Dave O'Brien
Crime Writer at The Chronicle Telegram
Courts and county government reporter for @yourchronicle. RT/QT are not an endorsement.
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2 weeks ago |
chroniclet.com | Dave O'Brien
A Lorain man is facing five felony charges accusing him of raping an adolescent girl last year. Lester Foster, 32, was indicted April 24 in Lorain County Common Pleas Court on two counts of rape, two counts of sexual battery and one count of gross sexual imposition, all felonies. Specifications to the rape and sexual battery charges could add prison time to any sentence Foster receives if convicted.
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1 month ago |
chroniclet.com | Dave O'Brien
Linda Webber to be next Lorain Municipal judge after Democratic primary winLORAIN — Linda Webber will be the next judge on the Lorain Municipal bench after besting her two Democratic rivals in Tuesday's primary election. A longtime magistrate on the court, Webber has no Republican or independent opponent in the November general election. She will replace retiring Judge Mark Mihok.
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1 month ago |
chroniclet.com | Dave O'Brien
An Elyria man who allegedly tried to strangle a woman in the lobby of the Elyria Police Department on West Avenue, after reportedly having gone to the station with the intent of killing a police officer, was indicted Friday. Daniel Carrillo, 38, of Bond Street, was indicted by a Lorain County grand jury on charges of attempted murder, felonious assault and strangulation, all felonies, and misdemeanor charges of assault and aggravated menacing.
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1 month ago |
chroniclet.com | Dave O'Brien
ELYRIA — A former Lorain County man who led police on a two-day manhunt last spring was sentenced Monday to at least four and a half years in prison for his crimes. Matt Dillion, 33, of Pennsylvania, had pleaded guilty in Common Pleas Court to 18 felony and misdemeanor charges in two cases filed in 2024. Judge Melissa Kobasher said what Dillion did was so dangerous, he had to go to prison for at least four and a half and up to six years.
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1 month ago |
chroniclet.com | Dave O'Brien
Judge to rule on whether Ricardo Punsalan should still be committed in father's 1994 killingMore than 31 years after he stabbed his father to death in their Sheffield Lake home, Ricardo Punsalan may soon hear from a Lorain County Common Pleas Court judge whether he will continue to be held in a mental health institution or be released back into society.
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