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CRIME WATCHPolice reports in and around Toledo

HomicidesFelonious AssaultsRobberies

TheftsBurglariesShooting

LEGEND

SUBURBAN CRIME REPORTS Toledo crime reports are published in Today’s Log during the week.

ABOUT THIS MAPThis map, published exclusively in The Blade every Saturday, plots the location of crimes committed in the Toledo area. The information was compiled by Blade reporters from reports � led with police this week.In evaluating this map, readers should take into consideration that about two-thirds of the population of Lucas County is in the City of Toledo.

DEFINITIONSHomicide: the deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another. Felonious assault: serious physical harm sustained by victim.Robbery: taking personal property from someone using force or the threat of force.Theft: the act of stealing.Burglary: illegally entering a building with intent to com-mit a crime.Shooting: person struck by a bullet.Shooting into dwelling: a home is struck by bullets.

An interactive version of the metro Toledo crime map, with plotted points of crime in Toledo and its suburbs, appears on toledoblade.com.

Bedford TownshipFelonious assault

Lori Hubbell, assaulted at resi-dence in 700 block of Temper-ance.

BurglaryMark Dearing, bicycle from ga-

rage in 1100 block of Cascade.

Whiteford TownshipTheft

Shannon Clawson, flute fromschool in 6600 block of Consear.

NorthwoodBurglaries

Keith Foote, electric cultivator,garden tools, and leaf blower fromshed at home in 200 block of Dil-rose.

Farmers & Merchants StateBank, Archbold, Ohio, gas canfrom 2000 block of Sheffield.

Steven McCutcheon, jewelryand handguns from residence in200 block of Gardner.

TheftsMichael Smith, air compressor

and tools from vehicle at home in500 block of East Florence.

William Wauford, 3300 block ofBordeaux Rue, iPod from 300block of West Andrus.

Nicholas Lang, clothing from laun-dry in 300 block of East Andrus.

OregonBurglary

William Schweizer, no loss re-ported from residence in 2600block of Northvale.

TheftsArbors at Oregon, medical

records from business in 900block of Isaac Streets.

Jazmine Collins, cash frompurse in 3400 block of Seaman.

Mark Pollock, wallet with con-tents from 2600 block of Eastvale

Sharon Wilson, bracelet fromresidence in 2700 block of Lu-verne.

MaryPratt, Norwalk, Toledo, li-cense plate from vehicle in 2000block of Woodcrest; license platerecovered later.

PerrysburgTheft

Baymount Inn, televison frombusiness in 27000 block of Helen.

RossfordTheft

Ruth Zachel, watch from resi-dence in 100 block of Rosedale.

Springfield TownshipBurglaries

Alyiasha and Regina Cullars,television from residence in 6900block of Oakfield.

Texas Roadhouse, nothing re-ported stolen at restaurant in6100 block of Trust.

Linda Brown, jewelry from resi-dence in 800 block of South HillPark.

Beverly Shell, nothing reportedstolen at garage in 600 block ofSouth Hill Park.

Barbara Wierenga, jewelry fromresidence in 400 block of PineValley.

TheftsKaren Knoppow, checkbook from

residence in 8400 block of Colt.Greg Shank, two Huskies, log

splitter, and chain saw from resi-dence in 8400 block of Colt.

Stephen Gioiella, garden lightsfrom yard in 700 block of Hare-foote.

Matthew Hayward, pairs ofheadphones from vehicle in 500block of South Hill Park.

Brook Sutherland, wallet withcontents from vehicle in 500 blockof Dorcas.

Bryan Rice, tools from con-struction trailer in 1400 block ofTimberwolf.

Northwest Electrical Contract-ing, vehicle trailer from yard in6500 block of Angola.

Alan Worstell, cash from bag athotel room in 1200 block of EastMall.

SylvaniaBurglary

Hope Mitchell, nothing reportedstolen from residence in 6000

block of Pebblestone.Theft

Susan Wodarski, communioncontainers and credit cards from6800 block of Covent.

Sylvania TownshipBurglary

Hope Smith, jewelry from resi-dence in 5900 block of Red Oak.

TheftsAshley Knoll, 3700 block of

Jackman, cash from 5700 block ofWhiteford.

Tractor Supply Co, landscapetrailer from business in 7700 blockof West Central.

Country Hearth, 5100 block ofDorr, GPS unit from vehicle in2400 block of Notting Hill.

Arthur Stamper, cash from ve-hicle at home in 2200 block of St.Charles.

Spencer TownshipFelonious assault

Craig Barth, assaulted on streetin 9800 block of Oak Place.

