South Amherst fire destroys barn
SOUTH AMHERST – Fire destroyed a barn at 10153 Gifford Road about 4 p.m. Sunday. Firefighters were called at 4:05 p.m. and arrived about 8 to 10 minutes later. The barn was engulfed in flames when they...
View ArticleUnlicensed driver cited in South Amherst crash
SOUTH AMHERST – A girl who has never had a driver’s license caused a two-vehicle crash Friday afternoon near the intersection of North Lake and Maroy streets. The South Amherst Fire Department and Ohio...
View ArticleEx-firefighter charged, accused of faked emergency calls (AUDIO)
NEW RUSSIA TWP. — A former South Amherst auxiliary firefighter is facing criminal charges for allegedly calling 911 to report a fake fire at the New Russia Township Hall in April. Dean Evans, who has...
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Firefighters taken hostage; no one hurt
AMHERST TWP. — Two South Amherst firefighters responding to a brush fire were held hostage by a man with a deer rifle outside his home Wednesday night. “They all have families, we want them to get of...
View ArticleRadio transmissions reveal intense drama
Much of Wednesday’s negotiations involving a man with a rifle holding two South Amherst firefighters hostage were conducted on Fire Department portable radios, allowing a rare chance to hear the...
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Amherst Township man indicted for brush fire standoff
ELYRIA — An Amherst Township man accused of holding South Amherst firefighters hostage when they responded to an October brush fire has been indicted. Roy Griffith Jr. Roy Griffith Jr., 53, is charged...
View ArticleFormer South Amherst firefighter pleads no contest to false alarm charge
OBERLIN — A former South Amherst auxiliary firefighter pleaded no contest Tuesday to a charge of making false alarms for reporting a fake fire at New Russia Township Hall. An additional charge of...
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Amherst Township storage facility burns
AMHERST TWP. — A self-storage business caught fire Thursday when a tractor two men were working on in one of the units went up in flames, injuring one of the men. BRUCE BISHOP/CHRONICLEFirefighters...
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Former auxiliary firefighter sentenced to jail for fake fire call
OBERLIN — A former South Amherst auxiliary firefighter was sentenced Wednesday to four months in the Lorain County Jail for calling in a fake fire at New Russia Township Hall. Dean Evans Dean Evans,...
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