Police News

Akron man charged in theft from Midway Plaza Tallmadge -- On July 17, police arrested a 51-year-old Akron man and charged him with robbery after the manager of a Midway Plaza business called to report a known shoplifter had entered the store. According...  Read Story.

Electronics taken from unlocked vehicle Tallmadge -- On July 10, a Norton Drive man told police sometime overnight, someone removed a $400 stereo/CD/DVD player, a $150 subwoofer and $3 in change from his unlocked vehicle which was parked in his...  Read Story.

Plasma TV stolen from Brittain Circle apartment Tallmadge -- On July 5, a Brittain Circle man told police sometime between July 1 and 5, someone kicked in his apartment door, removing a $1,500 plasma TV from inside. Theft July 6. Lights removed from...  Read Story.

Children's plastic playset components taken from rear of business Tallmadge -- On June 27, a West Avenue businessowner told police sometime between 7:30 and 10 p.m., someone removed a $400 child's plastic playset, a $100 plastic slide and a $100 plastic...  Read Story.

Akron men arrested, charged with stealing perfume Tallmadge -- On June 9, police arrested two Akron men, one 57 and the other 52, and charged them with theft after the loss prevention officer at a South Avenue business told police she saw the suspects...  Read Story.

Tallmadge -- On June 5, a Munroe Falls man told police sometime between 5 p.m. June 4 and 8 a.m. June 5, someone entered a storage unit he rents on Northeast Avenue by prying/lifting up the garage door on the west side, removing two $300 chainsaws, a...  Read Story.

by Andrew Schunk and Emily Canning-DeanEditor and Reporter Akron — A Summit County jury took three-and-a-half hours to recommend a sentence of death for Ashford L. Thompson, as punishment for killing Twinsburg Officer and Tallmadge native...  Read Story.

Leather jacket, chaps taken off motorcycle Tallmadge -- On May 26, a Northwest Avenue man told police sometime overnight, someone removed a $387 leather jacket, a $150 pair of leather chaps and 35 CDs valued at $420. He said they were inside a $500 bag...  Read Story.

Akron — Summit County Court of Common Pleas Judge Elinore Marsh Stormer has sent the 12 jurors in the aggravated murder trial of Ashford Thompson to a hotel for the night, as jurors had deliberated for just more than four hours. Thompson, 25, has...  Read Story.

Closing arguments in the murder trial of Ashford Thompson are over, and the jury is now deliberating. Thompson is on trial for aggravated murder in the shooting death of Twinsburg Police Officer Joshua Miktarian on July 13, 2008. Closing arguments began...  Read Story.

Windows broken, items removed from vehicles Tallmadge -- A Tallmadge woman and a Medina woman told police May 20 that sometime between 6:25 and 6:40 p.m., someone broke into their respective vehicles which were parked in a parking lot on Right Road near...  Read Story.

by Andrew Schunk and Emily Canning-Dean Twinsburg Bulletin Editor and Reporter Akron " Ashford Thompson's attorney conceded May 24 at his client's capital murder trial that Thompson shot Twinsburg Police Officer Joshua Miktarian; what he does take issue with, he said, is that the shooting warrants an aggravated murder charge " or the death...  Read Story.

TV, coins stolen during East Howe Road residence break-in Tallmadge -- On May 11 an East Howe Road man told police sometime between 6:30 a.m. and 5:42 p.m., someone broke out a window at the rear of his residence, unlocked the basement door and gained...  Read Story.

by Andrew Schunk, Twinsburg Bulletin Editor Akron " The jury selection process for the murder trial of Ashford Thompson has begun, as prosecutors and defense attorneys attempt to select 16 jurors from a pool of 150 Summit County residents. Thompson, 25, has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder in the shooting death of 11-year Twinsburg Police Officer Joshua Miktarian, of...  Read Story.

Police investigating multiple reports of vehicle damage Tallmadge -- Police were inundated with reports of thefts and property damage May 5 from residents on streets located between South Munroe Road and Eastwood Avenue. Tallmadge Police Lt. Ron...  Read Story.

Thefts from vehicles begin anew in spring Tallmadge -- As the temperature climbs, so do the number of reports of thefts from unlocked vehicles throughout the city. On May 2, an Old Orchard Drive man told police sometime overnight, someone entered two of...  Read Story.

Postal worker arrested, charged with aggravated drug possession Tallmadge -- A U.S. Postal employee at the Tallmadge Branch had his case bound over to a Summit County grand jury April 28 after he was arrested April 16 on a charge of aggravated...  Read Story.

Bullets shot into baseball field scoreboard Tallmadge -- School district Business Manager Don Johnson told police April 16 someone had shot four bullets into the baseball field scoreboard. According to the report, it is unknown when the incident...  Read Story.

Trespassers damage Perry Road resident's property Tallmadge -- A Perry Road man told police on April 7, someone has been using his property without his permission. According to the report, trees have been sprayed with graffiti, trash has been dumped...  Read Story.

Police are working with area departments on burglaries Tallmadge -- Police are working with other area law enforcement agencies on what Tallmadge Police Lt. Ron Williams described as a "rash" of burglaries and break-ins over the past few weeks. ...  Read Story.