Archive for April, 2018
To Stabilize or DE-stabilize that is the question Lorain County
UPDATE!!!! today the 29th of April I drove past the property that was the Olde English Parlour and Lorain Creamery and what a difference in just a few days. The property has had the mattresses and tires and junk cars on the sidewalk of last week removed and the place tidied and cleaned – Thank you City of Lorain
The 10 hundred block of 4th street especially 1026 has been mentioned in the past few days . https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2018/04/23/a-dangerous-situation-castration-of-justice-lorain/
The Incarceration House
Interesting home , a pretty home and now a mini jail ( in my opinion ) where ,according to court records ( Judge John Miraldi’s court), there is a history. Check out these court cases from Lorain County Court of Common Pleas and John Miraldi’s courtroom – You be the judge – and please check out the indictments
16CR093607 03/25/2016
Then there is court case : 16CA011062 which is apparently ( not being an attorney I have struggled with some of the documentation ) an appeal … but that date is 12/27/2016
BUT this “gentleman – of our neighborhood “ was arrested less than one month later with regard to a heroin bust at 1141 W 14th Street
http://www.morningjournal.com/article/MJ/20170124/NEWS/170129722
Jan 24, 2017 – A Lorain Police Department SWAT Team member watches the front of Matatanes Auto Repair and Towing, 1141 W. 14th St., as narcotics detectives search the business Jan. 24, 2017. The Lorain Police Department Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant at the automotive repair shop and at 911 W. 14th …
Approach the bench – side bar-
Lorain readers will remember this lovely little business at 1141 W 14th used to be the Lorain Creamery / Olde English Parlour . How many of us enjoyed ice cream and a a meal at the Olde English Parlour?
https://sites.google.com/site/loraincreamery/home/production
http://danielebrady.blogspot.com/2009/07/lorain-creamery-scoop-5.html
Photo Dan Brady
http://www.chroniclet.com/news/2012/03/18/Fire-damages-former-Lorain-Creamery.html
and now???? Just drive by , I did – past the trash , junk and mattresses etc. Who let that facility end up the way it has , where are the inspections???? … From Lorain County Auditors Site – Owners Nicolaou Petros & Elena – tax bill mailed to 897 S Lake St. Amherst . Ohio
Oh yes! been down that road before – Whomever it was should have been fired in my opinion….. but I digress back to the courts:
Case number 17CR095700 ( back in John Miraldi’s Court ) 02/14/2017 
You may well be asking WHY am I still banging on about this guy and his court case ? You see there is a little more history on this 10 hundred block.
In my opinion the County and the Courts have acquiesced to having this person serve time ( under house arrest) in our neighborhood thereby “destabilizing” a neighborhood that has its struggles and abuts the downtown which everyone is wanting to “bring back???
He wasn’t originally living in this neighborhood NO! he was arrested at 911 W 14TH ST LORAIN, OH 44052 owned by Barreto Cadido and Megdalia and whose tax bill of $6,273.98 doesn’t look to have been paid in 5 or 6 years .
These streets around downtown could be positive foot traffic for the big downtown renewal but what sort of foot traffic is being sent your way answer me that – Downtown Lorain?
In fact the county , under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program poured money into this block, taking down a derelict house that had stood abandoned for over forty years, upon the advise of another expensive “study” –
Thriving Communities Institute of the Western Reserve Land Conservancy- Sarah Ryzner, the institute’s director of projects, and Paul Boehnlein, GIS and conservation planning specialist had a lot to say starting with two doors down from the now “incarceration house”
The Icon House
https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2013/11/16/welcome-to-fairyland-aka-in-the-pink-lorain-ohio/ and https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/away-with-the-fairies-living-in-lorain/
True to their word with much hoopla Lorain County Land Reutilization and Lorain County Port Authority came and took down the Icon House
“So under the auspices of the Lorain County Land Re-utilization Corp – Lorain County Port Authority
whose mission ” Improving Lorain County and Revitalizing Neighborhoods” the eyesore ,that was once a well-loved and cherished home, came down.”
https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2014/07/16/history-demoed-another-rehabbed-pt-1/
This segues into the rest of the story because thanks to the Neighborhood “Stabilization” Program -the county and co – another historic property The Coleman House – 1031 W 4th was rehabbed see the story here …
https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2014/07/22/history-demoed-another-rehabbed-pt3/
The county duly rehabbed the house- it was too far gone for an historic rehab, but supposedly helped with stabilizing the neighborhood. More than a few 10’s of thousands went into this “icon” project …We, in the street were pleased someone was recognizing the worthiness and rehabbing.
