AKRON, OH (WOIO) – Akron police say a Yellow Cab driver was beaten with a brick and then robbed of his cab, cell phone and wallet. The assault happened around 11:30 Tuesday night. Police say the cab driver picked up the passenger in the 800 block of West Market Street and drove to the 500 block of Howe […]
http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news AKRON, Ohio – Six people have been shot at an off-campus party near the University of Akron. The Akron Police department says the shooting happened sometime between midnight and 1 a.m. Saturday at an off-campus fraternity house on Sherman Street. Police are still investigating if any students were involved, but it appears residents from […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – President Obama’s Jobs Bill was shot down by Senate Republicans Tuesday. The bill failed to get the 60 votes it needed even with 53 Democratic seats in the Senate the bill needed Republican support, which just didn’t happen. Republicans say the bill is more like a stimulus plan, that’s going to […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – In the first-ever use of a new state law governing fiscal caution for municipalities and other political subdivisions, Auditor of State Dave Yost announced that he has declared the City of Akron to be in a state of fiscal caution. “Akron has a lot going for it, and I am confident the […]
A van used by the Abundant Life Harvest Church in Canton to deliver food throughout the community was stolen Friday morning. The theft was caught on a surveillance video by a house across the street from the church on Gibbs Ave. NE. Someone drove away with the 1994 Chevy Lumina around 4 a.m. “We depend […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – A 41-year-old Akron man hospitalized after being stabbed several times by his son. It happened Thursday afternoon in the 200 block of Eastland Avenue. Police say Otho E. Mills was stabbed multiple times by his son, 21-year-old Aaron, after telling the man he needed to find his own place to live. […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – An urgent alert from police about a local creep. He’s approaching kids and asking a lot of questions and cops are afraid it won’t be long before he grabs a child! Residents say he is using the typical line “I lost my dog” and parents are now on the lookout for a pervert. At […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – A 31-year-old Akron mom slapped with charges after trashing her daughter’s boyfriend’s house. Police say Heidi V. Blum picked up two juveniles and had them show her where her daughter’s boyfriend lived. She then took the juveniles inside the boyfriend’s home and stole items belonging to the boyfriend. She also threw […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – Thanks for the assistance from the Summit County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Marshals Office Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force and the Macedonia Police Department, Kennard Gay was taken into custody without incident around 11:30AM Friday morning at a hotel in Macedonia. 26-year-old Gay, of East Avenue in Akron, was wanted […]
Following nearly a month long investigation into a theft case involving a State of Ohio Department of Taxation worker, detectives arrested 45-year-old Bryan Keith Bossert. The Ohio State Highway Patrol is also involved in the investigation. Detectives were notified of the theft by the business owner of the Wine Barrel. On two separate occasions, Bossert took […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – He chose to stray from the parole board’s recommendation. Gov. John Kasich instead used his executive clemency authority to reduce the felony offenses of the Akron mother in the school district switching case. Kelley Williams-Bolar was convicted in January 2011 of two felony records tampering charges. The Akron mother lied and used […]
A teacher was arrested and charged with beating a teen with a baseball bat. The Cleveland teacher lives in Akron and that’s where the assault reportedly took place. According to dear old dad, he was trying to protect his daughter from a boy who he says is “bad news.” Friends of Jeff Willis say he was pushed to his […]