ASHLAND On Thursday, the Ohio Supreme Court unanimously upheld the conviction and death sentence for Shawn Grate in the murder of two Ashland women.Â
Grate, convicted of killing five women in Ashland and elsewhere, was sentenced in 2018 to death and a minimum of 90 years to life in prison for the local murders of Stacey Stanley and Elizabeth Griffith.
He was later additionally sentenced to life in prison without parole in Richland County for the murders of two Mansfield women and again in Marion County for the murder of a Louisiana woman.
Thursday s decision was a result of an automatic, direct appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court. These appeals triggered in the wake of any death sentence. Â
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An Ashland County jury has found an Ashland County substitute teacher for various local school systems through Tri-County Educational Service Center in Wooster guilty of sexual gross imposition.
LOUDONVILLE A Mansfield man was charged Wednesday with a felony county of inducing panic after allegedly threatening the Loudonville Police Department, according to Ashland County Prosecutor Christopher Tunnell.
Rusty Allen Wisenbarger, 31, allegedly called Loudonville police Sunday at 2 p.m., making threats and indicating his intent to destroy the Loudonville Police station, which is located at 156 North Water Street, in the Village of Loudonville, the prosecutor said in an emailed press release.
The police department is located in the same building as the Ohio Theater, which was in the midst of showing a movie to patrons at the time of the call, Tunnell said.
Former substitute teacher found guilty of gross sexual imposition
Ashland Times Gazette
ASHLAND - A former substitute teacher accused of inappropriate contact with two middle school girls remains free on bond pending sentencing after being found guilty of two counts of gross sexual imposition.
Thomas R. Mole, 39, of Evergreen Street, was found guilty of the third-degree felony in the Ashland County Court of Common Pleas on Friday, according to a news release from the office of Ashland County Prosecutor Chris Tunnell.
Mole s sentencing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Jan. 11, according to the news release. The court rejected the prosecution s move to revoke Mole s bond, so he will remain free until he is sentenced. He faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, and a prison sentence is mandatory in this case.