Allison Dunn
The Toledo Blade
Toledo, OH, United States
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Mother of cleveland.com reporter: 'No one should have ever hurt her'
A Toledo mother said her daughter, a journalist for cleveland.com, did not deserve to be hurt after police discovered two bodies at a Perrysburg Township mobile home park. “She’s beautiful and no one should have ever hurt her. And that’s all I’m going to say,” Joanne Ullman told The Blade. Ms. Ullman identified herself as the mother of Nikki Delamotte, 30, who is listed as the arts and culture… → Read More
Federal lawsuit filed against Toledo transmission plant
A longtime Toledo union leader and head of the city’s NAACP chapter has filed a federal lawsuit against General Motors for ongoing racial issues that he says caused a hostile work environment. Ray Wood filed the complaint Thursday in U.S. District Court in Toledo. Related: State finds GM failed to address nooses, racial slurs, at Toledo Transmission plant Mr. Wood, who was employed with General… → Read More
Toledo man gets life in prison for starting fatal bar fight
A Toledo man stood crying in front of a Lucas County Common Pleas Court judge on Thursday. Judge Gary Cook sentenced Arthur Richter, Jr., 41, to life in prison because he started a bar fight that led to the death of his uncle Daniel Vasquez. “Uncle Dan was one of my best friends and I’m sorry. That’s all I want to say,” Richter said through sobs. Three families affected by the Jan. 31 brawl at… → Read More
Woman sentenced to 8 years for causing fatal crash
Peggy Yeager said she couldn’t imagine how she would feel if another driver cause a crash, killing members of her family over a cell phone notification. On Wednesday, Yeager said she didn’t mean to hurt anyone as she reached for her ringing cell phone and clipped another vehicle while traveling on the opposite side of Central Avenue on April 5. “I would never want this to happen to my family and… → Read More
Johnson sentenced to 5 years in prison for 2011 shooting
Lucas County Common Pleas Court Judge Myron Duhart said he doesn’t understand how incidents of violence and gunplay have become so common, he told a man convicted of fatally shooting his friend. “That’s what guns are designed to do, is take life,” Judge Duhart told Eric Johnson, who is accused of killing Quidare Buffaloe in a South Toledo apartment parking lot in 2011. “You don’t play with a… → Read More
Teen enters plea in connection to street brawl shooting
A 17-year-old boy entered a plea Monday to injuring another teen and fatally shooting a young woman during a street brawl that was recorded on social media last year. Emmanuel Garner, of the 1000 block of Ketcham Avenue, entered Alford pleas — not admitting guilt — to felonious assault and a lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter, both which carry firearm specifications, for the shooting… → Read More
Ottawa County judge grants woman's record be sealed
PORT CLINTON — An Ottawa County Municipal Court Judge granted a woman’s request to have her record sealed after she was found guilty of fatally killing a bicyclist in 2014. This year, motorist Lynne Smith, 53, of Martin, Ohio, requested her record be sealed — or not accessible. In 2014, Ms. Smith pleaded no contest in Ottawa County Municipal Court to vehicular manslaughter, a second-degree… → Read More
Toledo police, fire departments ramp up diversity efforts
When recently appointed Toledo Fire and Rescue Department Chief Brian Byrd was growing up, he didn’t have many African-American firefighters for him to look up to, but the few he did know encouraged him to pursue his career. “Seeing them is what put the idea in my mind, and without them, I don’t know that I would have seen it as something I wanted to do,” Chief Byrd recalled. “It’s something… → Read More
Suspended UT student files suit over sex assault investigation
A former University of Toledo student filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court against school administrators, arguing he was wrongly suspended from the school because of a flawed investigation into sexual assault accusations. In March, a female student — named “Jane Roe” in the lawsuit — reported incidents of sexual misconduct and harassment by male student “John Doe” to the… → Read More
East Toledo man pleads to lesser murder charge in infant death case
Lucas County Common Pleas Court Judge Dean Mandros asked Zachery Shadix if he had anything to say before he was sentenced for the death of an 8-month-old girl. Shadix said he did not. As a jury gathered for his scheduled trial Tuesday, Shadix, 25, entered a last minute plea. He pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of murder and was sentenced by Judge Mandros to life in prison for the Feb. 21 death… → Read More
