AKRON
Woman charged
AKRON: A 45-year-old Chalker Street woman is charged with attempted murder and three other charges after an incident in the 900 block of North Howard Street on Sunday afternoon, Akron police said.
The victims say Taranta Fuller came to the apartment and stabbed one victim multiple times in the abdomen and chest. He was taken to Summa Akron City Hospital, where he is in serious condition.
A second victim was stabbed in the right leg and refused medical attention.
Fuller is charged with attempted murder, two counts of felonious assault and a single count of domestic violence. She and the first victim have a child.

Gunman takes car
AKRON: A gunman forced a woman to get into her car in the 1000 block of Hammel Street around 5:30 p.m. Sunday and drove away with her, Akron police said.
The victim struggled with the man, causing the car to crash in the 700 block of East Crosier Street.
The man took gifts from the car and fled on foot. The woman was not injured.
The man is at large.

Clerk struck
AKRON: Akron police are looking for three men who robbed a convenience store at gunpoint and assaulted a clerk Sunday afternoon.
Shortly before noon, three men wearing dark clothing and bandannas walked into the GM Mini-Mart, 3105 Mogadore Road, and demanded money from the register, police said. They were armed with a handgun.
One of the robbers struck one clerk in the back of the head when the store workers had trouble opening the register, authorities said. The robber took several items from the store before fleeing.
The clerk was taken to Summa St. Thomas Hospital for minor injuries.
Anyone with information is asked to call Akron police at 330-375-2490.

Two shootings
AKRON: Detectives are investigating two separate shootings that occurred around 4 a.m. Sunday.
The first victim, Antonio D. Grimes, 22, of Akron, reported he was shot in the right arm while on South Rhodes Avenue. He was taken to Summa Akron City Hospital for treatment.
The second victim, James K. Clancy Jr., 21, of Akron, reported he was shot in the right arm on Grant Street. Clancy was taken to Akron City Hospital by friends.
The shootings remain under investigation.

School break-in
AKRON: Police arrested four teenagers Saturday night, accused of breaking into the former Harris Elementary School, taking the extinguishers from the walls and spraying them throughout the building.
Police say the teens forced open the second-story, east side door of the school at 959 Dayton St. about 9:30 p.m. After spraying the extinguishers, they fled northbound toward Pitkin Avenue.
Officers found the suspects near Pitkin and Iuka avenues. They charged the teens — two 16-year-old females, one 15-year-old male and one 13-year-old male — with breaking and entering and vandalism and took them to the Summit County Juvenile Detention Center.
Harris is currently closed and slated for demolition.

Restaurant robbery
AKRON: Police arrested a 42-year-old Akron woman in the attempted robbery of a Chinese restaurant Saturday night.
Jenise M. Sammeter was charged with robbery and booked into the Summit County Jail.
Police say she entered the China Garden at 429 W. Market St. about 9 p.m., told the clerk she had a gun and demanded money. They say she went behind the counter and grabbed the cash register.
During a struggle, she bit the clerk on the hand, police say. Several employees tried to restrain her, but she got away and ran. Officers arrested Sammeter several blocks away.


Robbery, beating
AKRON: A 19-year-old man was beaten and robbed about 10:30 p.m. Friday while walking near the intersection of Packard Drive and La Belle Avenue.
The man told police he was walking to a friend’s house when someone approached him from behind and hit him in the back of the head, knocking him to the ground. The assailants then kicked the victim and took his cell phone.
When officers arrived, they chased two suspects and then arrested them. The teens, 13 and 14, both of Akron, were charged with robbery and obstructing official business and taken to the Summit County Juvenile Detention Center.

REVERE SCHOOLS

Contract approved
BATH TWP.: The Revere school board has approved a two-year service agreement with Scholastic Sponsors Association to allow advertising on the district’s website.
Scholastic Sponsors will solicit third-party advertisers for digital ads to be placed on Revere’s www.revereschools.org website and the district will be paid 45 percent of the ad revenue, said Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer David Forrest.
This is a nontraditional way to expand the district’s revenue for very little activity on the part of the district, he said. With 20 rotating ads on the site, income from the agreement could be $1,000 per month.
Revere reserves the right to review all ads. The company currently provides advertising for other area school districts, including Hudson and Medina.
The school board has also accepted several donations to the district.
The Bath School PTA provided $21,976 for the purchase of an Apple iPad wireless technology lab at the school, as well as $464 for the purchase of a mobile interactive whiteboard.
Additionally, Revere Middle School was gifted with $2,420 from Norm and Judy Detrick for the purchase of a Student Response System for a classroom, and Bath School received $656 from 10 donors to the Jennifer Lyn Mears Library Memorial Fund for the purchase of books in memory of Bill Mears.

STATE NEWS
Fewer road deaths
COLUMBUS: Authorities say there were fewer deaths on Ohio roads over the Thanksgiving holiday, but an increase in drunk driving and drug arrests.
Numbers released by the Ohio State Highway Patrol show that 14 people were killed on Ohio’s roadways between the Wednesday before and the Sunday after Thanksgiving. In 2010, 18 people died during the same period and in 2009, 20 lost their lives.
Arrests of drunk drivers were up 14 percent compared with last year’s holiday and drug arrests jumped 37 percent. One traffic stop led troopers to seize about $800,000 in cash from a motor home. The patrol says that investigation is still ongoing.
Patrol Superintendent Col. John Born says he is encouraged by the holiday results and hopes they continue through the end of the year.
— Associated Press

Housing money
COLUMBUS: The Ohio Department of Development has awarded more than $15.1 million to 75 organizations around the state for emergency shelter and housing programs.
The following Akron-area groups will receive funding: Medina County Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Board, $10,700; Family and Community Services Inc. in Ravenna, $646,000; YWCA of Canton, $269,900; Battered Women’s Shelter in Akron, $108,000; and Liberty Center Connections Inc. in Wooster, $314,600.
The state agency also said it will give $200,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Ohio. The group will distribute $180,000 of the grant award to 16 affiliates to construct or rehabilitate 20 single-family homes.
“These investments will support local community efforts to provide shelter and housing for our most vulnerable citizens,” Michael Hiler, deputy chief for the Office of Community Development, said in a statement.

ODNR appointment
COLUMBUS: Richard J. Simmers was named Monday to head the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management.
Simmers, who has worked for the state for 26 years, has been working in the state’s office in Green. Since 2000, Simmers supervised all field enforcement activities by his agency across Ohio.
He will supervise 70 staffers, nearly half of whom are field inspectors as the Utica shale boom begins.
“Leading the Division of Oil and Gas Management is an honor,” Simmers said. “As chief, my goal will be to effectively and fairly regulate the industry and, above all, ensure that public safety and protection of the environment are foremost.”
Simmers, who lives in Stark County, has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Akron.