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Safety of river water investigated after Painesville plant fire

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PAINESVILLE, OH – One day after a large Lake County manufacturing plant fire officials are voicing new concerns about the safety of a nearby river. The ECKART Effect Pigments, a manufacturing plant in Painesville,  caught fire around 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Employees say the fire stated as an explosion and burned through a warehouse. The sound was so loud they heard it from their station located five minutes away from the East Erie Street plant. On Sunday, ECKART released a statement […]

Police investigating, no arrests made after Painesville man shot to death

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PAINESVILLE, Ohio — Police are investigating the murder of a Painesville man early Sunday morning. According to Painesville police, officers were called to the 130 block of West Jackson Street for reports of a shooting with a victim at the scene at just before 3:30 a.m. Officers found Elliot A. Spikes, 34, who had been shot. He was taken to the hospital, where he died. The case is ongoing, and is being investigated by the Painesville Detective Bureau. No arrests […]

Authorities investigate letter containing white powder at Painesville City Hall

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PAINESVILLE, Ohio– Painesville City Hall employees were sent home on Thursday after a suspicious letter was discovered. The letter, containing white powder, was sent to the office of Painesville City Manager Monica Irelan. It was opened at about 11:30 a.m. Painesville police and fire departments, as well as the Lake County Hazmat Unit, responded to the office on Richmond Street. The worker who opened the letter was taken to TriPoint Medical Center as a precaution. City hall employees are to […]

Team outraged over suspension from Great Lakes Youth Football League

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PAINESVILLE, OH – Outrage and potential legal action are brewing over allegations of cheating and a decision that forces a youth football league to forfeit all their games this year. “The jealousy and – I’m gonna say it pettiness  – of some adults,” said a frustrated parent Avery Millsape-Hasan. “They’re bringing the kids into this.” Parents on the Riverside Riverhawks Youth Football League say they were blindsided by the accusations against them. The Great Lakes Youth Football League (GLYFL), the […]

Pedestrian killed after being hit by two different vehicles

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PAINESVILLE TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- A pedestrian was killed after being struck by two different vehicles in Painesville Township Wednesday night.

Alcohol use by appears to be a factor for the pedestrian.

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, it happened at 8:40 p.m. on U.S. 20 in Painesville Township.

Jerry Maribella, 73, of Madison, was driving east in a 2002 Chevrolet S-10 on U.S. 20.

A pedestrian, Dale Camire, 52, of Painesville, was crossing U.S. 20 at the time.

The truck hit Camire near the center line and threw the man into the west bound lanes. A 2006 Ford Freestyle, driven by Neil Funk, 65, of Painesville, then hit Camire a second time.

Camire was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash is still under investigation.

Baby found alive in home where parents lay dead from apparent overdose

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PAINESVILLE, Ohio — A three-month-old baby was found alive in a locked apartment where her parents had died from an apparent overdose.

According to Painesville police, officers were called at just before 5:30 p.m. Sunday to the 1288 W. Jackson St. apartment. They were checking on the welfare of a 29-year-old man and his 25-year-old girlfriend, along with their child.

When police got into the locked apartment, they found the parents dead.

The baby was found to be “alive and healthy.”

The child was released to her paternal grandmother.

The deaths appear to be drug-related, according to police.

The case is still under investigation.

Painesville family pleads for help from Congress to keep mother from being deported

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PAINESVILLE, Ohio - The family of an undocumented Mexican immigrant who is set for deportation rallied at Congressman David Joyce's office Friday, asking him to intervene.

About two dozen people held signs and chanted in support of Esperanza Pacheco, 45, who was arrested Tuesday during a regular check-in with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Pacheco, a mother of four, is being held in the Geauga County Jail and is set to be deported Tuesday, relatives said.

"She really doesn't deserve to be in jail," said her daughter, Thalia Moctezuma. "She's not a criminal. She shouldn't be treated like one."

Veronica Dahlberg, of Latino advocacy organization HOLA Ohio, said during the check-in, ICE agents led Pacheco into a back room without her attorney and interrogated her for nearly an hour.

Dahlberg said they also told Pacheco she was supposed to have brought a plane ticket to return to Mexico, though her attorney contends she was never told to do so.

ICE spokesperson, Khaalid Walls, said in an email that Pacheco was granted stays of removal on two occasions, allowing her time to finalize her departure or seek further legal proceedings.

A member of Rep. Joyce's staff met with Pacheco's relatives and Dahlberg after the rally Friday morning.

"We explained to him how Esperanza was taken into custody and how her rights were violated," Dahlberg said.

