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Norwood, Ohio police Officer Robert Ward is being in investigated after video surveillance captured him throwing Denise Diallo into a cement wall at a police station, MSNBC reports. The incident took place on Aug. 11 when Diallo entered the Norwood Police Department asking for property from a previous arrest. When officers told her that they could […]

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An Ohio man was shot in the face by a woman he allegedly raped at his business, WHIO-TV reports. SEE ALSO: Jackson Says Son Shouldn’t Return To Work Too Soon Duane Portman (pictured) was arrested on rape and kidnapping charges. He arraigned on Friday after the victim told police that the 44-year-old man sexually assaulted […]

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A sheriff’s deputy was caught on camera repeatedly striking an inmate at the Mahoning County Jail in Youngstown, Ohio, WFMJ-TV reports. SEE ALSO: Chuck Norris’ Crackpot Prediction: ‘America Faces 1,000 Years Of Darkness’ If Obama Wins In the video, the deputy, identified as William Horn, is seen in the video hitting inmate Duniek Christian repeatedly […]

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Logan Andrew West, an 18-year-old man from Ravenna Township, Ohio, has been arrested for allegedly raping his girlfriend’s 15-month-old baby, KCTV 5 reports. West was arraigned on Monday Local police were called to a home in Ravenna Township on Saturday to tend to an injured 15-month-old baby girl. After the baby was taken to Robinson […]

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Tiffany Hurd (pictured) allegedly tried to break into a Butler County, Ohio jail and demanded that she be arrested on the spot, WMBF-TV reports. SEE ALSO: 9-Year-Old Boy Sells Lemonade To Help Detroit Get Out Of Debt Butler County deputies went to the rear of the jail after being notified that a suspicious person was […]

Chrissy Lance (pictured) has been panhandling on an Akron, Ohio corner because she needs money for her little girls. But not the one children you may be thinking of. SEE ALSO: Immigration Law’s Twisted Logic The 37-year-old single mom and college student is begging small town Ohio folks for donations to go towards a $5,000 […]

Corey McGinnis (pictured) was tased by a Ohio police officer trying to break up a fight during a pick-up basketball game in Springfield Township on June 26, The Cincinnati Enquirer  reports. SEE ALSO: 10 Relationships That Make You Go Hmm The shock immediately dropped McGinnis to the ground. He was rushed to a local hospital […]

Tony Lee, a former janitor for Ring Masters, a company that makes engine rings in Massillon, Ohio, bought the factory he was working in after it cut several workers and turned the company into a profitable business. SEE ALSO: Obama Waives Indefinite Detention For Citizens From NDAA Massachusetts School Serves “KKK” Chicken Tenders Lee studied […]

CAMBRIDGE, Ohio— Police say an Ohio man who stuck his 3-year-old son in a clothes dryer as punishment and then turned it on is facing child endangerment charges. The Zanesville Times Recorder reports that 40-year-old Jamial Bayly is scheduled for a video arraignment Thursday in Cambridge Municipal Court. Guernsey County Sheriff Michael McCauley says deputies […]

McDONALD, Ohio  — Officials said Saturday they believe the latest earthquake activity in northeast Ohio is related to the injection of wastewater into the ground near a fault line, creating enough pressure to cause seismic activity. The brine wastewater comes from drilling operations that use the so-called fracking process to extract gas from underground shale. […]

CINCINNATI-Jamie Hein put up a sign saying “Public Swimming Pool, White Only” outside of her pool in Cincinnati, Ohio. Hein claims that the sign is historical sign and that she is not racist. Michael Gunn says Hein put up the sign after he brought his daughter, who is Black, to her pool and Hein complained […]

Democrats scored a host of victories in key states during Tuesday’s balloting, as the party looks toward the 2012 elections. In Ohio, an important swing state, voters rejected the law enacted by Gov. John Kasich and the Republican-controlled legislature that limited the ability of public-employee unions to collectively bargain. See also: Rick Perry Jeopardizes Campaign With […]