My question is will the county and courts get on the same page …. please make up their mind because using the “house across the road from the rehab house as a “16 hour a day place of incarceration” is not conducive to stabilizing this neighborhood .
And whilst we are at it and the cost to the “community”- that apparently has no say so in control- I asked the Judge John Mirald etc i- for which I never received and answer :
How much does a drug raid cost us the taxpayers , local, state and federal for our law enforcement to go on these raids as opposed to the amount of sentencing????
MAKE UP YOUR MIND LORAIN COUNTY – DO YOU WISH TO STABILIZE OR DESTABLIZE THIS STREET……… The community who have invested years have rights too………….. OR DO WE?????? Lorain County and Courts enquiring minds would like to know!
A dangerous situation- Castration of Justice- Lorain
UPDATE: May 14th-2018 ACCORDING TO THE OWNER – MR. ROBERT GONZALES OF 1026 W. 4TH STREET, CARLOS LOPEZ AS DOCUMENTED IN COURT RECORDS UNDER HOUSE ARREST AT 1026 W. 4TH STREET DOES NOT RESIDE AT THAT PROPERTY…. YOU HAVE TO WONDER THEN “I WONDER WHERE THE FELON WENT”…….
Let me first say – this is entirely my own opinion formed by circumstances beyond my control.
This past month I wrote a post :
https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2018/03/19/my-roses-their-guns-walk-away-from-lorain/
For over forty years we have lived next door to a house that has ALWAYS been “difficult” both with tenants and lack of respect.
We stayed the course always hoping and trying not only to make this a better neighborhood and invest in what is Lorain’s oldest neighborhood. In the last two years we have put in over $22,000 dollars in to an empty lot next door
https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/money-where-your-mouth-is-part-7/
turning it from this
to this
Lack of code enforcement and bank dumping in recent years have made the adjoining property even more of a nuisance.
As mentioned ,so many times before on these pages – the system that is Lorain, inspections , judicial , enforcement and accountability have, in my opinion, caused this deterioration of a community, all you have to do is ride around “old Lorain and the downtown” .
Ease of public trough monies, bank dumps and property management companies (in and out-of-state) has pretty much overpowered and forced out the people who have expendable income. Lorain’s past history (Community Development ) and her knee jerk reactive development has caused that to happen. Those who have stayed … they either have to or are still trying against odds that are becoming insurmountable.
OK ! people ( who can) move out leave their homes or are looking to leave. But these past few weeks , I have found something far more sinister and frightening to we who stayed. As documented, we have had issues with individuals who , quite frankly, I wouldn’t have anything in common or to do with , a culture of blatant disrespect on the other side of the fence. I don’t understand their “behavior” uncivilized and a detriment to community. But that is not the scary part.
Last week the designated alley was blocked by the tow truck which has been parked next to my fence and their house for weeks. Our at large council person can attest to that fact.
I needed to get out of my garage. Simple ???ask them to move what I consider an illegal commercial vehicle , out-of-the-way. This tow truck bears the Matatanes Towing – the “business” that was raided in
Lorain police net two arrests in suspected heroin bust
Jan 24, 2017 – A Lorain Police Department SWAT Team member watches the front of Matatanes Auto Repair and Towing, 1141 W. 14th St., as narcotics detectives search the business Jan. 24, 2017. The Lorain Police Department Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant at the automotive repair shop and at 911 W. 14th …
Once again I was met with the curses and obscenities from individuals who do not reside at that residence.. drop off and carry out…
What was even more worrying was the fact when I said:
fine I will call the police, I was met with laughter , high fiving , and call – don’t care .. call the police… etc.
Eventually the tow truck and its cargo ( after having some items stripped) was returned to its usual parking place next to my fence with now the car on the top partially stripped in full view over the top of my 8 foot fence – looming , reminiscent of a vulture salivating at the demise of civility.
The Lorain Police Dept. is our last bastion of support for the everyday citizen They protect and serve and yet here were people with guns, yes guns for my European readers – par for the course in Lorain apparently – scaring the hell out of me – having the very people who can protect and serve, FOUND TO BE LAUGHABLE. I was gobsmacked – they obviously didn’t give a monkeys….
