AKRON
ATM robbers
AKRON: Akron police are looking for three men who robbed a car parked at an automated teller.
Police said the car was at an ATM at 1675 Merriman Road at 7:30 p.m. Friday, when three men approached and demanded cash at gunpoint.
The two victims in the car told investigators the robbers wore masks and fled to a nearby apartment complex.
Shooting victim
AKRON: Akron police said they have a suspect in Friday’s shooting of a man.
Authorities said a 44-year-old man was shot in the leg inside the suspect’s home. Police have not released the name of the suspect or where the shooting took place.
The shooting victim is expected to recover from his injuries.
Woman robbed
AKRON: An Akron woman told police that she was robbed and assaulted while attempting to retrieve her mail Saturday from the mailbox along Rocky Brook Drive.
The 67-year-old told police a teen knocked her over and took her purse about 2:30 p.m.
The woman was not injured.
Block watch meeting
AKRON: The Georgetown Block Watch monthly meeting will be held at 6 p.m. today at the Georgetown Condominiums Community Room, 35 Menlo Park Drive.
Guest speaker will be Larry Moore, director of the Summit County Veterans Services Commission.
All are welcome to attend.
For more information, contact the Summit County Council Office at 330-643-2725.
Walsh to speak
AKRON: The University of Akron still has tickets available to the Forum Series at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday featuring America’s Most Wanted emcee and executive producer John Walsh.
Through the show, Walsh has helped law enforcement capture more than 1,100 fugitives and bring home more than 50 missing children since 1988.
Fighting crime became Walsh’s life’s work in 1981, when his son Adam was abducted and murdered.
Tickets for the talk at E.J. Thomas Hall are available in advance and at the door: $10 for the general public; $8 for seniors and UA faculty and staff; and $6 for UA students.
For more information, go to www.uaevents.com or call 330-972-7570.
Prison in HIV case
AKRON: A Lima woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for having sex with two men without telling them she was HIV positive.
Visiting Judge Robert Brown announced the sentence Monday in the case against Kelley Bean, 48, of Southwest Avenue in Lima.
A jury convicted Bean of two counts of felonious assault on Feb. 8.
TWINSBURG
Help in suspect ID
TWINSBURG: Twinsburg police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the man they said robbed the Advance America payday loans office Wednesday.
According to police, the robber entered the building at 9065 Darrow Road just before 6 p.m. and brandished a black handgun.
He is described as being in his mid to late 20s, about 6 feet tall and weighing 200 pounds. At the time of the robbery, he was wearing khaki pants, a gray hooded sweatshirt, a black vinyl vest, a black gray knit hat, black and gray scarf and athletic shoes.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 330- 963-6211.
STATE NEWS
Gubernatorial plans
CLEVELAND: Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald said Monday he is forming an exploratory committee to consider a bid for governor in 2014.
With the move, FitzGerald, 44, becomes the first prospective challenger to make a move against Republican Gov. John Kasich.
FitzGerald said he’s concerned about the direction in which Kasich is taking the state.
“I believe Ohio has been let down by its leaders, especially a political establishment in state government who stopped listening to the people,” he said in making his announcement. “They’re more interested in scoring partisan points or taking care of the insiders than focusing on what’s best for the middle class.”
FitzGerald, 44, a former FBI agent and Lakewood mayor, was elected in 2010 to lead a new county executive-council government in Ohio’s most populous county to replace a scandal-plagued commissioner form of government.
Kasich has said he plans to run for a second term.
— Associated Press
Rape-case motion
STEUBENVILLE: Attorneys for a high school football player facing rape accusations in Ohio are asking a judge to dismiss the case against him because they say the “unavailability of material witnesses” denies him his right to a fair trial.
A West Virginia judge last week rejected requests three juveniles be called to testify at the eastern Ohio trial of two high school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old girl. The girl is from West Virginia.
The juveniles’ testimony was expected to bolster the players’ defense against the charges.
Attorneys representing defendant Trent Mays on Monday filed a motion to dismiss, which was obtained by the Associated Press.
The two players go on trial Wednesday in Jefferson County Juvenile Court. Their attorneys have denied the charges.
— Associated Press
70 mph proposed
COLUMBUS: An Ohio Senate panel is considering changes that would increase the state’s maximum speed limit from 65 mph to 70 mph on interstate highways outside of urban areas.
The Senate Transportation Committee accepted the revisions to the state’s transportation budget Monday. The panel is expected to vote on it this week.
The proposal also would set the maximum speed limit for interstate freeway outerbelts in urban areas at 65 mph and on freeways in congested areas at 55 mph.
Among other changes, the budget bill now includes the governor’s plan to raise about $1.5 billion for state highway projects through Ohio Turnpike bonds. And an added amendment would make sure that at least 90 percent of the funds would be spend on projects within 75 miles of the turnpike.
— Associated Press
KENT
Recycling effort
KENT: Kent State University will be collecting unwanted electronics equipment Wednesday as part of a RecycleMania competition.
Items will be collected from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. behind the Administrative Services Building off Jackson Drive off Loop Road. The area is open to faculty, staff and the public.
Students can also drop off their electronics at the Tri-Towers front desk.
Computers, VCRs, DVD players, cellular phones, printers and copiers will be accepted. Televisions will not be accepted.
For more information, go to www.kent.edu/housing/stories/recyclemania-2013.cfm. The recycling competition ends March 30.