She said they would be filing an application for a stay of removal Monday and asked Joyce to investigate ICE's handling of the stays.

Pacheco, who has lived in the United States for 25 years, was most recently granted a stay about five years ago under the Obama Administration. Her siblings and four daughters are all citizens, according to Dahlberg.

"We want the congressman to look into why ICE continues to take these applications and the filing fee for $155, and they never rule on them or flat out deny them as a matter of policy," Dahlberg said.

Walls said Pacheco was granted an order of voluntary departure by a federal immigration judge in 2003 but failed to depart the country as instructed, automatically triggering a final order of removal, or deportation order.

He also noted she has a criminal record. Pacheco was arrested in 2002 for misdemeanor child endangering for leaving her kids at home while she was applying for a job, first bringing her to the attention of federal authorities.

Joyce's office provided a statement saying, "As a former prosecutor, Congressman Joyce trusts and respects the law and especially the legal process. However, the law is the law. It is hard to help people who have come to this country illegally and have violated our immigration laws."

His staff did not respond to questions about whether Joyce would take any action on Pacheco's behalf.

Man injured, dog killed in Painesville house fire

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PAINESVILLE, Ohio-- A man was taken to the hospital following a house fire in Painesville.

It happened Thursday evening at a home on Bank Street, near Walnut Avenue.

Fire officials said one man was inside the house, but made it outside before crews arrived.

He was transported to a nearby hospital with burns then moved to MetroHealth Medical Center. His condition is not known at this time.

The family dog died in the blaze.

Flames also damaged a neighboring house.


Dog credited with alerting man to Painesville house fire

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PAINSESVILLE, Ohio-- Officials with the Painesville Fire Department say the credit should go to a man’s dog for waking him up when his home was on fire on Thanksgiving Day.

Firefighters were called to the home on Bank Street in Painesville just before 5 p.m. on Thursday for reports of a house fire.

“It was an amazing amount of fire to see that it got that big that quick. It’s not common for us to have a fire like that,” said Captain Tom Hummel with Painesville Fire.

Hummel said they cannot release the name of the man, 52, who was inside the home at the time of the fire. He was taken to the hospital for burns on his hands and smoke inhalation.

“He was awakened by his dog and found the house to be on fire and he was able to get out. Unfortunately, the dog did not escape the fire, so we feel it’s very important to have working smoke detectors and our goal is to get one in every house in the city,” Hummel said.

Hummel said the home did not have working smoke detectors, and if it wasn’t for the dog, things may have ended up very different.

“Horrendous,” said Jerry Lockard, a neighbor who lives across the street. “It was just the whole thing was one big ball of flames pretty much the whole front of the house. You couldn’t even see the house, all you could see was fire."

The flames were so big that firefighters couldn’t get inside and the fire started spreading to the home next door, owned by Jim Gebeau. Gebeau was at a friend’s house for Thanksgiving dinner when he got a call that there was a home on fire on his street.

“My stomach started turning and everything. And I thought, 'Oh man.' The time and the money that you put into this to make it look good and then to have something like that happen is kind of devastating,” Gebeau said.

Hummel said they are not ready to release the cause of the fire at this time, but we expect an update next week.

Hummel said if anyone cannot afford a smoke detector they can reach out to the department and they will install one free of charge.

Man sentenced for punching daughter’s school bus driver in front of other kids

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PAINESVILLE, Ohio -- A father was sentenced to 12 months in prison Wednesday for punching his daughter's school bus driver in the face in front of a busload of elementary school students.

Ronnie Haskins, 37, of Cleveland Heights, pleaded guilty to charges including felony assault and inducing panic following the March incident. He's subject to three years of community control after his release from prison.

Prosecutors said Haskins boarded his daughter's school bus as it exited Grant Elementary School, began yelling at the driver, and then demanded the 9-year-old be allowed to leave with him.

When the 70-year-old driver, Robert Graf, refused to let the girl off the bus, Haskins punched him in the face and left with the girl. Graf said he briefly lost consciousness and suffered bruising and swelling over his left eye.

"Everybody looks at this case, and they see my picture with my eye all puffed up and everything. When I look at this case, I see 45 screaming, scared-to-death kids," Graf told a judge.

Haskins said he was trying to speak with Graf about why his daughter was dropped off at her stop two days earlier, even though no one was home.

"First, I want to apologize to Mr. Robert. I didn't intend on assaulting him. All I wanted to know was why was my daughter left," Haskins said. "I was just there to try to spare my daughter, and I turned around and my elbow hit him, but I never punched him. My elbow hit him. That was an accident. I didn't even know I hit him until I saw it later on on the news."

