Hall pledged not to resign from the post he s held since 1985. Absolutely not, said Hall, who also serves as the legal adviser for East Canton and Canton and Pike townships. Hopefully this will pass, and we (in Perry) can all work together again.
According to Chessler, the letter was meant to seek a more consistent and quality effort from Hall as law director, as well as remind trustees to keep better tabs on his performance over time.
Issues involving the law director s job performance were discussed privately among the Perry Board of Trustees and Hall in March, according to Trustee Doug Haines, who said the township has no plans to jettison Hall from the post.
CANTON – Organizers of the Community Gun Buyback started collecting weapons a half-hour early when vehicles lined up Saturday morning outside the Canton Memorial Civic Center.
The event hosted by the Canton Police Department, Stark County Prosecutor s Office and several other community agencies also ended early about noon. A total of 129 unwanted guns were collected and will be destroyed, according to Christian Ball, director of public relations and community initiatives at the Prosecutor s Office. This likely won t be the last one that we hold, she said.
It was the first gun buyback in Canton since the 1990s. People who volunteered to turn in guns were given a $100 gift card.
Travonce Backie, 34, through defense attorney Ty Graham, filed a motion to change his plea to both not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity.
A hearing is set for June in Stark County Common Pleas Court.
What happened to Canton s Ralph White?
Backie is accused of beating a 85-year-old Ralph White when two vehicles collided around 10:39 p.m. in the 2600 block of Eighth Street NE on Feb. 27. White said he was beaten while still in his vehicle. He was hospitalized with multiple injuries later treated and released.
According to police, Backie fled and was arrested by U.S. Marshals, with the assistance of the Canton Police K-9 unit, on March 2. He was released from probation five weeks earlier, having served 10 years in prison for an aggravated burglary conviction.
The initiative includes:
Community Gun Buyback from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 15 at the Canton Civic Center, 1101 Market Ave. N. It features $100 gift cards; no questions asked; no ID requirements.
Shorb crime watch meeting, 6:30 p.m. May 13 at Project Rebuild, 406 Shorb Ave. NW; to attend online RSVP to Jim Knight at jnknight@starkcountyohio.gov.
Stark NAACP online record-sealing clinic from 5 to 7 p.m. May 26. Advance registration required. Call 800-898-9454, or apply online at www.communitylegalaid.org/apply.
The Revs. Walter Moss, Raphael Ray Cox and Michael Pressley say they have delivered eulogies for people killed by gun violence.
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PERRY TWP. – Officials want to pursue criminal charges against the owner of a former billing company employed by the township.
Trustees voted 3-0 Tuesday night to seek charges through the Stark County Prosecutor s Office against Cynthia Abbott, who operated the C&C Medical Billing company and handled emergency medical service (EMS) billing for the Perry Fire Department over multiple years. We believe she didn t fulfill the duties she billed us for, Trustee Doug Haines said on Wednesday. The billing for services was not done.
According to the state auditor s office, the township is owed more than $1.1 million from C&C Medical stemming from faulty EMS billing outlined in a 2019 financial audit that discovered discrepancies in 2016 and 2017 with the company s billing service.