Three men were arrested Tuesday in connection with a theft of commercial grade wire from an American Electric Power substation.  30 year old Sean Dayton, 36 year old Joshua Fox, both of Fostoria and 31 year old Terry O’Leary of Republic were arrested yesterday following a standoff with police at a Francis Avenue Fostoria apartment complex.  The SWAT team was dispatched to gain access to the apartment where commercial wire and other items that were drug related were discovered.  All three suspects are currently being held in the Fostoria City Jail pending court appearances.

Teens Rose May of Sycamore and Triston Kindle of Upper Sandusky have been charged in Pennsylvania with first degree felony counts of aggravated assault and robbery.  Both face even more additional charges in their crime spree through Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia that included injuring a police officer.  The two were being held without bond in a juvenile detention center in Wheeling, West Virginia.  They were expected to be extradited to Pennsylvania soon.

30 year old Jeremy Linhart of Findlay was shot and killed by a Findlay police officer during a Tuesday morning traffic stop.  Linhart was a passenger in vehicle stopped by police about 3 a.m.  The officer, who has not been identified, ordered both the driver and passenger out of the car.  Both got out, but Linhart tried to get back into the car and was shot in a scuffle with the officer.  A gun was later found in the vehicle.  Linhart was being sought under a warrant issued Friday for failure to comply with conditions of his bond on a charge of cocaine possession.  The officer was put on a paid leave of absence.

The Seneca County commissioners voted to enter into contract negotiations to hire North Central Ohio Educational Service Center as project coordinator for the joint justice center project.  This comes after last week’s announcement that the organization was withdrawing from the project.  However,  according to a memo from Jim Lahoski of the ESC to the board, the ESC and North Central Ohio Regional Council of Governments again are interested in serving as project coordinators and completing work for the joint justice center.

Hancock Park District will receive a gift of over $300,000 from an anonymous donor.  The donation stipulates that half the funds be used for expansion of the Oakwoods Nature Preserve property.  But if that is not possible, as adjacent land may not be available, the money could be used for another expense, such as capital improvements or as matching money to seek grants.  The other half will be spent on Blanchard River Greenway Trail improvements.
 

Proponents of pot legalization in Ohio say they've reached their goal to collect at least 550,000 signatures to qualify a legalization measure for the fall ballot. ResponsibleOhio says the effort also met an additional requirement by hitting signature minimum benchmarks for 70 of Ohio's 88 counties.