, of Newell Avenue in Akron, was...
View ArticleReported shooting leads to drug arrests at East Archwood Avenue residence
Police investigating a shooting outside a home in southeast Akron arrested two people after discovering evidence of illegal drug operations at the residence.Shortly after 11 p.m. Monday, officers were...
View ArticleBarberton Army recruiter charged with having sexual relationship with teenage...
A U.S. Army recruiter is charged with having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old Stow girl.The girl, now 16, told Stow police in April she met Jonathan Wallace Crouch, 37, when she was 15 and they...
View ArticleCanton woman, two children injured in crash on state Route 21
A Canton woman and two of her children were injured when she crashed into the back of a truck on state Route 21 in Massillon on Saturday evening.A 2007 Commercial Freightliner hauling a flatbed trailer...
View ArticleAkron man pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in drug death
An Akron man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and trafficking in fentanyl for selling the drug to a man who later died after using it, authorities said. Maycon G. Alvarez, 30, of Brandon...
View ArticlePolice investigate Akron shooting
Akron police and the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office are investigating the shooting death of a 51-year-old man on Chittenden Street on Saturday night.At about 11 p.m. Saturday, police responded...
View ArticleAkron police help nab Cleveland man wanted in shooting death
AKRON: A 24–year–old man wanted in connection with a September slaying in Cleveland is being held in the Summit County Jail and is scheduled to appear Monday in Akron Municipal Court.Daniel Wingfield,...
View Article8 people indicted in heroin/cocaine drug trafficking ring in Ashland, Medina...
Eight people have been indicted for a heroin and cocaine drug trafficking ring that operated in Ashland, Medina and Wayne counties, according to a news release Monday from the Ohio Attorney General’s...
View ArticleCousin charged with kidnapping after 2-year-old boy found safe in Akron
Police arrested the cousin of a 2-year-old boy who is accused of taking the child Friday night from Green and going to look for drugs in the Akron area.Following an Amber Alert and search, the boy was...
View Article2 missing boys found safe on Thanksgiving in minivan on I-77 following Amber...
An Amber Alert was canceled on Thanksgiving after two missing boys were safely found in a minivan shortly after it drove from Stark County into Tuscarawas County.The boys’ mother was taken into...
View ArticlePolice identify suspects in Akron strip club shooting
Akron police have identified but not yet apprehended two men wanted in a deadly strip club shooting.Daymond L. Hooks, 29, of 4th Avenue in Akron, and Phillip R Key, Jr., 32, of Sparhawk Avenue in...
View ArticleBoy, 14, arrested after threatening Akron man with BB gun
A 14-year-old boy was arrested by Akron police Wednesday afternoon for threatening to kill a Sunset Avenue resident who found the boy stealing a ceramic bird lawn ornament from his front yard.The boy...
View ArticleStark County girl returned safely after abduction, authorities say
CANTON: Stark County sheriff’s deputies on Friday found a 7-year-old girl who they say was abducted a little more than an hour after an Amber Alert was issued, authorities said. They said the girl,...
View ArticleAkron woman grazed by bullet praises God for a miracle
Annette McGhee is calling her miracle “The Passover.”“God guided that bullet so that it would pass over me and not destroy me,” said McGhee, 63. “I thank God for sparing my life. I just know it was God...
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