Community Corner
🌱 Elkins Sentenced To 30 Days + Torres Claims Workplace Harassment
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Good morning, everybody! I'm back with your fresh edition of the Lakewood Daily. Here's all the community news you need to know right now...
First, today's weather:
A heavy t-storm in the p.m.. High: 85 Low: 66.
Here are the top three stories in Lakewood today:
- Latino police officer A.J. Torres and his attorney spoke out at a news conference yesterday afternoon regarding what he claims was "repeated workplace harassment" by his former chief Anthony Campo at the Sheffield Lake police department, about 20 miles away from Lakewood. Torres is the second Sheffield Lake police officer to make allegations against Campo. The Ohio Civil Rights Commission is currently investigating three claims of racial and sexual harassment against the former chief. (Cleveland 19 News)
- Former Newburgh Heights mayor Trevor Elkins was sentenced to 30 days in jail on Tuesday by a Cuyahoga County Common Pleas judge. Elkins had pleaded guilty to attempted theft in office and attempted perjury in matters concerning elections. Elkins must serve one year of probation following his release from jail, and cannot run in any of the Cuyahoga County 2024 or 2028 elections. (Cleveland 19 News)
- Starbucks workers at the Clifton Avenue, University Circle, and Mayfield Road locations in Cuyahoga County will be voting to form a union. "Our goal is that we have so many stores that unionized that they just say, 'you know what? Let's bargain with everybody,'" said Chelsea Cruea, a Starbucks shift supervisor at the Clifton Boulevard location in Cleveland Heights. The locations started to unionize after seeing the West 6th Street store become the first in Ohio to file with the National Labor Relations Board. (News 5 Cleveland)
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Today in Lakewood:
- New Parent & Lactation Support At Cove Community Center (10:00 AM)
- Rachel Carson - Women In History At Ashland Public Library (5:00 PM)
- Heart-Centered Sound Medicine At Harmonic Journeys (7:00 PM)
From my notebook:
- Scroll through the latest houses to hit the Lakewood area real estate market. View pictures, read through the specs, and then click on the listing to learn more. (Lakewood Patch)
- Check out this list of Northeast Ohio pools that will be open to keep you cool this summer. (WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland)
- Registration is open for the Lakewood Summer Meltdown 5K and 1-Mile Family Run and Walk on Jul. 16 at 4:00 p.m. on Detroit Avenue in downtown Lakewood. Registration will be ongoing through 11:00 p.m. on Jul. 14. (cleveland.com)
Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! See you all tomorrow morning for another update.
— Carla Varner