Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Developer Stark Enterprises has confirmed new businesses have signed onto Portage Crossing with many more business deals in the works.
Good news is, several new businesses have either signed on, or are close to finalizing deals with developer Stark Enterprises for the proposed Portage Crossing marketplace. Bad news is, Michael Symon's B Spot and Panera Bread might be walking away from the project. At Monday night's Cuyahoga Falls City Council meeting, Stark Enterprises COO Steve Rubin offered a glimpse at the site plan, saying Best Cuts, Cinemark, Fashion Nails, Giant Eagle and Pet Supplies Plus had officially signed onto the project. Aladdin's Eatery, Chipotle and Huntington Bank had signed letters of intent, meaning negotiations have commenced and lease documents are being drawn up, said Rubin. There is also at least eight yet-to-be-named businesses or restaurants in…
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Developer Stark Enterprises says if all goes to plan, Portage Crossing will break ground in August.
To help close the Portage Crossing deal, Cuyahoga Falls officials are asking City Council to pass an amendment regarding incentives Stark Enterprises would receive after it develops the $42 million, 241,000-square-foot retail center. Cuyahoga Falls Development Director Sue Truby presented the restructured deal to Council at the end of its Monday night meeting, and asked that two major changes be made to the language of the contract: Council will review the deal further at its May 6 committee meeting and Mayor Don Robart, along with his administration, have encouraged council to give final approval by its May 13 meeting. Truby said she'd like to close the deal before Stark representatives attend the 2013 Las Vegas International Conference …
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Benjamin G. Gates, 33, of Canton, was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison after appearing for a hearing in the federal courthouse Monday
A Canton man who robbed eight banks across Northeast Ohio — from North Canton to Cuyahoga Falls and Youngstown — was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison Monday. Benjamin G. Gates, 33, had been indicted in September and then in November pleaded guilty to eight counts of bank robbery in U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio. “This sentence should send a clear message to those who would think about robbing a bank,” U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach said in the community newspaper, The Falls News-Press. “Our law enforcement partners are to be commended for bringing an end to this wave of bank robberies.” Police had connected Gates to the following Ohio bank robberies: Vindy.com also reported Gates robbed two banks in …
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Here are some of the weirdest police reports and incidents from departments across the region.
Here are this week's most bizarre police calls, reports and charges. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Bank robber proves pen is mightier than gun Steven C. Dagostine, 43, of Tallmadge, was charged Feb. 26 with aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, in connection with a Huntington Bank heist in Cuyahoga Falls. Fortunately, police did not have to track him down as Dagostine was already being held in Summit County Jail on a separate robbery charge. On Feb. 24, Dagostine allegedly walked into the Giant Eagle-Huntington Bank, handed the teller a note demanding money and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. …
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Get up to date with what's happened in Cuyahoga Falls in the past week
1. Man faces slew of charges after police scuffle: Cuyahoga Falls police arrested a man in a second-story Studio City apartment and handcuffed him. As an officer escorted him downstairs, he started to thrash and lunged forward, pulling himself and the officer down the stairwell. 2. X-ray machine starts electrical blaze: Cuyahoga Falls firefighters tackled a fire caused by an X-ray machine at Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center Thursday. One person was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation. 3. Teacher, coach caught in Willoughby sex sting: Ryan Tyna, 42, of Hudson, was arrested last week in a prostitution sting in Willoughby. Tyna is in his second year coaching at the Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy in Cuyahoga Falls. He also is a …
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Cuyahoga Falls police are on the hunt for a man who reportedly robbed the Howe Avenue Huntington Bank on Sunday morning.
Updated Feb. 24, 9:21 p.m. Cuyahoga Falls police are investigating a robbery that took place Sunday at the Huntington Bank inside Giant Eagle. According to police, a white man in his 40s wrote a note demanding money and handed it to a bank teller. He took an undisclosed amount of cash and fled on foot from the scene. The man was reportedly unarmed.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Benjamin G. Gates, 33, of Canton, pleaded guilty to eight counts of bank robbery Tuesday in U.S. District Court Norther District of Ohio
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Suspected serial bank robber Benjamin G. Gates — who police pegged as robbing banks in North Canton and Cuyahoga Falls — pleaded guilty Tuesday to eight counts of bank robbery. The 33-year-old Canton man was suspected of robbing the U.S. Bank, located inside the Acme Fresh Market at 2630 Bailey Rd. in Cuyahoga Falls, on Aug. 16; and the Huntington Bank, located inside the Giant Eagle at Washington Square in North Canton, on Aug. 3. Gates entered his plea Tuesday in the U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio in Cleveland, according to Vindy.com. Police had suspected him of robbing the following Ohio banks: Vindy.com also reported Gates robbed two banks in Pittsburgh and Erie, Pa., and netted $24,528 in stolen cash. His sentencing …
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
A grand jury in Cleveland returned an indictment charging Benjamin G. Gates, 33, of Canton, with six counts of bank robbery. Those include heists in Cuyahoga Falls and North Canton.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Suspected serial bank robber Benjamin Gates may not see the light of day anytime soon. On Tuesday, a Cleveland Grand Jury handed down an indictment charging Gates, 33, of Canton, with six counts of felony bank robbery, according to Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. Following a six-week crime spree, Gates was arrested last month in Canton by members of the Safe Streets Task Force comprised of FBI agents, officers from the Canton and Alliance Police Department, and the Ohio Adult Parole Authority. His capture was due, in large part, to a witness who spotted him fleeing a U.S. Bank in Cuyahoga Falls on Aug. 16. “This case reflects the valued partnership between the FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force …
Jimm Motyka
8:32 pm on Sunday, May 5, 2013
Why not call this Doodlebug Crossing, since it appears to be a train wreck too. more ›