Ohio Crime

Man Plows Truck Into Taco Bell Over Missing Taco

Posted 05.30.2012

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A missing taco inspired enough rage for a Huber Heights, OH man to ram his truck into a Taco Bell window. Thankfully, no one inside the Taco Bell was ...

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Darth Vader Robs Bank

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.27.2012

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Just be glad this guy's not your father. A man wearing a Darth Vader mask robbed a Toledo, Ohio bank last week, escaping with an undisclosed amount...

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Mystery Surrounds Disappearance Of Ohio Man

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.08.2012

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An Ohio man's sudden disappearance has baffled family members and investigators, who found his vehicle abandoned in West Virginia five days after he w...

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Adoptive Father Accused Of Raping Boy In His Care

AP | Posted 05.04.2012

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DAYTON, Ohio — An adoptive father who's been accused of raping three boys in his care was indicted along with another man Friday on rape charges...

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TWIST AND SHOUT: Ohio Deputy Orders Inmates To Dance, Gets Fired

AP | KANTELE FRANKO | Posted 05.03.2012

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A northeast Ohio sheriff fired a deputy for ordering five jail inmates to dance to a song by Usher in exchange for privileges such as using a phone or...

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Woman With 'GOD' On Her Mind Gets Arrested

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.01.2012

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An Ohio woman, sporting a heavenly tattoo on her forehead, landed in jail on Sunday night after she allegedly stalked a corrections officer -- whom sh...

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Ringleader In Amish Attacks Is Flush With Cash

AP | Posted 04.30.2012

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CLEVELAND — Prosecutors and defense attorneys are sparring over whether father-and-son suspects in beard- and hair-cutting attacks against fello...

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Amish Beard Attacks: The Fight Enters Court

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 04.19.2012

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CLEVELAND — Sixteen men and women pleaded not guilty Thursday in beard- and hair-cutting attacks against fellow Amish in Ohio. The 10 men and s...

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Teen Sentenced For Deadly Stop Sign Prank

AP | Posted 04.11.2012

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CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — An Ohio teenager was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for a fatal traffic crash that occurred after he concealed ...

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5 Arrested In Connection With Horrific Dismembering Of Ohio Woman

AP | BARBARA RODRIGUEZ | Posted 06.02.2012

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Michigan couple authorities say were connected to the killing and dismemberment of an Ohio woman had recently met the victim ...

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Amish Hair-Cutting Case Grows -- 4 Women Busted

Reuters | Posted 05.30.2012

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By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND, March 29 (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have expanded a hate crimes case against followers of Ohio Amish sec...

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Tap Teacher Sentenced To One Year; 'Still Loves' Teen She Had Sex With

Posted 03.15.2012

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A 34-year-old tap dancing teacher was sentenced Tuesday to a year in prison for boozing up a 15-year-old student and having a long-term sexual relatio...

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Nursing Home Meth Lab Fire Kills One

AP | Posted 05.06.2012

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ASHTABULA, Ohio — A fire chief in northeast Ohio says a drug lab in the room of a nursing home resident has caused a fire that killed one person...

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Judge OKs Taking Photos Of School Shooting Suspect

AP | Posted 05.01.2012

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CHARDON, Ohio — A judge in Ohio has reversed his decision barring photographs showing the face of a 17-year-old suspect in a deadly high school ...

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Boy, 13, Who Raped Girl, 5, In McDonald's Is Sentenced

AP | By LISA CORNWELL | Posted 02.21.2012

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CINCINNATI -- A 13-year-old boy who admitted raping a 5-year-old girl at a McDonald's play area in southwest Ohio has been sentenced to an inpatient t...

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Nicholle Coppler's Remains Found In Accused Rapist's Home

AP | Posted 02.21.2012

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LIMA, Ohio -- The skeletal remains of a 14-year-old Ohio runaway who went missing in 1999 have been found after the home where she was last seen was d...

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Board Has No Mercy For Arsonist's 'Man In Red' Theory

AP | ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS | Posted 02.01.2012

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A death row inmate's theory that a mysterious "man in red" could have started the arson fire that killed his 3-year-old son is...

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Woman Brandishing Curling Iron Robs Liberty Tax Services Location

Posted 01.30.2012

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If you use your imagination, maybe it looked like a gun. A woman and her son are on the run after they allegedly used a curling iron draped with a...

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Potty-room pilfering: Auto flushers stolen in Ohio

AP | Posted 03.27.2012

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A restroom rip-off in central Ohio has automatic flushers disappearing from the bathrooms at restaurants and other businesses. ...

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Chaplain Pleads Not Guilty To Ohio Craigslist Killings

AP | By THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 03.26.2012

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AKRON, Ohio -- A self-styled chaplain suspected in a deadly Craigslist robbery scheme pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges including aggravated mur...

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Bank Robber Calls 911 On Himself

Posted 01.15.2012

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Cincinnati police barely had to break a sweat solving a bank robbery on Friday. Cops say that Frank Coleman robbed a U.S. Bank branch at 2 p.m. an...

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Amish Defendants Plead Not Guilty To Beard-Cutting Attacks

Reuters | Posted 03.12.2012

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By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Twelve members of an Amish splinter group in Ohio pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to char...

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Karaoke Brawl!

Posted 12.23.2011

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Your eardrums and your pride aren't the only things you risk injuring when you visit a karaoke bar. Police in Ohio say a disgruntled karaoke perfor...

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Amish Girl Shot Dead In Buggy By Man Cleaning Gun: Sheriff

AP | Posted 12.21.2011

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FREDERICKSBURG, Ohio -- A man cleaning his muzzle-loading rifle shot the gun into the air, accidentally killing a 15-year-old Amish girl driving a hor...

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Amish Beard Cuttings Were Hate Crimes, Prosecutors Allege

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 02.20.2012

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CLEVELAND — Twelve members of a breakaway Amish group were charged with federal hate crimes in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in eastern ...

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