In court, Haskins also said Graf threatened to hurt him and used a racial slur, which Graf denied.

Graf said Haskins punched him when he reached for his radio to call police after Haskins refused to leave the bus.

"He didn't hit me with his elbow, and it wasn't accidental. He punched me right here in the side of the face," Graf told the judge.

Graf said he had tried to explain that drivers are not allowed to leave kids anywhere other than at school or their designated home address.

"I never saw him before in my life. I had no idea he was the father," Graf said.

Haskins has a criminal record that includes arrests for assault, robbery and drugs.

Before handing down the sentence, Judge John O'Donnell said he felt Graf's account of the incident was more credible.

Read more, here.

14-year-old boy taken into custody for stabbing of 15-year-old girl in Painesville

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PAINESVILLE, Ohio — Painesville police are investigating a stabbing involving two teenagers.

Police say at 11:04 a.m. Thursday, officers responded to N. State Street where they located the victim, a 15-year-old girl, and the suspect, a 14-year-old boy, who was detained without incident.

Both teens were transported to the hospital; the female victim was then flown to MetroHealth Medical Center for additional treatment. Her condition was not given.

The 14-year-old is now in custody at the Lake County Juvenile Detention facility; he is awaiting a hearing.

Police say this is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with further information on this incident is asked to call the Painesville Police Department at 440-392-5840.

Suspected road rage incident ends in serious crash in Lake County

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PAINESVILLE, Ohio --  A road rage incident escalates and ends with a serious car crash and two drivers being sent to the hospital.

Now, law enforcement is looking for a third driver, who might be the suspected “road rager."

Lake County sheriff's deputies say an 18-year-old man told them he unintentionally “cut off” a car while pulling out of the parking lot at Pfabe’s Music onto Mentor Ave.

The car then started following him and the driver, he describes as a “shorter and stocky” man, at one point got out of his car, and began shouting at the teenager.

The teen says he didn’t want a confrontation so he sped away and ran the stop sign at Stratford and Barrington Ridge, blindsiding a grandmother who was driving with her grandchildren in the back seat.

“I’ve never been in an accident like that,” said the woman, who asked to only be identified as Judy. “I don’t even remember the airbag coming out; it was so fast and hard, and spun me around 180 degrees. I was facing the other way.”

The teenager's silver Volkswagen Jetta was also totaled when it ricocheted into a utility pole.

“He was going so fast,” said Judy.

The teen immediately admitted that it “was all his fault,” and that “he ran the stop sign,” because he was being chased and thought he could get away.

A witness told investigators they “observed a dark blue vehicle and could hear a male shouting from the car” just after the accident.

Investigators want to speak with alleged road rage driver and have released images of the car which is thought to be a dark blue or black Nissan Altima.

Car believed to be involved in suspected road rage incident in Lake County.

Both the teenager and Judy were rushed to the hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Fortunately, Judy's grandchildren were also not seriously hurt.

She understands the teen might have been scared, but says,”It’s terrible. I feel like he should’ve still stopped; you can’t just run a stop sign. We’re all lucky, very, very lucky.”

Law enforcement recommends victims of road rage or anyone who is being followed call 911 immediately and drive to a police department.

Anyone with information about this case should contact the Lake County Sheriff’s Office at 440-350-5520.

Lake County restaurant helps child born blind gain independence

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PAINESVILLE - In the restaurant business, don't expect to last long without good food -  and in the case of one Leroy Township restaurant employees and even bigger heart for the community.

"There is always somebody in need and so my wife and I came up with the idea of giving back to the community," said Vice President of Capps Tavern and Eatery Tim Toman. "We started our fundraising with the golf outing 19 years ago."

This year the search for a recipient for more than $4,000 dollars ended with a repeat customer who sees the world a little differently.

"If you haven't met Dylan, he's such a charismatic child," said Toman.

12-year-old Dylan LeMaster of Painesville is smart, funny and happens to be blind. It is a disability he was born with, but continues to find new ways to accomplish the same tasks his peers can. Including preparing to show his first goat, Pickles, at an upcoming fair.

Aside from Pickles, one of Dylan's favorite pastimes is reading his heavy braille books, a task made a little easier thanks to the kindness of Toman and the surrounding community.

"I think my OrCam is going to help me with reading," Dylan said.

