By Joshua Benton and Robin Erb Blade Staff Writers Page A1 It was a terrifying way to show affection. Slashed car tires. Sugar poured in her car’s gas tank. Perverse name-calling. And when Vivian Morris, 30, finally went to authorities Friday for protection from her co-worker, Joseph Chappell, 39, she could not have known how […]
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Couple found slain; Murder-suicide suspected
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 11 An elderly husband and wife, each facing illness, were found shot to death yesterday in their Washington Township mobile home, the apparent result of a murder-suicide. Robert Cook, Sr., 71, and Goldie, 85, his wife of 25 years, were pronounced dead in their bedroom at 1:05 p.m., […]
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Fire damages Toledo Metal; Several units respond as embers fall on neighborhood
By Mike Bartell and Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writers Page 17 A spectacular fire, fanned by winds gusting to 25 mph, shot flames and spewed heavy smoke from all four sides of the two-story Toledo Metal Spinning Co. building in the central city last night. The flames shot at least 75 feet skyward, as ember-laden […]
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Burglary suspect’s day ends in arrest
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 8B It was a very busy three hours. After allegedly abandoning a stolen van in favor of a stolen car, a west end man was captured by Toledo police yesterday afternoon while he was in a home he had broken into near Ottawa Park, authorities said. The saga […]
Background checks, ID cards slow weapon sales, close shops; Toledo gun-control laws prompt praise, criticism
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page A9 Ned Plummer knows the meaning of a close call. The owner of the Trilby Sport Shop on Secor Road was in the process of selling a handgun to a woman earlier this month. All the paperwork was in place; she had gone through a battery of background […]
Lucas County law enforcement boosts budget
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 An increase in the cost of arresting, prosecuting, and housing criminals is part of the reason why Lucas County officials expect to spend $33 million more next year than in 1997. The 1998 budget, which was passed yesterday by the Lucas County board of commissioners, includes a […]
Plane crash near Findlay kills 3
By Joshua Benton and Eddie B. Allen, Jr. Blade Staff Writers Page 1 FINDLAY — Three men were killed yesterday when the plane they were flying in crashed moments after it took off from Findlay Municipal Airport. Names of the victims were withheld, pending positive identification and notification of relatives. But sources said one of […]
Man hit, dragged 5 blocks by car, dies
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 20 A 13th Street man was killed last night when a car dragged him for five downtown blocks after hitting him as he crossed a street. Ralph Jeremy was hit so hard he was knocked out of his shoes, Toledo police said. He was transported to St. Vincent […]
Court decision axes hearing on Redfield case; School board wasn’t told, lawyers say
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 21 MONROE — A Monroe County Circuit Court judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday afternoon to stop the Michigan Tenure Commission from hearing the case against suspended principal Dean Redfield until criminal proceedings against him are completed, attorneys said. Attorneys for the Bedford school board said they […]
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Four hurt in fight at fashion show
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 25 A fight broke out at a Central Catholic High School fashion show sponsored by the Afro-American Club last night, leaving at least three police officers and one spectator injured. Several spectators were arrested. The officers were treated for bloody noses, injured knees and wrists, and facial lacerations. […]