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Two more innocent victims who couldn't just ''drive off''

11:21am Saturday, August 09, 2003

CLEVELAND---Earlier yesterday, a jury deliberated for less than three hours before finding William Scott, 20, guilty of aggravated murder, aggravated robbery and the attempted murder of Nikon Bell, in a street shooting in Cleveland during the predawn hours of Dec. 26. On Christmas night 2002, former Bedford High School basketball star Doug Rias, 20, a Youngstown State University student, was...

National F.O.P. President says CCW saves lives

10:23am Saturday, August 09, 2003

Ohio Highway Patrol Superintendant Paul McClellan opposes HB12 , claiming that "there is no statistical or anecdotal evidence which supports that concealment and transportation of a weapon in a motor vehicle is effective or safe as a defensive or deterrent measure." But Chuck Canterbury, president of the National F.O.P., knows better. While speaking at the F.O.P.'s 56th Biennial National...

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Words above Deeds? Sen. Doug White says ''I want a [CCW] bill.''

4:15pm Friday, August 08, 2003

Gongwer News Service --- Senate President Doug White told Gongwer Thursday he hopes the House and Governor Bob Taft can reach agreement on a stalled measure that would allow licensed Ohioans to carry concealed weapons "because I want a bill." The legislation (HB 12) was left pending when the General Assembly recessed in June for the summer. Negotiations collapsed when the House and Mr. Taft's...

Gannett News Service: ''Work continues on concealed-carry bill''

10:53am Friday, August 08, 2003

COLUMBUS -- Sen. Steve Austria still thinks a compromise on Ohio's concealed handgun bill is out there waiting to be discovered. As the Legislature takes time off this summer, the Beavercreek Republican has sent bill revisions to the Ohio House and governor's office in hopes of breaking the stalemate that has put the bill's fate in jeopardy. "I'm still optimistic we might be able to do something...

OSC, in unusual move, allows new information in already-argued CCW case

4:35pm Thursday, August 07, 2003

The Gonger News Service is reporting that, almost four months after the Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a challenge to a law that prohibits carrying concealed weapons, justices took the unusual - but not unprecedented step - Thursday of allowing the record to be supplemented with a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision on the same subject. More information will be published when available...

TONY GORDON DIED TRYING TO FOLLOW OSHP CAPT. JOHN BORN'S ADVICE

2:08pm Thursday, August 07, 2003

More information is now available concerning the tragic shooting of James Anthony ("Tony") Gordon in a Dayton carjacking Tuesday. (For background on this story, see: "Blood on their hands?: Dayton man dies in apparent carjacking" ) James Anthony Gordon, 27, of 309 E. Fairview Ave., was shot about 11:08 p.m. as his 13-year-old nephew, a passenger in the T-bird, watched. The car was stopped for a...

Carjacker steals vehicle with owner trapped in door

1:19pm Thursday, August 07, 2003

August 6, 2003 Akron NewsChannel5 AKRON, Ohio -- It's bad enough that someone would steal your car, but imagine a car thief driving off with part of you still in the vehicle. Jessie Mooneyham's physical bruises will heal, but it's the emotional scars that will last. "My hand's all messed up, my arm," she said. "I can't sleep at night." Mooneyham wanted a pop when she stopped off at an area gas...

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Columbus Dispatch: Home invaders pick wrong family to rob

3:12pm Wednesday, August 06, 2003

Hilltop residents say they fought off 2 men looking for dope, cash Wednesday, August 6, 2003 A Hilltop man took a knock on his head but managed to turn the tables on two armed robbers, including firing several shotgun blasts at them. Roger Maynard said he was watching the end of Monday Night Football about 10:30 p.m. when two men burst through his front door at 235 N. Wayne Ave. and demanded...