The first people that fugitives encountered when they surrendered themselves on a humid September weekend weren’t cops, judges, marshals or anyone else associated with the criminal justice system. They were met by a phalanx of smiling, middle-aged church ladies, their vivid blue Galilee Missionary Baptist T-shirts unmistakable under the bright skies, smiling and holding open the […]
There are 16,000 misdemeanor warrants in Akron, Barberton and Stow, and 6,000 felony warrants in Summit County. That’s 22,000 warrants that authorities need to track down — unless people with misdemeanor and low-level felony warrants help save them the trouble. This week, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and authorities are conducting a Fugitive Safe […]
