
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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3 weeks ago |
chroniclet.com | Dave O'Brien
The former treasurer of the Keystone Elementary School Parent Teacher Association has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor theft charge in Lorain County Common Pleas Court and repaid the PTA the nearly $12,000 she was accused of stealing over the span of two years. Christy Lee Plas, 42, of Parsons Road in LaGrange Township, pleaded guilty to the amended charge on Monday. She also paid restitution in advance, Assistant Lorain County Prosecutor Paul Griffin said Friday.
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3 weeks ago |
chroniclet.com | Dave O'Brien
Lorain County taken off feds' list of 'sanctuaries' for undocumented immigrantsELYRIA — Days after Lorain County officials said it was wrongly placed on a list of "sanctuary jurisdictions" that refuse to comply with federal immigration enforcement actions, Lorain County is off that list.
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3 weeks ago |
chroniclet.com | Dave O'Brien
All Lorain County courts and government departments are open today following last week's computer network security incident, county officials announced this morning. The Lorain County Board of Commissioners issued a four-sentence news release Monday morning as an update, and posted the same update to the county website. "As reported last week, we recently became aware of a network security incident that disrupted our systems.
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1 month 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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