Retired Lorain police officer not charged for five days after leaving scene...
AMHERST — A retired Lorain police officer wrecked his car last week and then left the scene, according to an Amherst police report. Fred Breeding II, 48, wasn’t cited until five days after the April 14...
View ArticleSouth Amherst fiscal clerk quits amid probe
SOUTH AMHERST — Kim Green resigned Tuesday as South Amherst’s clerk/treasurer and is the target of a criminal investigation for allegedly stealing large sums of money from the village. Lorain County...
View ArticleSafety pays off as Amherst girl gets new bike
AMHERST — Six-year-old Karina Ballesteros walked into the Amherst Police Department on Friday afternoon sporting pink fairy wings. But the Amherst Police Department and AAA Ohio were the ones busy...
View ArticleArbitrator reinstates fired trooper
ELYRIA — An arbitrator has overturned the firing of an Ohio Highway Patrol trooper who was accused of failing to follow proper procedures and falsifying information about a Lorain police officer who...
View ArticleSuspect held in Subway robbery
AMHERST — Police have charged a man in connection with the holdup of a fast-food restaurant last month. Mathew A. Hiner, 30, of Amherst, is facing aggravated robbery and theft charges, according to a...
View Article17-year-old runaway found in Cincinnati
AMHERST — A 17-year-old boy who has been missing since Dec. 17 has been reunited with his family. Keegan Lawcock Keegan Lawcock, a senior at Amherst High School, who was last seen before bed the night...
View ArticleVIDEO: Driver taken to hospital after vehicle goes into storefront
Car into a building. Posted by The Chronicle Telegram on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 AMHERST — The driver of a sport utility vehicle was transported to a local hospital after apparently driving his vehicle...
View ArticleMan who drove into Amherst building identified; police say he might have had...
Amherst Police, Amherst fire and LifeCare tend to a man who drovr his car into a building and caved in the wall of Exclusively Yours,940 Amchester Street in Amherst. BRUCE BISHOP/CHRONICLE AMHERST –...
View ArticlePrivate data accidentally exposed by Amherst police personnel
AMHERST — Police personnel mistakenly posted online the Social Security numbers of about 30 people during a period when they were learning how to use a new record-management system. Joseph Kucirek They...
View ArticleAmherst police investigating rape allegation at local motel
AMHERST — Police are investigating a reported rape of a North Ridgeville teen at a local motel over the weekend. According to a police report, the assault occurred Saturday at the Motel 6, 704 N....
View ArticleDangerous new drugs on streets
Two dangerous new strains of narcotics have been discovered in Lorain County within the past two weeks. Lorain County Chiefs Law Enforcement Association President Duane Whitely, Elyria’s police chief,...
View ArticleAmherst police investigating online harassment and obscenity
AMHERST — Police are investigating a high school student believed to use Instagram to harass other teens online for lewd photos. Police received a complaint Feb. 23 alleging telecommunications...
View ArticleAmherst Police: Male teen pressured girls for nude photos on Instagram
AMHERST — A male teen is expected to face charges for trying to obtain sexually oriented photos from high school-aged females, police said. Amherst police Lt. Dan Makruski said no photos were exchanged...
View ArticlePedestrian apparently struck, killed by train in Amherst
AMHERST — A pedestrian was apparently struck and killed by a Norfolk Southern train early Sunday morning. Amherst police were called to the tracks between South Main Street and Milan Avenue around 4:36...
View ArticleCoroner says death of Amherst man struck by train was accidental
AMHERST — The death of an Amherst man who was struck by a train early Monday was an accident, according to the county coroner. “At this point we have not ruled, but there is no reason to believe that...
View ArticleCouple indicted for allegedly defrauding Amherst Schools
AMHERST — An Amherst couple has been indicted on charges stemming from an investigation into what authorities said was a scheme to defraud the city’s school district out of tens of thousands of dollars...
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