Toledo man sentenced to 10 years for breaking into home, beating woman
A Lucas County Common Pleas Court judge sentenced a West Toledo man to 10 years in prison Monday after he was found guilty of breaking into a woman’s home and beating her in April. Michael J. Turski, Jr., 30, of the 4900 block of Burnham Avenue, entered Alford pleas — not admitting guilt — to aggravated burglary, kidnapping, burglary, and menacing by stalking for incidents involving a woman with… → Read More
Hundreds gather for third annual Paranormal Toledo Convention
Following a 15-minute reading session Saturday, Carmen Kosmider hugged self-described psychic medium Scott Rorek. Scotty Rorek, a self-described psychic medium, left, begins a reading with Tammy Lewandowski, of Toledo, during the Paranormal Toledo Convention at the Collingwood Arts Center in Toledo on Saturday. The Blade/Kurt Steiss Enlarge | Buy This Image Since she was a child, Ms. Kosmider… → Read More
Jury begins deliberations in bar fight trial
A Lucas County jury began deliberations Tuesday in the case of a man who instigated a North Toledo bar fight that led to the death of his uncle who tried to stop it. Arthur Richter, Jr., 41, of the 2900 block of 117th Street, is accused of starting a fight with Carl Wimpey, Jr., 37, at Brew Ha’s bar on Telegraph Road on Jan. 31. Mr. Richter’s uncle, Daniel Vasquez, tried to intervene and was… → Read More
Trial begins for man charged for bar fight, uncle's death
Arthur Richter Jr., didn’t have the courage to walk away from a completely unavoidable fight, which led to the death of his uncle, assistant county prosecutor Frank Spryszak told a jury Monday. A combination of alcohol, testosterone, and poor decision-making played a role in the death of Daniel Vasquez, 59, the prosecutor said. Mr. Richter, 41, of the 2900 block of 117th Street, is accused of… → Read More
Courthouse deputies donate duty vests
Lucas County Common Pleas Court administrators and deputies are paying it forward to help keep other officers safe around the country. They’re hoping a donation of recently expired ballistic duty vests can be put to good use for officers who may not be able to purchase the expensive equipment. Recently, 25 duty vests were purchased for 30 officers because of a five-year expiring manufacturer… → Read More
Prosecutor: South Toledo man shot neighbor over property line dispute
A South Toledo man was indicted Wednesday in the shooting death of an elderly man during an apparent dispute over a property line. Christopher A. Krauzer, 49, of the 520 block of Emerald Avenue, is charged with aggravated murder and murder in the Sept. 5 shooting death of Gordon Capshaw, 75, of the 2400 block of Broadway Avenue. Mr. Krauzer was installing a privacy fence on his property and his… → Read More
Man pleads guilty to selling fatal dose of fentanyl
A central city man pleaded guilty Monday to selling a University of Toledo chemical engineering student a fatal dose of drugs in 2016. Johnathan Zimmerman, 30, of the 2200 block of Auburn Avenue, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony, stemming from the death of Jordan Robertson, 30, of Toledo, who was found dead in a car in a Central Avenue parking lot after ingesting… → Read More
Ex-correctional employee gets 30 days for holding teen at gunpoint
FINDLAY — A former state correctional employee was sentenced Friday by a Hancock County judge to 30 days in jail for holding a teenage girl at gunpoint on Memorial Day weekend in 2017. Former Toledo Correctional Institution employee Bryan Jameson, 45, of the 6100 block of Merle Street in West Toledo was sentenced by Hancock County Common Pleas Judge Reginald Routson for abduction, a third-degree… → Read More
Former Toledo Public Schools teacher sues district over sexual harassment
A former Toledo Public Schools teacher is suing the district, claiming she was sexually harassed by a supervisor in 2012, which in turn created a hostile work environment. Former Robinson Elementary School special education/intervention specialist teacher Julie Greenburg filed a civil complaint in Lucas County Common Pleas Court last week against Toledo Public Schools. Ms. Greenburg, who was… → Read More
Toledo man found guilty of murder in Moody Manor shooting case
Lavelle Allen put his hands behind his back Friday as the guilty verdicts were read aloud, finding him responsible for intentionally killing his friend during an argument. The jury — of seven women and five men -— found Allen, 23, guilty of fatally shooting his friend, Larry “Rocky” Pendleton, 31, inside Allen’s Moody Manor apartment. Allen was charged with alternate counts of murder, both with… → Read More