Crime & Safety
UPDATE Grandfather Faces Charges in 1-Year Old's Death
The following information was supplied by the Cuyahoga Falls Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
arrest a 46-year old Cuyahoga Falls man in connection with the death of his 1-year old grandchild.
Michael Yoder was arrested at his home Wednesday at 2 p.m., according to a police press release. He faces charges of child endangering, a felony of the third degree, and involuntary manslaughter, a felony of the third degree. The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office reports Yoder's granddaughter, Isabella Jones, died in an accidental drowning when she was left unattended in a bathtub.
The child was under Yoder's supervision on March 30, 2011, when the incident took place.
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Jones was taken to Akron Children's Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
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