Bring your own weapon to work? Why Akron lets police officers use personal rifles on duty
The fatal shooting of 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker by Akron police officer Davon Fields reignited a long-simmering and sometimes ...
Akron man pleads guilty for role in fatal shooting at apartment complex
Isaiah McKinney was set to face trial for the 2024 murder of Gregory Dykes Jr. before changing his plea. A sentencing date ...
Woman receives life sentence in deadly Akron bar shooting: ‘She never had a chance to really live’
The woman convicted of fatally shooting another woman in 2022 at an Akron bar was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. On ...
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Akron SWAT standoff ends after 4 hours; man arrested for brutal beating of woman in Highland Square
The Akron SWAT team is in the Highland Square neighborhood after a man barricaded himself in an apartment. According to ...
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Akron police shooting of 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker: Autopsy report shows he had 3 gunshot wounds
AKRON, Ohio — Jazmir Tucker -- the 15-year-old boy who was shot and killed by an Akron police officer during an incident on Thanksgiving night-- had three gunshot wounds, according to findings ...
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Akron police shooting underscores privacy, technology concerns with bodycams
‘Important invention’ Stanley Jackson, an attorney representing Tucker’s family, has focused on the video since Akron police released it a week after the shooting. He placed the onus on the ...
Who were the murder victims in Akron in 2024? Here's a look
Patrick Boergert, 47, was shot Feb. 23 on the 1300 block of South Arlington Street and subsequently taken to the 800 block of ...
Akron man shot partner before turning gun on himself in Stow murder-suicide, police say
On Monday the family of Latoia Philpott were unable to get in contact with her, so they went to the home where they ...