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Published on Friday, Nov 21, 2008
AKRON
Robbery at KFC
AKRON: An Akron fast-food restaurant was robbed Wednesday by two people wearing ski masks. One had a gun.
Two people entered the KFC restaurant, 983 S. Arlington St., at about 6:50 p.m. Wednesday and demanded money, police said.
A patron at the restaurant followed the suspects and officers located two suspects hiding at a house in the 900 block of East Archwood Avenue.
A search of the residence uncovered the ski masks allegedly used in the robbery, a gun, clothing and money, police said.
Devon D. Reed, 21, and a 16-year-old were arrested and charged with aggravated robbery and tampering.
Kenji J. Lewis, 21, who lived at the Archwood Avenue residence, was charged with tampering with evidence for allegedly hiding the suspects, money and gun.
AKRON SCHOOLS
Fights at schools
AKRON: Police were called to break up fights Thursday at Garfield and North high schools.
The first fight broke out at Garfield High on North Firestone Boulevard at around 10 a.m. and involved two students.
A teacher was struck trying to break up the fight and an officer used pepper spray to end the quarrel, police said.
At North High on Gorge Boulevard, two students fought there and others joined in, police said. An officer at the school used pepper spray to disperse the crowd and end the fight.
Three students were arrested in the North High incident.
BRUNSWICK HILLS TWP.
Standoff with chief
BRUNSWICK HILLS TWP.: A five-hour standoff between a SWAT team and Police Chief Robert Osiecki ended peacefully around 5 p.m. Thursday.
Osiecki walked from his Lone Tree Court home, surrendered to police and was transported to Medina General Hospital, Medina County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Kenneth Baca said.
The Medina County Prosecutor's Office will decide whether to file charges, Baca said.
Police became involved after Osiecki called Brunswick Hills police. The SWAT unit responded and authorities allowed only limited access into the neighborhood.
Baca said Osiecki apparently was despondent over an upcoming administrative hearing involving his employment.
Osiecki reportedly faced possible discipline or termination.
The Medina Gazette reports trustees said in a resolution that Osiecki was involved in an incident at his home in October in which he was intoxicated, got into an altercation with a family member and handled a loaded gun.
COLUMBUS
Ohio law changed
COLUMBUS: By a 28-0 vote, the Ohio Senate this week passed a bill that would add teeth to the state's stalking laws.
Sen. Tom Sawyer, D-Akron, championed the bill after reading about the nightmarish experiences of an Akron woman.
If passed by the House, the law would give judges a middle ground between arrest and a protective order that sometimes provides no real protection. Judges could impose electronic monitoring to make sure the order isn't violated.
According to Sawyer's office, the inspiration for the bill was a story written by Beacon Journal columnist Bob Dyer about Cameron Wallace. She was stalked for 10 years by a man whom authorities now believe was only days away from killing her when he finally was arrested.
''This bill will touch people's lives,'' Sawyer said in a news release. ''Stalking is an insidious and predatory crime. It is a crime that is both under-reported and under-prosecuted.''
Senate Bill 224 also says that evidence of tampering with the monitoring device or breaking the protective order are grounds for arrest and imprisonment.
JACKSON TWP.
Stark State provost
JACKSON TWP: Dorey Diab was named provost and chief academic officer at Stark State College on Wednesday.
He will provide leadership and strategic vision to all academic functions of the tax-supported college. He will be paid $128,700 a year.
Diab now is vice president for academic affairs at Rhodes State College in Lima and chairs the Ohio Council of Chief Academic Officers of Two-Year Colleges.
Diab worked at Stark State from 1992-2006 as director of emerging technologies and in faculty positions.
STARK COUNTY
Extra cash for board
CANTON: Stark County commissioners gave $119,000 to the elections board Thursday, but is concerned the department may not have enough money to pay employees in December.
The additional funds came from $275,000 in unused Family Court grants, said County Administrator Michael Hanke.
The latest funding comes on top of $438,000 in additional appropriations made to the elections board recently. It had been budgeted $2 million.
''I have never seen an operation that has run so poorly in all my time in county government,'' said Commissioner Jane Vignos, a former deputy elections director.
She noted that this year's total appropriation for the department, governed by a bipartisan four-member board, is $1 million more than in the last presidential election year of 2004. They made no attempt to curtail expenses or transfer money to the payroll account, she said.
Along with Commissioners Tom Harmon and Todd Bosley, Vignos acknowledged that this election year presented unique challenges, such as the need to offer both paper and electronic ballots.
Harmon said the elections department needs about $300,000 to pay regular staff, temporary staff and poll workers on Wednesday.
''After that, I don't know what they're going to do,'' he said.
''We went above and beyond already,'' Bosley said.
The elections board is scheduled to meet today.
Neither the elections director nor the deputy director could be reached for
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