LIMA, OH (WLIO) - The Lima Symphony Orchestra continues its mission to help those in need through music therapy.
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Samuel Paul, 49, was sentenced Wednesday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court to a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of 12 1/2 years.
President Donald Trump has pardoned over 1,500 people charged as part of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. So, what does it mean for the local people who were charged? According to Federal Court Records, the case against Shawndale and Donald Chilcoat from Celina has been dismissed. They were facing numerous charges following the investigation. According to the complaint, the Chilcoats were seen in pictures and video from inside the Capitol Building and the chamber that lawmakers were voting to confirm the presidential election as rioters entered the Capitol.
January 7, 2025, press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Northern District of Ohio: CLEVELAND – A Cleveland woman has been sentenced to 32 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to transport and sell stolen U.S. Treasury bonds across state lines, forging treasury bonds, and using a false social security number. According to court documents, Toni Laverne Smith, 71, had in her possession, U.S. Treasury bonds that were believed to have been stolen from the residence of an elderly female in 2011.
A Youngstown man was indicted by a federal grand jury for sexually abusing a female while she was in police custody.
December 12, 2024, Press Release from the Office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost: (PORTSMOUTH, Ohio) — A former teacher in the Bloom-Vernon Local School District was sentenced to prison today for engaging in a sexual relationship with a student, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced. Caroline Johnson, 36, was sentenced to one year in prison. Upon release, she will be required to register as a Tier III sex offender for the rest of her life.
October 28, 2024, Press Release from the Office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost: (DELAWARE, Ohio) — The former marketing director of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, who pleaded guilty to 16 felonies, was sentenced to five years in prison today for his role in a scheme that defrauded the zoo of at least $2.3 million, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced. On July 2, Pete Fingerhut pleaded guilty to aggravated theft, conspiracy, tampering with records, and telecommunications fraud. He also pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of falsification.
The South African man was sentenced in Northern Ohio Federal Court Thursday morning. He was the final person charged with the death of Timothy Hovanec to be sentenced.
A retired warden is traveling to the state to raise money for MS research, and Allen Oakwood Correctional Institute inmates are helping him one step at a time. Tony Brigano has been retired for over 20 years after working 30 years at various places in the Ohio prison system. But when he wanted to raise money for the National MS Society in honor of his daughter Michelle, who has multiple sclerosis, he went back to the prisons to ask the inmates to join "Team Michelle."
August 16, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction: (Columbus, OH)- Over a dozen of Ohio’s prisons have hosted fundraising walks to raise money for a cure for Multiple Sclerosis (MS), all organized by Tony Brigano, a retired Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) warden. Brigano, who retired as the warden at Lebanon Correctional Institution in 2003, started Walk MS in Ohio’s prisons seven years ago. The proceeds go to the National MS Society, a 501C 3 nonprofit. His daughter, Michelle, has MS and is the driving force behind his walks. Brigano and his team walk to raise money for research in hopes of finding a cure for the auto-immune disease.