His OrCam is a device that clips to Dylan's glasses, giving him and other visually impaired people a way to read the books everyone else can. Orcam, when prompted, can take what Dylan calls a picture of the page in a book and then read it out loud to him.

Dylan says the device will not only help him in 6th grade next year, but also be put to good use in everyday aspects of life such as the grocery store. OrCam can scan barcodes, letting him know the name of most food products he holds up to the device.

"It makes me feel like I am not visually impaired, that I'm reading a regular book that somebody that has full vision can read," explained Dylan.

An independence that will likely continue to grow along with Dylan's age.

"I don't need to ask anyone for help anymore. I can do things more in my own without having to ask somebody, 'Hey can you read this to me? Hey, what's this?"

The gift from Capps not of sight but new understanding for a child eager to explore on his own.

"It's overwhelming,the good nature and graciousness of people," said Dylan's dad Rick LeMaster. "It sometimes can catch up to ya. There's good in the world I guess, and we're just the happy people who are getting the good side of it."

An OrCam spokesperson says the latest model typically costs around $4,500 dollars and usually is not covered by insurance.

The LeMaster family says they received the device last week and they remain confident, like all things Dylan has accomplished so far, that it's only a matter of time before he conquers all that OrCam can do.

Man starts scooping out pens at county fair as part of judge’s creative sentence

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PAINESVILLE, Ohio -- A Painesville man was carrying out his sentence after being found guilty of criminal mischief.

Bayley Toth was found guilty of criminal mischief after a night with friends in a local park. Toth jumped on top of a van and placed a traffic cone on it. He then tipped over a porta-potty, knocked a WiFi bridge down and threw 2 lifesaving rings into the lake, one of which was never found.

Painesville Municipal Court Judge Michael Cicconetti, known for his very creative sentences, compared Toth's actions to those of an animal.

"You act like an animal, you're going to take care of animals. You can go (to the Lake County Fair) with the horses and goats and cows and pigs and sheep and after the fair you can shovel out their crap after the 4H leaves the pens."

He also told Toth that he would have to spend the evening of July 24 in jail, being released to help follow horses in the fair's parade and pooper-scoop for them. The rest of his scooping sentence was to be carried out the three days following the close of the fair.

He suspended the rest of Toth's 120 day jail sentence on the further conditions that Toth enrolls in college for at least 6 hours in the fall, performs 5 more days of service, does not enter the park for the duration of his probation (1 year), abides by an 11 p.m. curfew and pays restitution to the park for $284.83.

In one additional act of creativity, Cicconetti also appointed Toth's mom as his probation officer.

Read more about the judge and his sentencing, here. 

Painesville police looking for missing 17-year-old girl

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PAINESVILLE, Ohio — The Painesville Police Department is hoping someone may know the location of a missing teen.

The department posted on its Facebook page that police are trying to locate Maraya Whitehair, 17. Police say Maraya is a runaway juvenile with a warrant out of juvenile probation.

According to police, the teen ran away from her home on Monday, July 30 at around 12:15 p.m.

She is described as 5’8″ and 160 lbs.; Maraya was last seen wearing a dark blue hooded sweatshirt, dark pants, and black and pink Nike sandals.

If you have information on her whereabouts, you’re asked to please call Painesville police at (440) 392-5840.

**More missing persons investigations, here***


Police investigating shooting in Painesville; man taken to hospital

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PAINESVILLE, Ohio -- Police are investigating a shooting which happened on Cedarbrook Drive in Painesville Monday afternoon.

The City of Painesville said officers responded to a call of a shooting at 4:14 p.m.

SWAT was called in shortly after to assist.

According to a press release from the city, a male and female are believed to be involved in the incident. The male was taken to the hospital. His condition is not known.

The incident remains under investigation; more information will be released at a press conference on Tuesday.

Anyone who may have information is asked to contact the Painesville City Police Department at 440-392-5840.

Police: Wife shoots Gates Mills officer, kills self at Painesville home

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PAINESVILLE, Ohio-- A woman killed herself after shooting her husband at their home in Painesville on Monday.

Dylan Hustosky, 27, called 911 shortly after 4 p.m. to report his wife shot him through the door, Painesville Police Chief Dan Waterman said. An officer arrived at the house on Cedarbrook Drive within 3 minutes and called for help.

Hustosky, an officer for Gates Mills, suffered two gunshot wounds to his arm and was immediately taken to a hospital. He remains in stable condition.

Painesville police tried to contact his wife, but didn't get a response. That's when they called in the SWAT team.

Later, Kayleigh Hustosky, 29, was found dead upstairs with a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Painesville police.

