December 17, 2024, Press Release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Northern District of Ohio: CLEVELAND – Ronald Rendon-Luna, 37, a Mexican national residing in Painesville, Ohio, has been sentenced to 151 months in prison by U.S. District Chief Judge Sara Lioi, after he pled guilty to engaging in a drug-trafficking conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and being an alien in possession of firearms. He was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release.

A Lima man with a warrant for crimes committed in 2022 was arrested in Las Vegas Wednesday night. Leroy "Knowledge" Page was arrested and taken into custody by FBI agents. Page is wanted for a home invasion that took place in October of 2022, where he forced entry into a residence on Fraunfelter Road. He proceeded to assault the homeowners, resulting in serious injuries. Page then forced the residents to drive him to another location, where he then fled. The case was presented to the Allen County grand jury in January of 2023.

July 3, 2024, Press Release from the FBI Cleveland Division: [Cleveland, OH] FBI Cleveland continues to seek the public’s assistance for information surrounding the disappearance of then-17-year-old Ashely Summers. Ashley Summers was last seen on or about July 8, 2007. Law enforcement believe there may be several areas of interest where Ashley was known to frequent, specifically: the 2100 block of West 96th, the 3800 block of West 23rd, the 1100 block of Holmden Avenue, and the 3400 block of West 44th, all in Cleveland. At the time of her disappearance, Ashley was 5’5, 130lbs with long brown hair and blue eyes. She had a red heart outline tattoo on her upper right arm with the name “Gene” in a black ink ribbon across the middle.

July 2, 2024, Press Release from the FBI Cleveland Division: [Cleveland, OH] FBI Cleveland and the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit urges people to take notice when their friends, family, classmates, and coworkers show disturbing signs that they may be on a “pathway to violence.” Drawing on years of research on targeted violence and mass shooters—to include the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in 2022 in which 19 elementary school students and two teachers were killed—the FBI unit best known for its “profilers” is asking people to confide in someone they trust or respect when they see behaviors they think are concerning. Too often, the signs are ignored or dismissed because they are not recognized as potentially dangerous, or observers will directly confront the person they are concerned about, believing that alone will be enough to defuse concerning behaviors.

71-year-old John Charles Coy was taken into custody last week and is facing one count of receiving child pornography. The indictment says Coy allegedly requested sexually suggestive pictures of 12 to 13-year-old girls for who he was a softball coach in Marion County. Besides Marion County, he has also coached youth softball in Van Wert County and traveled throughout the region as a truck driver.

The FBI alleges that Jeffrey Armstrong spoke with someone online that he believed to be interested in sexual relations with minors. Armstrong said that he shared this interest, and over ten days, an FBI undercover agent and Armstrong spoke about exchanging explicit photos of underage girls. The complaint also alleges that Armstrong was hoping to engage in sexual activity with two girls, five and six years old, and he told the undercover agent that he has had sexual activity with minors before.

Gov. Mike DeWine said 580 members of the Ohio National Guard have been activated with somewhere around 200 set to go to Washington D.C. The FBI issued warnings of armed protests planned for every state capitol as well as in Washington D.C. for multiple days leading up to Inauguration Day. This comes after the deadly riot at the Capitol Building on Jan. 6. DeWine said he'll speak with the General Assembly about more steps they can take to prepare.

A Lima man suspected of taking part in a drug trafficking plan has changed his plea after two years of proceedings.

Michael Johnson accepted a deal to resolve two separate drug cases. He pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of cocaine with forfeiture specifications of guns and money, as well as two counts of having weapons after previously being convicted of a felony.

A registered sex offender has been convicted in federal court of sex trafficking a 14-year-old girl. Nicholas Cochran of Lima pleaded guilty to one count each of sex trafficking a minor and committing a sex offense against a minor as a registered sex offender. Part of the plea agreement has Cochran serving at least 27 years in prison and up to 42 years. Cochran was arrested in part to a FBI investigation called Operation Independence Day. 

Already having the Wilson Football Factory and Ohio Northern Univeristy, the Village of Ada has something new to boast about. HomeSnacks.net has ranked Ada as the seventh safest city in Ohio for 2020. The website uses FBI numbers and looks at violent crimes per capita and property crimes per capita. The website states Ada had just one violent crime in 2018 and averaged one property crime every three weeks. The police chief says its an honor to break into the top 10 having been on the list for a handful of years. He says the most important thing to their success is a good relationship with the community.