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Friday, December 7, 2012

Police: Security Guard Recognizes Mentor Man As Robber When He Sees Photo On Facebook

Nicholas Giardini is already accused of robbing the Walmart in Eastlake; now he's suspected of robbing the Mentor Kmart

  • POLICE & FIRE
  • Jason Lea
  • Friday, December 7, 2012

A Mentor man faces a charge of robbery because a security guard at Kmart recognized his photo. In September, a man -- thought to be 25-year-old Nicholas Giardini -- tried to shoplift from the Kmart in Mentor. A security guard saw the man sticking hats, gloves and curtains in his jacket, Mentor Police Lt. Tim Allen said. The man left the store without paying. When the guard tried to stop him in the parking lot, the man claimed to have a gun and ran away. Later, the security guard saw a photo of Giardini on the Eastlake Police Department Facebook page after Giardini was arrested as a suspect in the armed robbery at the Eastlake Walmart. The guard recognized Giardini's face and contacted Mentor police, Allen said. He then picked Giardini out …

Monday, April 30, 2012

Suspect Is Accused of Raping a 13-Year-Old Girl (Updated)

Michael Yeckley is also accused of having sexual contact with a minor in another, unrelated case

  • POLICE & FIRE
  • Jason Lea
  • Monday, April 30, 2012

Rape suspect Michael Yeckley was arraigned Monday morning in Mentor Municipal Court. Yeckley, 21, of Willowick, was arrested on a warrant Friday evening. Yeckley is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl, Mentor Police Lt. Tom Powers said. Yeckley is suspected of bringing the girl to a motel in Mentor on April 21, plying her with alcohol and then having sex with her, Powers said. Attorney Joseph Morse represented Yeckley in court Monday. He told Mentor Municipal Court Judge John Trebets that Yeckley, as a "life-long member of the community," would not try to run away. Consequently, Morse asked Trebets for a reasonable bond. Mentor Court Liaison Officer Martha Eyman noted that Yeckley has previously been convicted of misdemeanor cases of …

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City of Mentor Police Department & Municipal Court and Mentor Police Arrest Rape Suspect

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jacqueline avery

2:25 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

lisa is right ive nown mike for ten yrs i went to school with his lil brother and i no dam well he did not do it that 13 yr old is a lier mike doesnt deserve any of this he is a good man and not just me but all of his friends in willowick and eastlake will tell u the same thing mike is not guilty   more ›

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