WHY IS THAT??? … well in the case of the posse next door – I believe it stems from a judicial decision, Judge John Miraldi , Lorain County Court of Common Pleas Case no. 17CR095700
DEFT HAVING COMPLETED PROGRAMMING W/PRIMARY PURPOSE BOND IN THIS CASE IS MODIFIED. DEFT SHALL REMAIN ON HOUSE ARREST AND RESIDE AT 1026 FOURTH ST., LORAIN, OH. DEFT GRANTED WORK PRIVILEGES MONDAY THRU FRIDAY, 8:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M. DEFT SHALL REMAIN ON CSR SUPERVISION AND GPS MONITORING THROUGH COURTMON. ANY CHANGES TO THIS SCHEDULE WILL REQUIRE APPROVAL BY THIS COURT. SEE JRNL. (16CR093607/17CR095700)
How nice and comforting for those who live here and attend school…. this man now lodging 2 houses down from a school – under house arrest , a trafficker, moved from the 14th street address to our neighborhood.
OH he ISN’T an RSO so he can live there- My thoughts.. if he is under house arrest then the Adult Parole Authority and by the judge agreeing, has now turned this “rental” into a place of incarceration – a jail. Oh and don’t forget this guy has gone through a few weeks of rehab- that is OK then???? Community Control- this community would like more of a say so in the control!!!!!
The other “gentleman “ was not unknown to the “good” Judge John Miraldi he had appeared ( gone through a drug rehab program under his previous – go around) 12CR086331 in 2012 and after 4 pages of court documents where he thwarted the courts ended up with him being incarcerated in a real jail.
However The “good” Judge must have forgotten how lax this “gentleman” was in the previous go around 2012 because this was his sentence after pleading guilty his latest appearance in court ( and he has quite a record!!!) 17CR095698
DEFT APPEARED IN COURT FOR SENTENCING AFTER HAVING WITHDRAWN HIS OR HER PREVIOUSLY ENTERED PLEA OF NOT GUILTY AND HAVING NOW ENTERED A PLEA OF GUILTY TO AND HAVING BEEN FOUND GUILTY BY THE COURT THE FOLLOWING CHARGE(S): COUNT 1: TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS – 2925.03(A)(1) – F5 COUNT 2: TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS – 2925.03(A)(1) – F5 DEFT IS SENTENCED TO COMMUNITY CONTROL FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS ENDING 10/23/2020. SANCTIONS: ISP; DEFT IS TO SERVE SIX (6) MONTHS IN LCCF; PAY ALL COURT COSTS IN FULL; PAY SUPERVISION FEES IN THE AMT OF $720.00; PAY ALL COURT APPOINTED ATTY FEES IN FULL; SEE JRNL FOR OTHER SANCTIONS UP TO 3 YEARS OPTIONAL PRC (JRM)
Pity he didn’t remember that case because apparently The perpetrator seems to be following a pattern – He has a BAD address and so is not responding to the court…….OH MY!!!!
| DEFENDANT HAVING BEEN ORDERED TO REIMBURSE COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY FEES, THE COURT FINDS THAT COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY FEES ARE: $848.00. THE DEFENDANT IS TO PAY SAID AMOUNT TO THE LORAIN COUNTY CLERK OF COMMON PLEAS COURT. THE LORAIN COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS SHALL PAY SAID FUNDS TO THE LORAIN COUNTY TREASURER. SEE JRNL. | ||
| 11/22/2017 | AGING | A/R AGING START DATE |
| 12/14/2017 | MOTION | MOTION TO BE GRANTED JAIL TIME CREDIT FILED BY DEFT. PROSE. |
| 01/22/2018 | ITEM | ITEMIZED BILL SENT TO DEFENDANT. |
| 02/20/2018 | COLLECTIONS | 30-DAY DELINQUENT COURT COST LETTER SENT TO DEFENDANT. |
| 02/20/2018 | N/A | RETURNED MAIL – BAD ADDRESS |
| 03/19/2018 | N/A | RETURNED MAIL – BAD ADDRESS |
| 03/26/2018 | COLLECTIONS | 60-DAY DELINQUENT COURT COST LETTER SENT TO DEFENDANT. |
| 04/16/2018 | N/A | RETURNED MAIL – BAD ADDRESS |
Good luck with that then Judge – although I know where he has been off and on hanging with the posse.
