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Police: Man who fled crash, hurt passenger was drunk
Bloom driver charged with aggravated assault, DUI
<p>NORTH CENTRE TWP. — Darrin Bellum’s blood-alcohol level was nearly three times the driving limit when he smashed his car into a tree, trapping his passenger, then fled, police say.
Mom denies reporting her meth-making fears
Danville daughter’s charges stick
<p>MAHONING TWP. — Police say a woman called them because she thought her daughter might be making meth. But that same woman testified Tuesday that she never made such a report.
Witnesses: Ex-cop lied about beating
Mart clerk and customer say Riverside man followed and waited for his alleged victim
<p>DANVILLE — Witnesses say an ex-cop is lying about going to a convenience store just to buy a drink before he allegedly beat another man bloody in a road-rage incident.
Police: DUI intervention ‘backfired’
Friend who tried to stop impaired driver wrecked in Orangeville area and broke his back, chief says
<p>ORANGEVILLE — Justin Charles and father James Charles set out Monday night in pursuit of friend James Sponenberg, hoping to coax Sponenberg off the road because he had too much to drink, p
Child-abuse charges dropped
Girlfriend’s 5-year-old twin daughters ruled unfit to testify
<p>MILLVILLE — A man accused of beating his girlfriend’s twin daughters until they were covered in bruises saw his charges dismissed Tuesday.
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Woman cut free from SUV
Orangeville driver blacked out at wheel in Scott Township and hit tree, police say
<p>SCOTT TWP. — An Orangeville woman had to be cut out of her SUV after she blacked out at the wheel and crashed into a tree along Central Road, police report.
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