David Patch

Toledo

Staff Writer and Commuting Columnist at The Toledo Blade

Road construction and commuting columnist for The Blade newspaper.

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Articles

Man shot by police near Blade gets federal sentence for separate incident

3 days ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

A man already serving state time for a gun charge arising from a downtown Toledo incident in which he was shot by police received 30 months in federal prison Tuesday for a separate gun charge filed after a shooting in a central Toledo apartment. Darnell Peppers, 25, of the 700 block of Searles Road, will receive about 15 months’ credit for time he served in federal custody awaiting the current case’s resolution.
Failing sewer poses sinkhole risk for Swanton's Main Street, busy railroad

4 days ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

A collapsing sewer is causing “a developing sinkhole” that will force a major Swanton street to close late this month — if not sooner — and is also near busy railroad tracks, village officials announced Monday. Village officials asked motorists to avoid North Main Street between the Norfolk Southern railroad crossing and Zeiter Way as much as possible to “help prevent early closure” and said the situation is being actively monitored.
At sentencing, man says girlfriend's fatal shooting was accident

4 days ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

A man convicted of killing his girlfriend in her bedroom last year told a courtroom before his sentencing Monday that he had pulled the trigger by accident.
New roundabout project to start on McCord; parking freebie on Erie ends

5 days ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

Construction of Lucas County’s latest roundabout, at Hill Avenue and McCord Road in Springfield Township, starts Monday. The intersection will be closed for the seemingly standard 45 days. Traffic will be directed around it via combinations of King, Angola, and Holland-Sylvania roads, and Dorr Street. The Hill roundabout will be the fourth on McCord Road. Perhaps McCord could be renamed — or at least have a secondary name — as Roundabout Way.
Artist envisions cement-silos mural as start of 'gallery' along Maumee River

5 days ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

A mural taking shape on cement silos just downstream from downtown Toledo is the first step of a local artist’s vision for complementary artwork out to the Maumee River’s mouth. Dean Davis, who was the lead painter for the landmark Toledo River Wall mural on the ADM grain elevators along Miami Street, said he has identified 23 riverfront locations that could be suitable for murals as part of his “River Gallery” concept.
Judge allows contested evidence in Warner case; trial to be delayed to 2026

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

ADRIAN — A Lenawee circuit judge on Friday denied defense motions to suppress evidence collected under two contested search warrants in the Dee Warner murder case and also declined to order the case be moved out of Lenawee County because of pretrial publicity. But Judge Michael Olsaver agreed in 38th Circuit Court that extraordinary measures may be appropriate to ensure selection of an impartial jury in the high-profile case against Mrs. Warner’s husband, Dale Warner.
Pegler’s Michigan sentencing delayed 8 weeks after jail transfer

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

MONROE — Kenneth Pegler’s Michigan sentencing was postponed Thursday for eight weeks after a snafu involving his Ohio incarceration left him unavailable to appear by teleconference in a Monroe courtroom. The delay in sentencing him for one count of leaving the scene of a crash involving serious injury will not ultimately change how much time he spends behind bars.
ATV operator gets probation for crash that killed friend, injured 3

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

The driver of an ATV that crashed near Metzger Marsh nearly two years ago, killing one of its passengers and seriously injuring herself and two others, received three years’ probation Wednesday from a Lucas County judge. Nicole Glynn, 31, pleaded guilty April 16 to a single third-degree count of aggravated vehicular homicide for the June 17, 2023, death of Timothy Weliand, 45, in the 1:30 a.m. crash along Metzger Marsh State Road near Bono Road in Jerusalem Township.
Man gets 7 years for hit-skip crash that killed motorcyclist

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

A pickup driver who was drunk and had a suspended license received a seven-year prison term Wednesday for killing a motorcyclist his vehicle hit head-on in central Toledo last year. Devin Horner, 28, of the 3400 block of Gorney Place, had pleaded no contest April 9 to first-degree aggravated vehicular homicide for the death of Kato Hull, 41, in the wee-hours crash on May 18, 2024.
Double-lane closings to jam I-75 in Monroe County, several Ohio projects start

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

More double-lane closings are planned this week on I-75 in Monroe County once Memorial Day weekend is over. The Michigan Department of Transportation expects two of three northbound lanes to be closed in both directions from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Tuesday between the weigh station north of Luna Pier Road to Dunbar Road, north of Exit 11. After that, single-lane traffic will also occur nightly Tuesday through Saturday, from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. in this zone on the northbound side only.