AKRON
Bells to toll
AKRON: Mayor Plusquellic is asking that churches throughout the City of Akron ring their bells on Sunday at 12:11 p.m.
Churches in cities across the nation will ring their bells at exactly 12:11 p.m. on Sunday to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Tucson shooting that killed six people and wounded 13 others including congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
Led by the Mayor of Tucson, churches in cities across the nation will be ringing bells this Sunday at exactly 12:11 p.m. to mark the precise time the shooting occurred.

Suspect surrenders
AKRON: The Akron man being sought by police for his alleged involvement in the December abduction of a city woman has surrendered to authorities.
Demico Smith, 21, of Madison Avenue, turned himself into Akron detectives about 3:30 p.m. Friday with his attorney present.
Smith was wanted by authorities for his participation in the abduction and robbery of a 44-year-old woman at gunpoint outside her North Highland Avenue home on Dec. 22.
The woman told police she was confronted by four men outside her home and they forced her into her SUV.
She was then driven to an ATM where she was forced to withdraw money.
The men stole her jewelry before releasing her unharmed after about 40 minutes.
The remaining suspects have already been arrested.

Fugitive nabbed
AKRON: An Akron man suspected in the robbery of an Akron General Medical Center employee and the robbery of the two males outside the Chapel Hill Mall has surrendered.
William Weems, 20, turned himself in to police with an attorney present about 8 a.m. Friday.
Weems was charged with aggravated robbery.
Rayonte L. Jones, 24, was taken into custody Wednesday.
Weems is a suspect in the Jan 3 robbery of a hospital employee in an Akron General Medical Center parking lot.
Weems is also suspected in the robbery of two 17-year-old teens who were robbed the same day in the parking lot of the Chapel Hill Mall.

HARTVILLE
Woman found
HARTVILLE: An Akron woman who became disoriented and lost her way at Quail Hollow State Park Thursday afternoon was located after Lake Township Police tracked her by her cell phone.
The woman called police at about 6 p.m. and told a dispatcher she had been lost in the park for about two hours.
Police triangulated the woman’s cell phone and located her and her dog in a heavily wooded area of the park at about 6:30 p.m.
The woman refused medical treatment and was escorted to her vehicle, according to a news release.

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP
Worker charged
SPRINGFIELD TWP.: A group-home employee faces two felony charges following the death Christmas Eve of a disabled man, police said Friday.
Brandon L. Swain, 26, of Cuyahoga Falls, is charged with failing to provide for a functionally impaired person and involuntary manslaughter.
Police said Richard J. Sonneberger, 40, drowned after being left unattended in a bathtub at the group home in the 3400 block of Pontius Road in Springfield Township.
Police and fire personnel were called to the home Dec. 24 and found Sonneberger unresponsive.
He was taken to Summa Akron City Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Swain was an employee of Evant Inc. and was responsible for Sonneberger’s care, according to police.
Police Sgt. Eric East said Swain told investigators during an interview that he left Sonneberger in the bathtub to aid other patients who were preparing to leave the facility for the Christmas holiday.
It was not known how long Sonneberger, whose condition was described as severely developmentally disabled, was left alone in the tub, East said.
Caretakers were given orders not to leave Sonneberger alone to bathe, he added.
Swain turned himself in to detectives Friday and was booked into Summit County Jail pending an appearance in Akron Municipal Court.