Waterman said they had no knowledge of any prior disturbances at the house, where the Hustoskys lived for about two years. The couple's 3-year-old was with a relative in Stow at the time and the family dog was not harmed.

The gun used was not Dylan Hustosky's service weapon. According to Waterman, they did not know he was an officer until he was receiving treatment.

Gates Mills Police Chief Gregg Minichello spoke highly of Dylan Hustosky's service, saying, "I wish I had 10 of him." He's been with the department for four and a half years.

Waterman emphasized the case is still under investigation.

Painesville police investigating shooting death of 16-year-old boy

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PAINESVILLE, Ohio — Painesville police are investigating a teen’s death.

According to a news release posted to the Painesville Police Department Facebook page, on Friday at around 9:37 p.m., police responded to a report of a young male shot in the 500 block of Mentor Avenue.

Police said the initial investigation revealed a 16-year-old boy was shot and died as a result of his injuries.

Detectives are questioning several juvenile male acquaintances of the teen, who were present at the time, according to police.

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation is assisting Painesville police detectives with the investigation.

Community honors 16-year-old shot, killed with candlelight vigil

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PAINESVILLE, Ohio -- A community gathered together Sunday night to remember 16-year-old Yorry Timley.

Yorry was shot and killed Friday night at the Gingerbread Apartments on Mentor Avenue.

According to Painesville police, his family said they don’t know if it was murder or if someone accidentally shot him.

Yorry’s family said a friend believes the shooting was over a video game, but they haven’t had anything confirmed by police. They’re desperate for information.

As of Saturday, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation was assisting Painesville police detectives with the investigation. Detectives were questioning several juvenile male acquaintances of the teen, who were present at the time, according to police.

Sunday night at 7:30, a huge crowd of family, friends, classmates and members of the community turned out for a vigil in Yorry’s memory.

The outpouring of support means the world to Yorry’s mom, Michelle Timley.

“That means that people love my son, and it warms my heart to know that everybody is coming together like this to express their love,” Timley said.

Timley said the last 48 hours have been a gut-wrenching nightmare.

“It’s been the worst time of my life. I lost my 16-year-old son to gun violence. I am still in shock,” Timley said.

According to the school district, Yorry was a student at Painesville Harvey High School and played track.

His mom said her son excelled at soccer, track and dancing.  She added that Yorry was a great kid, had a wonderful smile, and never got into trouble.

“He was special. Yorry was excellent in sports; everything he tried he was excellent. I am going to miss his smile; when he smiled he made me smile. All of my children make me smile. He had this big, bright smile that would light up the room,” she said.

There is a prayer service for Yorry Wednesday night at 7 at the New Hope Baptist Church in Painesville.

Continuing coverage, here.

Police question friends of student in shooting death

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PAINESVILLE, Ohio - Counselors will be at Harvey High School Monday for students learning about the death of a classmate.

Painesville City Schools released a statement on the teen's death Monday morning saying, "the entire Painesville community must be strong and united as we seek healing and send our hearts out to the impacted families. Please know that we at Painesville City Schools are here in support of this healing process."

The community gathered Sunday night to remember 16-year-old Yorry Timley.

He was shot and killed Friday night just after 9:30 p.m. at the Gingerbread Apartments on Mentor Avenue.

Painesville police said they were interviewing Timley's acquaintances.

The Ohio Bureau of Identification is assisting Painesville detectives with the investigation.

According to Painesville police, his family said they don’t know if it was murder or if someone accidentally shot him.

Yorry’s family said a friend believes the shooting was over a video game, but police have not confirmed that.

Sunday night a crowd of family, friends, classmates and members of the community turned out for a vigil in Yorry’s memory.

The outpouring of support means the world to Yorry’s mom, Michelle Timley.

“That means that people love my son, and it warms my heart to know that everybody is coming together like this to express their love,” Timley said.

Timley said the last 48 hours have been a gut-wrenching nightmare.

“It’s been the worst time of my life. I lost my 16-year-old son to gun violence. I am still in shock,” Timley said.

According to the school district, Yorry was a student at Painesville Harvey High School and played track.

His mom said her son excelled at soccer, track and dancing. She added that Yorry was a great kid, had a wonderful smile, and never got into trouble.

“He was special. Yorry was excellent in sports; everything he tried he was excellent. I am going to miss his smile; when he smiled he made me smile. All of my children make me smile. He had this big, bright smile that would light up the room,” she said.

There is a prayer service for Yorry Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at the New Hope Baptist Church in Painesville.

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