1. Brad Dicken
The Chronicle-Telegram
ELYRIA — Lorain County Common
Pleas Judge James Burge on Thursday
lifted his own order barring himself from
hearing cases being handled by Assistant
County Prosecutor Tony Cillo.
Burge in January removed himself
from several cases pending in his court-
room that Cillo was assigned to, includ-
ing a capital murder case.
At the time, Burge said his decision
was motivated by a desire to focus on his
duties as administrative judge and
because of what he saw as a waste of
county Prosecutor Dennis Will’s
resources on efforts to get the Ohio
Supreme Court to kick him off Cillo’s
cases.
Burge said Thursday that his January
order didn’t have the effect he thought it
would.
“When I first recused myself, it was as
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ABOVE: Lorain County Sheriff’s Deputy Daniel Ashdown, who was negotiating with Edwin Cornwell Jr., heads toward him after another deputy Tasered him from behind.
BELOW: While walking toward deputies, Cornwell holds a large knife as he yells for them to shoot him. The burning outbuilding brought deputies to the scene at 15304 Gifford
Road in Camden Township.
STEVE MANHEIM / CHRONICLE
Larry Goodman, seated, chairman of the Board of Trustees at
Lorain County Community College, signs for MyUniversity, a new
program to accelerate college for high school students, at the
LCCC board meeting Thursday. From left are Lorain Schools
Superintendent Tom Tucker, Midview Schools Superintendent Scott
Goggin, LCCC President Roy A. Church and Avon Lake Schools
Superintendent Bob Scott.
CilloBurge
Brad Dicken
The Chronicle-Telegram
CAMDEN TWP. — Lorain
County sheriff’s deputies sub-
dued a 21-year-old man with a
history of mental illness with
a Taser on Thursday as an out-
building at his grandparents’
Gifford Road home burned
nearby.
The man, identified by
deputies as Edwin Cornwell
Jr., has not been charged in
connection with the incident.
He was being treated at
MetroHealth Medical Center
in Cleveland for what Sheriff’s
Capt. Jim Drozdowski
described as a self-inflicted
knife wound to the neck.
Camden Township firefight-
ers were sent to 15304 Gifford
Road on Thursday shortly
after noon. When they arrived,
they “heard popping noises
and they thought they were
being shot at,” Drozdowski
said.
Drozdowski said deputies
suspect the gunshots heard by
firefighters may have been
exploding ammunition. He
said the family has used the
structure for reloading
ammunition.
There also were reports that
the man later identified as
Cornwell ran from the burn-
ing outbuilding into the
house.
Smoke from the blaze,
which burned unchecked
while firefighters waited for
the situation with Cornwell to
resolve, could be seen as far
away as Carlisle Township.
Deputies were called to the
scene at 12:36 p.m. because of
safety concerns and set up a
perimeter. They were unsuc-
cessful in their attempts to
reach Cornwell by phone.
Drozdowski said there was
concern that Cornwell’s
grandparents, Jim and Car-
olyn Bryans, might have been
inside their house, although it
was later determined Corn-
well was alone.
Drozdowski said Sgt. Daniel
Ashdown then used a loud-
speaker to speak to Cornwell
in an effort to convince him to
come outside. The shirtless
Cornwell did come outside
briefly before going back
inside.
When Cornwell came out a
second time, he was armed
Service remembering
Holocaust tonight
ELYRIA — An Elyria temple is
hosting a Holocaust remem-
brance service to both honor vic-
tims of the tragedy and remind
the community that similar
human rights violations can
happen anywhere.
At 7:30 tonight, Temple B’nai
Abraham, 530 Gulf Road in
Elyria, is holding a Holocaust
remembrance service during its
weekly Sabbath service.
“It’s important to honor those
memories,” Rabbi Lauren Web-
ber said of the service. She
added that the community aims
to support the few Holocaust
survivors who are still alive.
“Some of them have no surviving
family to remember them.”
Webber said it’s also important
for the community to remember
that the world is not immune
from another tragedy like the
Holocaust.
“This could happen to any
people at any time,” she said.
The service will include a mix
of historical readings and pieces
written by survivors. At the
beginning of the service, the
temple will hold a candlelight
vigil for the victims and sur-
vivors. Six of the lit candles will
honor the 6 million Jews killed in
the Holocaust.
The seventh candle will honor
people who helped victims dur-
ing the Holocaust, and an eighth
candle will remember those of
other religions and faiths who
died.
— Anna Merriman
Lisa Roberson
The Chronicle-Telegram
ELYRIA — Lorain County Commu-
nity College is fighting back against a
low college graduation rate with an
ambitious program.
Thursday, college officials
announced an initiative, MyUniversity,
that attempts to make it easier for area
high school students to complete col-
lege-level classes at their high schools.
High school students can earn an asso-
ciate’s degree through the college.
Upon high school graduation, those
students can transition to LCCC’s Uni-
versity Partnership program and earn a
bachelor’s degree, some by age 20.
Tracy Green, vice president of strate-
gic and institutional development, said
MyUniversity will launch for the 2014-
15 school year at Lorain, Midview and
Avon Lake high schools. The intent is to
have MyUniversity programs in every
school in the county, but logistically a
three-school pilot seemed best.
It will not replace current options, but
Taser ends standoff
Burge lifts order recusing
himself from Cillo cases
LCCC pilots program
for high school students
Lorain, Midview and Avon Lake students
soon may earn an associate’s degree
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