Lakewood leaders address criminal activity at virtual town hall meeting, promise to keep residents informed
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Lakewood’s virtual town hall meeting with roughly 200 community members to discuss safety concerns took place March 25. (John Benson/cleveland.com)
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LAKEWOOD, Ohio A spate of criminal activity and violent incidents involving guns and shootings in Lakewood led city leaders to hold a recent virtual town hall meeting to update residents on policing efforts and policies in the community.
“The community safety meeting was a great forum to educate the citizens of Lakewood on how the police department deters, detects and responds to crime in our community,” Lakewood Police Chief Kevin Kaucheck said.
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Here is the age breakdown for Ohio deaths in 2019 and 2020. The 2020 data is preliminary.Rich Exner, cleveland.com
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Death increase: The number of deaths from all causes last year in Ohio far exceeded previous years, with an increase well above the 9,500 that have been attributed to the coronavirus, Rich Exner reports. Preliminary data from the Ohio Department of Health shows that 139,072 Ohioans died in 2020, up 17,225 from the average of 121,847 over the past five years.
Credit sirved.com State health officials Sunday reported 5,247 new cases of COVID-19 and 65 new deaths.
Ohio now has 826,754 cases and 10,200 deaths. class wysiwyg-break drupal-content src /sites/all/modules/contrib/wysiwyg/plugins/break/images/spacer.gif title break Authorities over the weekend cited four Ohio bars for state COVID-19 violations. The Ohio Investigative Unit says Papa Don s Pub in Akron failed to enforce social distancing among customers. The Bar in Mt. Orab served alcohol after the 10pm curfew. Backstage Bar in Cleveland also violated the curfew and the Riverwood Cafe in Lakewood failed to enforce social distancing. The cases now go to the Ohio Liquor Control Commission for possible disciplinary action. Meanwhile, the owner of a Cleveland bar has been sentenced to one year in prison for bribing a police officer. Andrew Long of Duck Island Club pleaded guilty to offering a police officer 300 dollars per night to work off duty at the bar and allow
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An Akron bar where an officer was killed in 2014 was among seven in Ohio cited for COVID-19 violations Saturday evening.
Plainclothes officers say they found “disorderly activity” at Papa Don’s Pub on East Market Street where Goodyear Heights and Ellet meet near Interstate 76 in southeast Akron.
“Every seat at the bar was occupied and no social distancing measures were in place,” according to a press release Sunday from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, which is part of the Ohio Investigative Unit that enforces the emergency health and other orders. “Several patrons were observed consuming alcohol, congregating shoulder to shoulder and moving freely throughout the establishment.”
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