Ohio

Juveniles
December 14, 2020

14-year-old tried to kill granddad by poisoning his coffee creamer: Police

A 14-year-old Ohio boy was recently charged with attempted murder for allegedly trying to kill his grandfather and his grandfather’s girlfriend by poisoning them. Berea police told WJW that a 64-year-old man contacted them on December 9, saying he suspected his grandson was tampering with his coffee creamer. The man reportedly drank some of the …

Missing
December 12, 2020

Missing Ohio teen girl found dead in Nevada

A 15-year-old Ohio girl reported missing on Thanksgiving has been found dead in Nevada, Painesville Police report. Kathryn McGuire was believed to have run away with another 15-year-old girl, Haylie Vance, who was found safe in Long Beach, California, on December 4. McGuire was reported missing by her family on November 26, and Vance and …

Assault
November 6, 2020

Son bites off mom’s nose & beats her with tea kettle during argument: Police

An Ohio man is facing criminal charges for allegedly biting off his mother’s nose and beating her during an altercation on Tuesday afternoon. According to The Cincinnati Enquirer, Sean Ohman, 36, told a 911 dispatcher that he battered his mother in her bedroom. Ohman allegedly used a tea kettle to beat his mother. Investigators who …

Homicide
October 31, 2020

Judge orders 11-year-old boy accused of killing 6-year-old jailed until trial

An Ohio judge on Thursday ordered an 11-year-old boy jailed while he awaits trial for allegedly shooting and killing a 6-year-old neighbor, Fox 8 said. The boy is charged with reckless homicide in the death of King Pleasant, who was shot while playing outside near his home in Canton on September 14. The 6-year-old’s family …

Consumer
October 2, 2020

TEEN ATHLETE DEAD after ingesting CAFFEINE BOUGHT ON AMAZON, FAMILY SUES

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Amazon is not legally liable for the 2014 death of a 18-year-old man who purchased powdered caffeine through a third-party seller on their site. As the New York Post reports, the high court concluded that the seller who provided the product which killed Logan Stiner, 18, was solely …

Court
September 25, 2020

SEE IT: Chaos as suspect ESCAPES courthouse during sentencing hearing [Reports]

Authorities in Ohio are looking for a man who allegedly fled a courthouse Tuesday while awaiting sentencing for drug charges. Nickolaus Garrison, 34, reportedly escaped from the Highland County Common Pleas Court, where he was sentenced to six months on a charge of aggravated possession of methamphetamine.  Court office administrator Marsha Oyer told The Highland …

Coronavirus
September 24, 2020

SEE IT: Mask-less mom at middle school football game gets tasered, handcuffed and charged with criminal trespassing [Report]

An Ohio police officer reportedly tased and arrested a woman at a middle school football game Wednesday for refusing to wear a mask. A video posted to YouTube apparently shows a Logan police officer arrest Alecia Kitts after some unintelligible words are exchanged. A school official told The Marietta Times that before police got involved, …

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Manslaughter
September 17, 2020

Teen pushes log off cliff, killing mom photographer

One of two teenage boys charged with pushing a 74-pound log over a cliff, where it hit a photographer and killed her, has taken a plea deal in the case, the Columbus Dispatch reported. Jaden W. Churchheus, 17, pleaded guilty in Hocking County Common Pleas Court involuntary manslaughter in the September 2, 2019, death of …