Swanton TownshipTheft

Thomas Augustine, tools fromresidence in 10400 block of Air-port.

University of ToledoThefts

Brandon Kinsman, Oregon,wallet with contents from 2800block of West Bancroft.

The University of Toledo, cashfrom business in 3000 block ofArlington.

Triston Jensen, White Lake,Mich., iPhone from student recre-ation center in 2800 block of WestBancroft.

Logan Kuharchek, Whitehouse,iPhone from student recreationcenter in 2800 block of West Ban-croft.

Robin Love, Eaglecrest, Perrys-burg, cash from purse in 3000block of Arlington.

Tyler Girt, Carleton, Mich., wal-let with contents from vehicle in2800 block of West Bancroft.

Man gets 5 years in prison for sexual batteryWAUSEON — A Metamora,

Ohio, man has been sen-tenced to more than five yearsin prison on charges that in-cluded sexual battery.

Michael A. Miller, 20,pleaded guilty March 8 in Ful-ton County Common PleasCourt to attempted corrupt-

ing another with drugs, sexualbattery, and failure to appear.He previously pleaded guiltyto menacing by stalking.

Judge James Barber sen-tenced him this week to 68months in prison and classi-fied him as a sex offender whomust register with the county

sheriff every 90 days for life.On Sept. 9, 2014, Miller

tried to furnish marijuana to ajuvenile, engaged in sexualconduct with the victimwhom he knew was impaired,and failed to appear for acourt hearing, county Prose-cutor Scott Haselman said.

Info soughton theft of$3,500 trailer

ARCHBOLD, Ohio — TheFulton County Crime Stopperprogram is seeking informa-tion about the theft of a car-hauler trailer just southwest ofArchbold.

The theft occurred April 21in the 3900 block of CountyRoad 24. Stolen was a red, tan-dem-axle Neal car-haulertrailer valued at $3,500.

Crime Stopper offers cashrewards up to $1,000 for infor-mation about felony crimes.Calls made to the 1-800-255-1122 are confidential andanonymous.

3 juvenilescharged withcar theft, fire

BOWLING GREEN — Policein New York have detainedthree juveniles, accusing themof stealing two vehicles andsetting one of them on firenear Bowling Green.

Wood County sheriff’s depu-ties responded about 1:30 p.m.Thursday to a burning car inthe 18500 block of Euler Road.The vehicle was taken fromWhitley County, Ky., where thejuveniles are from.

Wood County issued a war-rant for their arrest, and policefound them in Yorkshire, N.Y.They were traveling in anothervehicle stolen from outsideBowling Green, which will bereturned to the owner.

Charges foroverdue librarybooks droppedBy RYAN DUNNBLADE STAFF WRITER

TECUMSEH, Mich. —Lenawee County prosecutorsdropped charges against twoTecumseh residents they sayignored overdue library feesfor more than a year.

Melvin and CatherineDuren will pay about $90 inreplacement book costs andlate fees to the TecumsehDistrict Library. The dis-missal resolves a misde-meanor case for a late copyof The Rome Prophecy and alost Dr. Seuss book.

Tax dollars help fund thelibrary, and it should not suf-fer operating losses for over-due books, said Scott Baker,an assistant prosecutor forLenawee County,

“What we really want is forpeople to return the materialso it doesn’t involve us,” hesaid.

The office’s economicscrime unit charged the couplewith failure to return rentalproperty. In the two yearssince establishing the unit, theDurens are the third andfourth defendants for missinglibrary materials, he said.

“Basically what we’re try-ing to do, in this case with thelibrary, but in general withbusinesses, is to make theowner whole again,” Mr.Baker said.

A director with the librarywas unavailable for commentFriday.

Attorney Patrick O’Keefe,who represented Mr. Durenin the case, said the defen-dants were pleased with thedismissal. He praised theprosecutor’s office for listen-ing to their concerns.

The Durens did not wantto pay for a diversion pro-gram, and were skepticalabout the office’s unit servingas a collection agency, saidMr. O’Keefe of Lansing,Mich.

The diversion programwould have cost more than$100 per person, he said.

“It was not just the money,but the principle behind it. Itjust didn’t seem fair tothem,” he said.

He said the couple hadpreviously attempted to paythe overdue fees. The librarydeclined to accept a moneyorder once the case was re-ferred to the prosecutor’s of-fice, he said.

Borrowing a library bookdoes not constitute an actualrental, but instead a civil con-tract with the library. He con-trasted this case with failingto return a DVD to a videorental store.

“It’s not a crime in the stateof Michigan to fail to returnborrowed property,” he said.