Can this be why those individuals last week found it laughable that I would call the Lorain Police Dept. Has the judicial system stymied them in their ability to protect and serve , how problematic a “ticket” when they are given such leeway in drug trafficking , breaking and entering etc. ?
I wrote to Judge John Miraldi, to the courts wanting to know why? I realize the Judge John Miraldi has his own issues to deal with
http://www.chroniclet.com/cops-and-courts/2018/02/01/Watch-live-Cody-Snyder.html
BUT, in my opinion, his court and the way the drug traffickers are given the benefit of the doubt and “rehab” and a slap has castrated justice. I have not received any answer or confirmation . There is a surprise ..BAD ADDRESS maybe……….?????
The City of Lorain, the enforcement of her ordinances and the judicial system are two departments that can affect the quality of the lives of those that are still here, but seeing a wonderful and I mean wonderful Lorain Police Dept, with whom the organization of which I am co- chair (CVSI)
http://www.loraincounty.com/charlestonlorai/
has worked in hand with for 30 years laughed at sticks in my craw .
These officers put their lives on the line , their welfare and yes sanity every time they go on shift. They have to have the support of the judicial branch. Time to step up- these people are admitted traffickers……… stop enabling the dealers!!!!
April 3rd – Trilogy Trigger- Chris Ritchey
Chris Ritchey- CIA
This past month has been particularly difficult, losing my dear friend Paula to the obscenity that is cancer, the “hell is other people” neighbors with their form of obscenity invading what little space we have. It is what is called “life” for want of a description. As another departed friend used to say “everyone has a story” and yet another ” there is no laughter in hell”, but then again you would have to believe in a heaven if you believe in hell.
Easter was this past weekend , another holiday I hypocritically celebrate for the sake of loved ones and friends . I have pointed out my views and Easter/Eastre has been noted – another pagan holiday utilized, blended, absorbed and morphed for convenience sake of whatever was the popular faith at the time https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/ahhhhhh-easter-eastre-resurrecting-memories-eggs-and-crabs/
To me all religion is another man’s myth dressed up for the masses of whatever century of which you happen to be a part.
Irony, not to be outdone this year, the weekend found Gavin’s 9th birthday and your Dad’s and Easter all falling together.
You Dad born on another Easter Sunday on the top of the kitchen table ( so the story goes) let alone being April Fool’s Day.
Triple play in memories flooded in- other Easters with Papa Teddy and Auntie Gladys coming down from Canada especially at Easter and Thanksgiving , they really were the closest thing to grandparents. Such love , such beautiful people. Your first Easter , you decided to crawl and Papa Teddy spent the whole time steering you away from the fireplace hearth, fascinated even then by flames.
Memories of you being taken to that “terrible to me now” church St. Mary’s Lorain https://www.parishesonline.com/find/st-mary-catholic-church-44052 by your godparents on Easter Sunday . Well…..up until the time you “shot the priest” with a pretend gun and something religious spilled as someone in the procession jumped and there was such a kafuffle apparently. I know you were never again taken to Easter Sunday services there.
To think that church would play such havoc in our lives bringing such anger and unkindness – due to you walking down that same aisle and the taking of any closure, denying our beliefs by your controlling “in law family”( Lombardi/ Vika and offspring) and the “bride” Angela Lombardi ( Ritchey) now Murphy
not to mention “their priest” Divis –
Sharing a laugh – but on whom?
There should have been overload in the confessional, one would think, although forgiveness is far from my heart. Ah! what meaning in this life today of a ‘mother’s curse” in days of myth and legend a powerful instrument met now with the word Karma??? Karma borrowed once more from an even older religion…. I wait ………
Gavin’s “birthday” or day of his birth – hoping against hope as you lay in that terrible Cleveland Clinic- the lab rat- being made to clinically die to “save you”. I had to leave you that night to be with your sister as a new life came into the world……….. torn once more………
Your Dad’s birthday – the years of playing pranks not just because it was April fools day but because your loved your jokes. The time you took out an ad in the paper selling the house . Yes! all memories , uninvited guests along with the ham, steaks, tulips and a missing space at the table.
And yet laughter and smiles, little boys and a girl looking for surprises, barely able to sit still as the grown-ups took forever to eat. Tales of other memories , other traditions , pastel eggs mixed in with camouflage eggs, a grandfather and his grandsons sharing a moment to remember. 
Yes all intertwined showing the colors and also the greyness of what we have become – I love you – we all do……..
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